This article about the meaning and symbolism of Christmas red and green was originally posted for Christmas 2008. If I say “Christmas colors” I bet red and green instantly come to mind but have you ever wondered how these two colors came to represent our most celebrated holiday? Like any longstanding tradition there are enough [...] Read more »
The Return of Color!
I know, we barely have put away our summer clothes and here I am talking about next spring’s tendances, but New York Fashion Week just ended in New York City and I am happy to report that colors are making a come back in the Spring/Summer 2011 Collections! Not all designers dared reintroducing bright shades, [...] Read more »
Fall Leaves: A Recipe for Awe and Inspiration
To me, fall is a poem, a diary of smells and memories, a glowing stained glass window, a not so still life. Fall is summer’s epitaph, nostalgic and glorious. The colors of leaves are miracles, small explosions of contrast contained within delicate shapes, unique little palettes floating about. Read more »
Wonderful Wisconsin
I am now in the heart of America…right in the center where rolling green hills, tall silos and leaning red barns compose the landscape of Wisconsin. I discovered Door County this summer on the way to its very tip – beautiful enchanting and wild Rock Island – where my boyfriend and I went kayaking and [...] Read more »
Vert de Gris – an Ode to Belgium
For my first article on Sensational Color, I’ve decided to write about what I know best and love most – the colors of Belgium, my little country. It is not easy reducing a country to one color. However there is a palette that defines this low land and its quiet nostalgic beauty; Vert de Gris. [...] Read more »
