Here a sea of aqua blue houses is beautifully juxtaposed against the dry browns of the desert that surrounds it.

But beautiful blue is only one of the many colors that you will find in Jodhpur.

Journey along with me through the streets to see more of this colorful city…

But the fact is I’ve spied my favorite color on so many runways already that I’m selfishly prepared to jump the gun a little this time around and joyfully exclaim, “All Orange lovers rejoice! Come next Fall, all shades of this energetic hue from citrus to pomegranate to pumpkin to blood orange and all the juicy shades in between are sure to be in style.

Badgley Mischka, Carolina Herrera

Monique Lhuillier, Marciso Rodriguez, Ports 1961, 3.1 Phillip Lim

Benjamin Cho, Zero Maria Cornejo

Richard Chai, Y & Kei, Carlos Miele, TSE

Koi Suwannagate, Karen Walker

Next week I’ll be taking a look at the other color and style trends emerging from the tents of Bryant Park… in the meantime let me know-

“Will you have a taste for Orange next Fall?”

all photos from style.com

Based on research and filled with hundreds of illustrations, color expert Leatrice Eiseman presents insights on color and emotion, shares how best to integrate these qualities into your work, insuring your intended message is communicated.

Before computers, ipods, and 400 channels on television, seeing who could blow the biggest bubble provided entertainment while hanging outside with the neighborhood gang. Do kids still compete to see who can inflate the largest pink bubble gum bubble?

Even if they don’t, I think “Double Bubble” is a wonderful name for an art exhibit that explores the color pink and its embodiment of the lighthearted side of summer. Don’t you agree?

Corey Drieth
Untitled #3, 2006
Gouache on poplar
9 x 9 inch

It’s the 4th of July and time to celebrate by decking out ourselves and our homes in red, white, and blue. But why were these three colors? Sure they are the color of our flag but why?

Wonder no longer. I’ve put together a short article to give you the answer.

Find our “Why the American Flag is Red, White and Blue”…

What comes to mind when you think of the color blue? Some might think of their favorite blue jeans, the latest in Bluetooth technology, or the popular children’s program Blue’s Clues. Others may recall a treasured blue and white soup tureen passed down through generations, an unforgettable blue summer sky, or Ol’ Blue Eyes and a Sinatra tune.

The newest exhibition at the Concord Museum looks at objects from the Museum’s collection through a blue lens, bringing together the fabrics, papers, and paints used in seascapes and landscapes, geometric and floral bandboxes, charming coverlets, blue and white ceramics, a Union officer’s great coat, a 1960s Emilio Pucci patterned silk dress, and much more.

The Boston Globe had a nice piece on the exhibit Filling in shades of meaning: Museum explores the color blue.

If you’re going to be in the Boston area, the show runs through April 29, 2007 and you can find out more about A Splash of Blue at the Concord Museum.

This film will show you the color red in a new light and encourage you to explore the dark side of all human emotions.

Experience the passion, love, and erotic sides of red in the movie that will surely be talked about for years to come!

From the PWN blog:

In a revealing interview with Anderson Cooper this past Thursday, the color Orange sought out to “cleanse the palette” on today’s issues involving color. The underlying purpose of this interview was to raise awareness of a new bill that is in the works; that proposes to add the color Orange to the Equal Opportunity roster.

“For too long, I have been discriminated against, unjustly represented and have not been given the same amount of opportunities that other colors have,” stated Orange. “I like trees, I voted for Gore, I want to put a stop to Global Warming, but Corporate America has made it clear that only the color Green can be used in these efforts.

I want to save the children of Africa from dying of hunger and AIDS, I used to listen to U2, but I am not Red, and that part of society does not accept me.”

Aside from the more recent examples, Orange described issues that have stemmed over the past few hundred years. “Blue for instance, there are over 20 variations of blue…Baby Blue, Sky Blue, Navy Blue, Midnight Blue, Powder Blue, Light Blue, and Dark Blue. I have zero variations…I am Orange. There is no Dark Orange and do you know what Light Orange is?… Yellow. I understand that I am not what you would consider a primary color, but Green has over 30 variations: Pine, Emerald, Grass, Bright, Dark, Forest…let me tell you a little secret about Green… it wouldn’t even be a color if it weren’t for Yellow and Blue.”

Continue reading the blog post…

“Paradoxically, black, as both an identity and a crayon color, is concurrently loved and loathed, desired and despised,” she writes.