22nd Nov. '08 • Color Inspiration • Tags: blue, Color Inspiration, gray, green, pink, taupe
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One of the advantages of getting up and out early is seeing the sunrise. I caught this little glimpse of pink as I was crossing the river this morning and snapped a photo. 
I really like how the greenish gray and rust (which I tweaked to more of a taupe) (more…)
8th Oct. '08 • More on Color Trends • Tags: color for a cause, live in full color, magenta, pink
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In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month April has posted pink and more pink.
See all of April’s favorites Think Pink….Hot Pink and Magenta on Live In Full Color… (more…)
21st Sep. '08 • Fashion & Beauty • Tags: lipstick, nude, orange, pink, red
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Joanne Richard took a look at lipstick in an article that appeared in six of the Sun newspapers in Canada today and she included my “Personality Shades”.
I also included another sidebar that I thought you would enjoy. It looks at personality based on how a woman wears down the point as she applies the color.
From the article:
While trends in lip colour and shape change, lipstick remains the most purchased and used cosmetic product out there.
PERSONALITY SHADES
Bright Red: Open, dynamic, sexy and opinionated — they know what they want.
Bright Pink: Fun loving and ability to make others feel important.
Light Pink: Innocent, feminine and charming with a sweet demeanor.
Brownish: Confident, usually appears cool and collected.
Nude: Highly admired and possesses a quiet power and confidence.
Wine: Authoritative with a penchant for luxury or expensive things.
Orange: Youthful, innovative and the life of the party - a trendsetter.
- Kate Smith, colour pro, www.sensationalcolor.com
READING LIPSTICK
The way a woman wears down her lipstick reveals her personality. (more…)
29th May. '08 • Brand, Trademark or Signature Color • Tags: brand, magenta, pink, trademark
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Telia is not a brand recognized in the U.S. but parent company Deutsche Telekom parent company of T-mobile is and many of you might recall that in the past that they have taken steps to keep competitors from using magenta in their branding.
This time however they weren’t successful in their action and I just posted a short article about the outcome of this legal action…
4th Apr. '08 • Color Meaning, Psychology & Symbolism • Tags: pink
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Behind South Carolina’s drab prison walls, the colors of clothing can mean a lot.
An inmate wearing something red would likely be linked to the Bloods street gang. Blue is the color for the Crips, a rival gang. Unless you’re a guard, the state wouldn’t put you in those colors.
Most inmates wear tan jumpsuits. Yellow ones are for prisoners in isolation; green for those sentenced to die; orange for the ones transferred from county jails.
A federal judge will decide on the most controversial jumpsuit color: pink.
3rd Apr. '08 • Brand, Trademark or Signature Color • Tags: logos, magenta, pink
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Deutsche Telekom, owners of the global T-Mobile brand, sent Engadget a late birthday present: a hand-delivered letter direct from their German legal department requesting the prompt discontinuation of the use of the color magenta on Engadget Mobile. Continue reading on Engadget Mobile…
Vero on Taptology responded by posting the following:
“I bow down to Engadget’s creative response. Note the header changes:”
I thought you would enjoy it has much as I did. For more comments from Vero at Taptology see ‘The Campaign to Set Magenta Free’…
And an additional post on engadget.com…
Thanks to reader Dave for sending me the link to this post on Owning Color…
2nd Apr. '08 • Products & Packaging Color • Tags: blue, green, orange, pink, red
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The E-420 is not even on the market yet, even though Olympus has already announced a special edition for the summer and is celebrating the mirror reflex camera as though it was its ten year anniversary.
The lime green, royal blue, ruby red, sunset orange and candy pink colours remind one of trendy braces, while the camouflage military style colour looks like something a teenager would wear.
Read more at idealo.uk.com
18th Nov. '07 • Products & Packaging Color • Tags: pink, sports
Filed as Kate Smith
The colour of balls used in the English one-day game could change from white to pink if trials by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), guardians of the laws of cricket, prove successful.
“Paint tends to flake off white balls and we have asked (manufacturers) Kookaburra to produce a batch of pink ones because these show up so much better,” MCC’s head of cricket John Stephenson told Tuesday’s edition of the Times newspaper. “The challenge is to produce a ball which retains its colour.
Former England captain Mike Gatting, the ECB’s managing director of cricket partnerships, said: “We have tried white and orange balls and perhaps pink ones will last longer. This is a very interesting and very wise development and a colour may have been found that is easier on the eye.”
It may soon be time to add cricket balls to my list of items showing the trends for the color pink!
10th Nov. '07 • Color Around the World • Tags: pink, thailand, Trends, yellow
Filed as Kate Smith
People across Thailand have started wearing pink shirts in tribute to their beloved 79-year-old king, who checked out of a hospital this week dressed in a blazer and a dress shirt of that color.
For about two years, Thais have shown their respect for King Bhumibol Adulyadej by wearing yellow _ the color that in Buddhist tradition symbolizes Monday, the day of the week the monarch was born.
Many Thais have donned yellow shirts every Monday since 2006, the year of Bhumibol’s 60th anniversary on the throne. The tribute has continued this year to celebrate his 80th birthday on 5 Dec.
But it looks like pink is about to become the new yellow in Thailand. Demand for pink T-shirts is picking up.
Astrologers have determined pink to be an auspicious color for the king’s 80th year. A royal emblem, using pink among other colors, was specially designed for his birthday.
(Photo courtesy: AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
7th Apr. '07 • Brand, Trademark or Signature Color • Tags: color for a cause, pink
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De Boer is a company that is among the world’s leading providers of arge temporary structures so they would naturally challenge their design team to ‘Think Big’ but what I wanted to know was why the asked them to ‘Think Pink’.
My first thought was that the structure was originally constructed for an event somehow related to breast cancer and I was right.
The vivid shade of pink matches the corporate color of (more…)
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