For 2006, the Homer Laughlin China Company has chosen to add a soft purple called Heather to their line.
Following the current trend of purples found in nature, this shade, inspired by the flower of the same name, is gentle yet sophisticated.
Heather coordinates with the 14 current colors in their line and blends with many of the vintage colors.
The Fiesta originally designed in 1936 has been produced in dozens of colors throughout the years and with so many possible color schemes for your tabletop, Fiesta allows you to “…reflect your individual style and unique personality.”
It is no wonder that Fiesta is among the most collected china in the world.
Look for Heather in stores in October 2006.
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Pottery Barn has joined with Benjamin Moore to “Create A Home With Color.”
Unlike some of their competitors that have created their own paint lines, Pottery Barn has selected colors from the Benjamin Moore line that coordinate with their line of furniture and home accessories.
I think this is simply brilliant for both of these brands and for customers looking to create Pottery Barn style in their own beautiful home.
From the Pottery Barn website:
“Color has the power to calm, comfort, energize and inspire. That’s why we’ve collaborated with Benjamin Moore to create complete room color palettes, each with four shades that coordinate beautifully.”
The New England Light palette is pictured above and you can see more combinations at Pottery Barn’s website.
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I love to take color quizzes, so when I was on the True Value website, I couldn’t resist. The results of their color quiz for me are shown below and are quite accurate…or at least, I like to think they are.
You are quite the powerful thinker. It’s this talent that allows you to overcome a plethora of great obstacles. Luckily, this doesn’t affect your ego and you give off a pretty easy-going appearance.
You enjoy the finer things in life and also have an attraction to art.
If you can help it, you try not to rock the boat. But you also can’t stop yourself from searching for new ideas, methods or styles.
Why not find out what color you are? True Value Color Quiz
Leave a note about your results in the comments. I’d enjoy knowing if you felt they were as true for you as they were for me.
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Consumers have never had more color choices for their vehicles than they have today.
A great example of the color explosion that is going on is Volkswagen. VW buyers are offered more than 360 color finishes and variants, making it is easy to spot new color trends.
Black- from basic to metallic to pearlescent - is a classic among VW owners. However, silver, in many new shades, is the color to watch - especially Volkswagen’s new Ice Age metallic finish in silver/turquoise, along with the sleek, elegant Candy White.
Not all of VW’s color trends are about looking forward.
The New Beetle is offered in pastel tones that have historical references, which seems like a perfect palette for the VW model, since it also dips back in time for its body style.
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If only mixing blue and red did always produce purple. Anyone that has mixed colors - whether with paint or dye or clay - knows that what when you mix two colors, the result may not always be what you expect.
But that’s a post for another day.
The design shown above is blue ink printed on a red tee, visually producing purple. The designer’s tongue-in-cheek saying cleverly plays on a phrase that is often overused by the media when talking about color.
Visit threadless.com for more t-shirt designs.
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For the launch of the new Volkswagen, international artists used graphic design, urban art, and illustration to turn Copenhagen’s Hotel Fox into the world’s most exciting and creative lifestyle hotel.
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Even with my interest in color, when I was selecting a name for my son, I never considered searching for one that was color-related.
I didn’t think about looking for a name related to gems, flowers, places, or sports, either, but at Cool Baby Names, you have the ability to search for names related to color or over a dozen other categories.
While I did hope for a baby that would be “good as gold,” I think TJ (Thomas Joseph) is happy to have been named after his two grandfathers, rather than have been given a color-inspired name such as Aurelius.
What do you think?
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I may be the color expert in the family, but when it comes to wood finishes, I completely trust David to make the decisions.
David has an uncanny ability to see the natural beauty in wood, whether he’s working on a carpentry project or shaping a bonsai.
When the time came to clean and coat the wood on the well-crafted deck he designed for our home, he chose to use a product from Sikkens.
I didn’t pay too much attention until I saw the spectacular results.
The wood on the deck had always looked great, but now it looked outstanding.
The color and finish were so perfect, I needed to learn more about Sikken’s DEK Finish. And while I was poking around their website, I found a challenging game that I thought you might enjoy.
The game tests your ability to distinguish values of paint colors. It is fun, but be careful, because once you decide where the paint can goes, you can’t move it. Give it a try yourself: Color Sort Game. Let me know how you do!
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Michael James, a world-renowned quilt artist, has a well-honed sense of color that is expressed in each of his quilts.
Examples of his quilts are included in the collections of the Smithsonian Institute, the American Craft Museum, and the International Quilt Study Center.
Michael left painting behind to pursue artistic expression through quilt-making. A bold move into a medium that wasn’t, at that point, considered art and was traditionally thought to be a female pursuit.
Following his passion paid off, as Michael has not only produced an amazing body of work, but has also been credited with almost singlehandedly moving quilts from home craft into the world of fine art.
The quilt pictured here is an example of the style that he is most recognized for.
Many years ago, as a students in one of his workshops, I had what I consider to be one of my great “color moments.”
Each student had painted a color wheel that included twelve colors that resonated with themselves, personally. Michael picked my palette out from a wall full of wheels and commented that whoever painted it had a “sophistocated sense of color.”
What unexpected and wonderful recognition from the master himself! A fascinating artist that has often ruffled the feathers of fellow artists and quilters with his views, Michael continues to push himself and his art beyond accepted boundaries.
In the last few years, his art has undergone a radical shift, and you can view his current work on his website.
If you’re interested in learning more about Michael and his art, there is a book that includes a look at many of the earlier quilts that I recommend: Michael James: Art and Inspiration
Photos from the Smithsonian Institutes’s Renwick Gallery website.
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