]]> http://www.sensationalcolor.com/colorpro/lavender-the-color-and-scent-of-provence/feed/ 2 http://www.sensationalcolor.com/colorpro/the-meaning-of-the-color-purple-for-team-obama/ http://www.sensationalcolor.com/colorpro/the-meaning-of-the-color-purple-for-team-obama/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:32:45 +0000 Kate Smith http://www.sensationalcolor.com/colorpro/?p=4001 There is always lots of chatter about any State of the Union address but this week the conversations included the color purple.  Why was purple the color of the day for ‘Team Obama”?

A question Georgea Kovanis attempts to answer in her article, Did purple apparel send a message at the State of the Union address? I was quoted in the article.

“Color sends a message,’” says Kate Smith, a color expert who works as a corporate color consultant. “There’s some message on our mind, whether it’s conscious or unconscious.”

So, what does purple mean when it comes to politics?

Because it is a combination of red and blue, it carries some meanings from both colors. “You’re communicating the trustworthiness from blue as well as some red, the power, the in-charge side of red,” says Smith, who owns Sensational Color, a company based in Washington, D.C. “They’re unifying.”

And unification was one of the points of Obama’s speech.

And a bit further into the article:

The fact that he wore a tie that leans more toward burgundy than a true red is significant, too, says Smith. “It still has the message of the red tie, but when you go to a deeper tone, it’s not in your face, it’s not quite as bold.”

In other words, he’s in charge but he’s willing to cooperate with others.

Read the entire article on the Detroit Free Press

I also wrote a follow up post on our Live In Full Color blog.

I was reminded of this as I was searching for something today and came upon Smokin Joe’s comment on the forum board at JalopyJournal.com and it make me smile so I thought I’d share with you.

Ford has always come up with colorful names for their paint. Most of them give you NO idea of what the paint’s supposed to look like. Other factories followed suit. Mopar had some really strange colors for the cudas and challengers back in the 70′s. I tried to get some of the purple from a paint store once for an AAR cuda using the factory paint name and the guy didn’t know what I was after till I told him I wanted “Goofy Grape”.

Pic from http://auto.howstuffworks.com

You can just imagine how thrilled I was when Karen agreed to be a featured contributor to Sensational Color.   Karen will be writing articles based on her color book series that represent all colors used in the garden. Each of Karen’s books offers a blueprint on which plants to choose and how to use them and I think we can look forward to her keen insights on how to bring new colors into our gardens.

The first article is Color in the Garden – Black and if you’re like me by the time you finish reading it you’ll want to grab the book or ebook and start thinking about how you might add a little Black Magic to your garden.

John Ruskin