“He who knows how to appreciate colour relationships, the influence of one colour on another, their contrasts and dissonances, is promised an infinitely diverse imagery.”
Sonia Delaunay
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“The distinct blue, red, and yellow colors… though they have not the kind of harmony which is produced by a variety of broken and transparent colors, have the effect of grandeur.”
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Happy Yellow Coupon — Limited Time!
4th Jun. '09 • Products & Packaging Color • Tags: yellow
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That was the subject line of an email from Borders that caught my eye this morning and now I’m wondering how the response to the subject lines of other offer emails I’ve received from Borders in the past few weeks–
Limited-Time Coupon & Summer Sale (with a 30% off coupon)
Hot Coupon — Summer Starts Here (with a 20% off coupon)
“Perhaps blue, red, and yellow strike the mind more forcibly from there not being any great union between them, as martial music, which is intended to rouse the nobler passions…”
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Listening to the colors within
3rd Jun. '09 • Color Meaning, Psychology & Symbolism • Tags: charkra color, health
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For several months I have struggled with an injured left shoulder that was going from bad to worse with only limited relief from physical therapy exercises. One morning several weeks ago I was taking a few minutes to meditate and suddenly my mind was flooded with a bright blue and in that instant I knew with complete certainty that regardless of how I felt that I needed to go back to doing my Bikram yoga.
Now Bikram is quite strenuous especially for those of us that are of a certain age and were never exercise fanatics to begin with but I learned to listen to the wisdom that was comes from within. I completely believe that if you can quiet your internal chatter that your body, heart and soul will tell you how to be healthy, happy, peaceful, successful…or whatever state you desire. The challenge is both in being able to “hear” the messages and then being willing to act upon them.
First you have to be able to turn down your own internal voice. This in itself is almost impossible for most of us. We are so geared for endless self-talk (both positive and negative…okay often mostly negative) that even if we could rid ourselves of the external sensory overload we face each day we are still challenged not to fill the void with our own internal noise. When I can get quiet enough to “listen” I have found that the messages I receive are not only helpful but colorful.
In this case it was blue loud and clear! (more…)
“If you take an intense color and put an intense complement next to it without graying it, it’s very hot. The gray allows the eye to do the visual mixing.”
Simmie Knox
“There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.”
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
“I make black and white prints because I want to go back to the beginning.”
Shiko Munakata
“Black and white are absolute… expressing the most delicate vibration, the most profound tranquility, and unlimited profundity.”
Shiko Munakata
“To achieve depth the colour has to penetrate the paper.”
Shanti Panchal
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