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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 14th

Kate Smith — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:05:51 +0000

“For a warm earthy palette, add Raw Umber, Cadmium Red Light, Burnt Umber and Olive Green.”

Lisa Buck-Goldstein

Cottage-Style Yellow, Pink and Green

Kate Smith — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:45:35 +0000

Yesterday I was speaking to Kathy and we had a lively conversation about the yellow, pink and mossy green decorating scheme she was considering for her cottage-style home in Northern California.

It was fun and I thought I might look for something inspiring in that scheme for today’s post but I didn’t really have to seek something out. The color inspiration was waiting for me when I sat down for breakfast.

Although it looks gray in the picture the plate was actually a soft green similar to the color shown below.

If you are like me once you get a color scheme in your head it keeps showing in all kinds of ways– an ad in a magazine, the stripes of the shirt of the person next to you in line, the flowers that catch you eye at the market– and sometimes even on your breakfast table.

The one thing I can say for sure is this is a yummy combination. I’m just not sure which I enjoyed more. The conversation with Kathy or the warm, juicy grapefruit.

Levenger Winter Colors

Kate Smith — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:42:39 +0000

I was doing a bit of holiday shopping for my son online at Levenger this morning when I noticed a link in their menu “Winter Colors” and as you can guess I had to click.

I found a grouping of products with the recommendation to “Give the gift of fine leather gear from Levenger this season, or add a splash of festive seasonal color to your own business ensemble.”

A take off on the traditional red and green colors of Christmas the mostly leather items did look appealing but not sure why they chose to call them “Winter Colors” rather than Holiday or Christmas colors.

Maybe they wanted to be more inclusive or politically correct. Maybe they wanted to communicate the idea that these products would be appropriate throughout the winter and not just at the holidays. I’ll be interested to see if the “Winter Colors” link is still there in January or February and if the colors are still the same. What do you think?

The Colors of Carolyn Gavin

Kate Smith — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:01:53 +0000

I opened up my email to find this absolutely adorable group of characters on an ad for Licensed Products at Printsource in January. The artwork is by Carolyn Gavin and it simply made me smile.

I like the combination of colors she chose and decided to take a closer look at the palette that has a youthful energy with grown up appeal.

Here are a few more designs by Carolyn Gavin. I think she has an incredible sense of color. Each of her palettes is just delightful and anyone of them could inspire me.

This is a close up of one of her designs on a notebook that I found at Journals and Books.

Visit Lilla Rogers Studio where you can find Carolyn Gavin’s portfolio, bio and pictures of her studio.

Learn more about Printsource: The World of Textile and Surface Design

Happy Friday,