Live in full color » Eli Becker http://www.sensationalcolor.com/liveinfullcolor Bringing color to life one blog post at a time. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:29:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 A Visual Tsunami of the Color of the Year http://www.sensationalcolor.com/liveinfullcolor/a-visual-tsunami-of-the-color-of-the-year/ http://www.sensationalcolor.com/liveinfullcolor/a-visual-tsunami-of-the-color-of-the-year/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:42:30 +0000 Eli Becker http://www.sensationalcolor.com/liveinfullcolor/?p=6351 Who knew that Leatrice Eiseman and Mother Nature were so close! Executive Director of Pantone Color Institute, Leatrice Eismen has forecasted mimosa yellow as the color of the year for 2009.  “The color yellow exemplifies the warmth and nurturing quality of the sun, properties we as humans are naturally drawn to for reassurance… Mimosa also speaks to enlightenment, as it is a hue that sparks imagination and innovation.”
Fall Colors reflect Pantone Color of the Year Mimosa When I stepped outside this morning I was overwhelmed with a visual tsunami of bold shades of warmth. There were hypnotic yellows, ripe reds and oranges that seemed to taunt me, as if to say, “Caution!  You are witnessing a magical spectrum that may mesmerize you to the point of missing your next class.”
Fall Colors: Mimosa Pantone Color of the Year shows up in the fall foilageThere was legitimacy to this concern. My normally dull, ten minute walk across campus transformed into a 25 minute promenade through one of Mother Natureʼs most joyful explosions of beauty. I just had to share!Fall Colors: Mimosa Pantone Color of the Year shows up in the fall foilageI also felt the need to validate Mrs.Eismanʼs trend; I can attest to the power of yellow filling me with enlightenment.

Fall Colors: Mimosa Pantone Color of the Year shows up in the fall foilage

Enjoy! (And donʼt worry, It was a philosophy of aesthetics class. My professor understood.)
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Fall Colors: Mimosa Pantone Color of the Year shows up in the fall foilage

Fall Colors: Mimosa Pantone Color of the Year shows up in the fall foilage

Fall Colors: Mimosa Pantone Color of the Year shows up in the fall foilage

Fall Colors: Mimosa Pantone Color of the Year shows up in the fall foilage

All images compliments of Nathan Butala.

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]]> http://www.sensationalcolor.com/liveinfullcolor/a-visual-tsunami-of-the-color-of-the-year/feed/ 5 Colors Are Sweet in Chicago http://www.sensationalcolor.com/liveinfullcolor/colors-are-sweet-in-chicago/ http://www.sensationalcolor.com/liveinfullcolor/colors-are-sweet-in-chicago/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:26:43 +0000 Eli Becker http://www.sensationalcolor.com/liveinfullcolor/?p=5761 Compulsions can be a funny thing.  Some people have a weakness for chocolate.  For others, it’s cars.  But for me, it’s color.  Be it in nature, design, food, I often find myself drawn more to the aesthetic appeal than the actual object. But that notion was challenged as I found myself torn between two loves: color and ice cream.The Colors of Via Gelato from the Chicago Ice Cream Festival

I recently attended the annual Chicago Luxury Ice Cream Festival, where I found myself among some of the most colorful and delectable creamy wonders on the North side.  Local creameries displayed their finest in the hopes of impressing ice cream lovers and gelato-holics alike.

In a crowd of eleven different creameries, two really stuck out.  The first was a vendor called Via Gelato and Café.  If you can imagine the bold flavor of kiwi, imagine even more the incredible green color that emanated from the delectable sweet. No additive colors were used to make the gelato. The color is the result of natures brilliance at its sweetest.

The colors of Nice Ice Cream from the Chicago Luxury Ice Cream FestivalAnd Nice Cream – what a wickedly evil delight! Nice Cream is a seasonal ice cream shop which uses local and organic products to make flavors such as strawberry with angel food cake, vanilla bean with blueberry pie, chocolate with sweet basil and mango sorbet with chili powder and lime. Combine a wave of brightly colored crèmes packaged in equally appealing containers and color conscious admirers find themselves to be the proverbial moth drawn to the irresistible, epicurean flame.

The standards were high and at the end of the evening, this full time color enthusiast (and devout ice cream indulger) was left content in her compulsion.  The orange-peach champagne sorbet was orange at its best.  The bright yellow ice cream was the perfect pineapple.  I looked at the myriad of colors — the browns and oranges and pinks –and realized I could do nothing but enjoy it for all its splendor. Its sweet, bright and delicious splendor.

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