“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 Read more »
JCrew Savings Inspired
I regularly see articles or books that talk about looking to fine art or photographs of nature for color scheme inspiration and these are great places to find beautiful combinations however color inspiration can come from anywhere that there is color. My inbox seems to be ripe recently with ads filled with color inspiration. This [...] Read more »
The Colors of Carolyn Gavin
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 [...] Read more »
Tree at Williamsburg Inn
I was in Williamsburg over the Thanksgiving holiday and during a stroll in the garden behind the Inn I was taken with the pattern and colors in the bark of this tree. The gray and orange combination would make a very sophisticated color palette for either an interior and exterior of a home. Quite a [...] Read more »
Etsy Inspired
I was on Twitter today when i clicked a link to view a treasury on etsy.com. Carol Langston of Designingit had put together this collection of blue and orange items that caught her fancy and it inspired me to think about this color combination. This complementary scheme can take on many variations and here are [...] Read more »
