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Little Miss Matched: Color and Imagination Solve Age Old Problem
Written by Kate Smith   

Little Miss Matched Color and ingenuity plus a dash of fun have solved the laundry day dilemmaWe've all experienced the problem.  You put two socks in the washer yet only one comes out -- leaving you with a bunch of socks without mates.  While the lone sock problem is a minor annoyance for most of us, for a group of folks in San Francisco it has become a mission.

Little Miss Matched Color and ingenuity plus a dash of fun have solved the laundry day dilemmaThey set out to:

  • Solve the age-old problem of the disappearing sock,
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  • Transform the sad sock into a necessary accessory,
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  • Provide kids permission to express themselves, and
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  • Allow girls a chance to be girls for as long as they want.


    • Acheiving that mission took innovation, creativity and color!

    Their company, Littlemissmatched, sells colorful patterned socks for children and adults.  Packaged in odd numbers, they're sold in mismatched colors and patterns.

    Color consultant, Joann Eckstut, developed four unique color palettes for the company with each color palette different from the next and based on the "missmatched color wheel" shown here:

    Little Miss Matched Color and ingenuity plus a dash of fun have solved the laundry day dilemmaKOOKY
    All about complementary colors.
    These colors sit opposite each other on the color wheel.



    Little Miss Matched Color and ingenuity plus a dash of fun have solved the laundry day dilemma FABULOUS
    All about monochromatic colors.
    These colors are different shades of the same color.





    Little Miss Matched Color and ingenuity plus a dash of fun have solved the laundry day dilemmaMARVELOUS
    All about analogous colors.
    These colors sit next to each other on the color wheel.


     
    Little Miss Matched Color and ingenuity plus a dash of fun have solved the laundry day dilemmaZANY
    All about every color on the color wheel.






    Color and ingenuity, plus a dash of fun, have solved the laundry day dilemma.Little Miss Matched Color and ingenuity plus a dash of fun have solved the laundry day dilemma




    Kate Smith Color Expert Speaker Kate Smith, founder and contributing editor of Sensational Color, is a color expert, strategist and engaging speaker and host of Views on Hues.

    In addition to the color services she provides for many corporations, Kate shares her knowledge of color on her website     Sensational Color and blogs: Color For Your Home, Color Pro, and Live In Full Color.


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