“If you look closely at any face, you’ll start to see that different areas of the flesh tones are tinged with four other colors – red, green, purple and yellow.”
Doug Dawson
Artist
“In Autumn you can take one maple leaf and see almost all the colours of the rainbow in it – although you would need your imagination to see blue.”
Dorthe Eisenhardt
Artist
I was delighted this morning by a sunrise in deep blues, golden yellow and light coral.
What a colorful way to start my day.
“How do you paint yellow wheat against a yellow sky? You paint it jet black.”
Ben Shahn
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“Reds, yellows and oranges conjure up sunlight and fire, while the blues and blue-greens evoke snow and ice, sea, sky and moonlight.”
Anonymous
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“There is no blue without yellow and without orange.”
Vincent Van Gogh
I enjoy browsing Flickr to see what catches my eye and today it was this photo of Fragment of “No. 5 / No. 22″, Mark Rothko, 1950, MOMA, NY.
Even among dozens of photos I was immediately drawn to this one but considering how much I enjoy Rothko paintings I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.
I think [...]
Today’s Flickr photo find is from Goodcryst. I like the way the bright colored balls create repetition and contrast against the middle ground of black, white and sand. Also the red cap on the young girl in the foreground and the two red balls above really draw my eye into the picture.
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As part of the city of Minneapolis’ ever-growing commitment to sustainability and the environment, Mayor R.T. Rybak and the City Council began an earnest campaign on April 1 to add the color green to the list of primary colors, which currently includes only the colors red, yellow and blue.
“With the coming of spring, and the [...]
ICI Paints names “Ginger Ale” the color for 2008. Here’s what they had to say about this hue:
Yellow is a color long associated with opposing concepts-oriental and occidental, contemporary and traditional, spiritual and intellectual.
It transcends national cultures and preferences in its ability to communicate optimism, respect, radiance and wellbeing.
It is this duality that makes it [...]
