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Color Quote of the Day: March 27th

Kate Smith — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:05:12 +0000

“The key of D is daffodil yellow, B major is maroon, and B flat is blue.”

Marian McPartland

Color Quote of the Day: March 20th

Kate Smith — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:05:29 +0000

“If we were to imagine an orange on the blue side or green on the red side or violet on the yellow side, it would give us the same impression as a north wind coming from the southwest.”

Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein

Color Quote of the Day: March 12th

Kate Smith — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:05:54 +0000

“To any white body receiving the light from the sun, or the air, the shadows will be of a bluish cast.”

Leonardo da Vinci

Color Quote of the Day: March 4th

Kate Smith — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:05:47 +0000

“I ripped through the blue shade of the constraints of color.”

Kasimir Malevich

Color Quote of the Day: March 2nd

Kate Smith — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:05:00 +0000

“I have broken the blue boundary of color limits, come out into the white; beside me comrade-pilots swim in this infinity.”

Kasimir Malevich

Color Quote of the Day: February 28th

Kate Smith — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:05:13 +0000

“Artists can colour the sky red because they know it’s blue. Those of us who aren’t artists must colour things the way they really are or people might think we’re stupid.”

Jules Feiffer

Color Quote of the Day: February 13th

Kate Smith — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:05:56 +0000

“Blue color is everlastingly appointed by the deity to be a source of delight.”

John Ruskin

Color Quote of the Day: February 10th

Kate Smith — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:05:36 +0000

“Good colour really means good taste; and ‘powerful’ colour means a reserve, to give a climax its full force, and not ‘red, white, and blue all over.”

John F. Carlson

Color Quote of the Day: February 1st

Kate Smith — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:05:04 +0000

“Two colours are enough, just blue and white – more might be a nightmare.”

Jennifer Kostuik

Brangelina Go Amish

Kate Smith — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:18:12 +0000

Sometimes style and color just come together in such a way that they instantly bring something to mind. Branding and advertising experts use this fact to their advantage all of the time. Sometimes the instant association is not so postive.

In Julie’s post Colors of the SAG Awards- who got it right? she points out that the perfectly coordinated colors and simple styles worn by Brad and Angelina reminder her of an Amish couple. Well I couldn’t help but roar with laughter over that one because she was absolutely right!

This sent me on a quick search to remind myself of exactly what the Amish garb looks like and I think I found the inspiration for their SAG Awards attire. Other than leaving the headwear at home I think Brad and Angelina look like a perfect Amish couple. What do you think?

I laughed even harder when I realized that