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The Changing Colors of a Provincetown Sunset

Kate Smith — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:52:51 +0000

If you have ever watched the changing sky as the evening sets in you can clearly see how the light affects the colors of the landscape.

The same sky from a different vantage point an hour or so later. The colors have changed as the light dims.

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 10th

Kate Smith — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:05:04 +0000

“It seems obvious that colors vary according to lights, because when any color is placed in the shade, it appears to be different from the same color which is located in light. Shade makes color dark, whereas light makes color bright where it strikes.”

Leon Battista Alberti

Color Quote of the Day: February 7th

Kate Smith — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:05:51 +0000

“Colours are the deeds of light, its deeds and sufferings.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Color Quote of the Day: February 6th

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

“Colours are light’s suffering and joy.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Color Quote of the Day: December 5th

Kate Smith — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:05:52 +0000

“Light is therefore colour.”

Joseph Mallord William Turner, English Painter
23 April 1775– 19 December 1851

Color Quote of the Day: November 17th

Kate Smith — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:05:24 +0000

“Ah, Chardin, what you grind on your palette is not this color or that… but the very substance of things. You dip your brush in air and light and spread them on your canvas.”

Denis Diderot

Mobile Light and Color

Kate Smith — Thu, 10 May 2007 03:39:19 +0000

Inspired by their love of the colors and elements found in nature, the designers of the recently released Sony Ericsson T650 have created a phone that is all about the details.

From the special illumination effects on the keypad and side of the phone that interact with the display to the color accents to the sleek stainless steel finish the design appeals to me.

What I found most fascinating was that you have the ability to set the light effects and phone themes

City Branding Up in Lights

Kate Smith — Tue, 08 May 2007 03:48:54 +0000

A debate invovling color and light is underway in Istanbul, Turkey. The Bosporus Bridge a monument rich in symbolic meaning as it brings together two continents has been decorated with 16 million blue, red, and yellow LED bulbs at the expense of the Turkish Phillips Company.

However the bright lights have been received with mixed reviews and everyone from statesmen to the people on the street seem to have a strong opinion on the project.

Light Layers

Kate Smith — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:31:03 +0000

I keep an eye on the science and research publications to see what may be on the horizon for color in the future.

Even if I don’t fully understand the impact of the latest reserch it still sparks my imagination and opens my mind to new possiblities for the future as well as for using the materials available to me today.

This week Chemical Technology: A magazine highlighting the latest applications and technological aspects of research across the chemical sciences reports:

A simple process for preparing light-emitting layers of silica with wide colour variation has been developed by Italian scientists.