Kate Smith is an optimistic, expressive, artist, designer, writer and color fanatic. With her warm and witty style, Kate teaches you to clearly see, understand and be inspired by color. Then she guides you step-by-step to develop your own unique color sense-ability and achieve results you never dreamed possible.
Read Time: 2 minEnrolling in a spinning and dyeing class while in college opened my eyes to natural dyes and the custom color combinations you can create by spinning yarn yourself. I continued exploring the possibilities of working with fiber and fabrics for many years, but life led me in another direction. In the past year, I’ve been […]
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Read Time: 2 minThe Anatomy of Colour: The Story of Heritage Paints and Pigments is the best historical guide to color, paint, and pigments for interior design, I have found to date.Author Patrick Baty is immensely knowledgable and shares what he knows in a way that is accessible to design and color lovers at every level. Even if […]
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Read Time: 4 minColor is dynamic. Every color has a vibrant public persona, but it also has more subtle attributes that the human eye does not immediately see. One of the most effective techniques for alleviating frustration and mastering color, especially when it comes to neutrals, is to understand materials and paint color undertones.
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Read Time: 13 minThe Color of the Year 2022 selected by Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore, Pittsburgh Paints, and Behr are all from the same color family — green! It isn’t often all companies agree on the year’s top color, but this earthy hue is essential for the upcoming year. Here are the reasons green is so popular.
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Read Time: 11 minColor Meaning of Green Explained; symbolism, psychology, word associations, intrigue facts about green and how to use nature’s favorite color effectively.
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Read Time: 14 minWhen reviewing the 2021 Color of the Year and Color Trends, I noticed something fascinating. Something I don’t recall playing out in trends as clearly as it did this year. To understand what grabbed my attention, I will review for you the color of the year and color trends from six popular companies. Once you see […]
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Read Time: 3 minThis year my reaction to Pantone’s Color of the Year 2021, has been challenging to pin down. See why and my take on this years colors, PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating and 17-5104 Ultimate Gray.
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Read Time: 3 minWe are uncertain about what is ahead. Most people are feeling unsettled. No one knows what to expect. When we need assurance, what colors give us that feeling? Neutrals! I share the neutrals that will satisfy our desire for security, and stability in the upcoming year.
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Read Time: 3 minKnowing something A to Z’s means you have a full range of fundamental knowledge relating to the subject. My COLOR A-Z won’t give you a full range of knowledge but it does give you 26 color ideas from fun and fundamentals to think about. Enjoy!
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Read Time: 5 minColor temperature describes how “warm” or “cool” a color is. Blue, green, and purple are cool while yellow, orange, and red but there is more to it than that.
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Read Time: 4 minA color scheme of pure red and green says Christmas because these two hues have come to be known as the colors of this widely celebrated holiday. Have you ever wondered, “Why are red and green traditional Christmas colors?”I have waded through scholarly research and popular tales only to find many conflicting stories. What follows […]
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Read Time: 9 minDo you think that a color trend lasts about a year? It isn’t true. The Color of the Year 2020 has staying power. Here’s what you need to know about these six takes on color trends.
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Read Time: 5 minQuotes About Color Red Red is such an interesting color to correlate with emotion, because it’s on both ends of the spectrum. On one end you have happiness, falling in love, infatuation with someone, passion, all that. On the other end, you’ve got obsession, jealousy, danger, fear, anger and frustration.Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter, b. 1989 […]
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Read Time: 4 minQuotes About the Color Gray The color of truth is gray.Andre Gide, French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1869-1951 The color of truth is gray. – Andre Gide #color #quotes Click to Tweet Remember the enemy of all painting is gray: a painting will almost always appear grayer then it is, […]
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Read Time: 3 minQuotes About the Color Orange The moon is bland in color. I call it shades of gray. You know, the only color we see is what we bring or the Earth, which is looking down upon us all the time. And to find orange soil on the moon was a surprise.Eugene Cernan, American naval officer, […]
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Read Time: 4 minQuotes About Color White Such a magnificent sky, and it’s nothing but white paper! Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French Impressionist painter, 1841-1919Background image credit: Aldro T. Hibbard Never use pure white; it doesn’t exist in nature.Aldro T. Hibbard, American painter, 1886-1972 Never use pure white; it doesn’t exist in nature. – Aldro T. Hibbard #color #quotes Click to […]
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Read Time: 4 minQuotes About the Color Pink I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I […]
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Read Time: 4 minQuotes About the Color Black There’s something about black. You feel hidden away in it.Georgia O’Keeffe, American painter recognized as the “Mother of American Modernism”, 1887-1986 There’s something about black. You feel hidden away in it. – Georgia O’Keeffe #color #quotes Click to Tweet Background image credit: Edouard Manet Public Domain Black is not a color.Edouard […]
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Read Time: 3 minQuotes About the Color Brown Insert Image God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.Anne Sexton, American poet and Pulitzer prize winner, 1928-1974Background image credit: Winston Churchill Public domain US I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.Winston […]
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Read Time: 4 minQuotes About Color Green My father pointed to the moon and asked me what color it was. I couldn’t tell. So he told me to look at the horizon and then glance back quickly at the moon. Then I saw it: it was pale green. Alden Baker, American painter, b. 1928 Green is the prime color […]
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