By Kate Smith | Color Quotes
Read Time: 3 min Quotes 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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By Kate Smith | Color Quotes
Read Time: 2 min Quotes About the Color Orange Orange is the happiest color.Frank Sinatra, American singer, actor, and producer, 1915-1998 Orange is the happiest color – Frank Sinatra #color #quotes Click to Tweet Tanning is tricky, because a lot of people just look orange.Laura Linney, American actress, b. 1964 The moon is bland in color. I call it […]
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By Kate Smith | Color Quotes
Read Time: 3 min Quotes About Color White 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 Tweet Renoir said once that nothing was so difficult, and at the same time so exciting, to paint, as white […]
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By Kate Smith | Color Quotes
Read Time: 3 min Quotes 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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By Kate Smith | Color Quotes
Read Time: 4 min Quotes About the Color Black Black is not a color.Edouard Manet, French realist/Impressionist painter, 1832-1883 What, you haven’t any ivory-black on your palette? If you think you are going to make black with blue and red, I can’t have you in my class. You might stir up trouble with such ideas.”Fernand Cormon, French Historical painter, […]
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By Kate Smith | Color Quotes
Read Time: 2 min Quotes About the Color Brown God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.Anne Sexton, American poet and Pulitzer prize winner, 1928-1974 I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.Winston Spencer Churchill, British statesman and Prime Minister of the […]
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By Kate Smith | Color Quotes
Read Time: 3 min Quotes 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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By Kate Smith | Color Quotes
Read Time: 3 min Quotes About the Color Yellow How lovely yellow is! It stands for the sun.Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch Post-Impressionist painter, 1853-1890 How lovely yellow is! It stands for the sun. – Vincent Van Gogh #color #quotes Click to Tweet What a horrible thing yellow is.Edgar Degas, French realist/Impressionist painter and sculptor, 1834-1917 Yellow wakes me up […]
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By Kate Smith | Color Quotes
Read Time: 3 min Quotes About the Color Purple Violet has the shortest wavelength of the spectrum. Behind it, the invisible ultraviolet. Roses are Red, Violets are Blue. Poor violet, violated for a rhyme.Derek Jarmen, English film director, stage designer, diarist, artist, gardener and author, 1942–1994 Roses are Red, Violets are Blue. Poor violet, violated for a rhyme. – […]
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By Kate Smith | Color Quotes
Read Time: 3 min There is a reason blue is named most often as a favorite color. Blue is the color of the sea, sky, and blue jeans. See pictures with the best quotes about blue.
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By Kate Smith | Color Around the World
Read Time: 2 min If it weren’t for fall colors I’m not sure that I could ever let go of the long, hot, glorious days of summer and accept the daylight scarce, frigid days of winter. There is just something about the bright blue sky, warm sunshine and explosion of red, orange and gold that keeps me from completely […]
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By Kate Smith | Color Around the World
Read Time: 4 min Vibrant orange is the color that jumps to mind when we think of the portly pumpkin that symbolizes all things autumn. Today, bright orange is only one of the many colors of pumpkins. There are varieties in shades from deep, robust scarlet to a light blue and ghostly white.
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By Kate Smith | Color Words & Phrases
Read Time: 8 min Every culture has idioms — a phrase that has become commonly recognized for their figurative rather than literal meaning — that can quickly convey meaning with just a few words.
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By Kate Smith | Color Meaning & Symbolism
Read Time: 9 min Color Meaning of White Explained; symbolism, psychology, word associations, intrigue facts about white and how to use the purist of colors effectively.
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By Kate Smith | Color Meaning & Symbolism
Read Time: 9 min Flowers, especially roses, are used to convey the many emotions we have for each other. Be it “I love you” or “I’m sorry,” sending roses is the perfect way to give someone a lift as well as send a message that you may be reluctant to say. How simple and wonderful to be able to […]
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By Kate Smith | Business Colors
Read Time: 7 min What do you think of the Color of the Year for 2019?The answer depends on which color you consider the Color of the Year.A decade ago, the color Pantone put forth was the one that most people thought of when they heard “Color of the Year.” With many other companies jumping on this idea, Pantone’s […]
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By Kate Smith | Color Theory
Read Time: 5 min We think of color as transcendent – a language of sorts that signifies independent of cultural differences, time period, or aesthetic movement. Color is a powerful tool that permits designers to influence mood, compose spaces, and even make profound statements. We accept these truths about color, but we don’t often take the time to examine […]
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By Kate Smith | Color Around the World
Read Time: 2 min If you said, “Palm Springs”, until recently the first things that popped into my head after beautiful surroundings and nice weather were golf and old Hollywood. Considering I’m a lousy golfer and not much of a gambler Palm Springs wasn’t on my mental list of “places I’d like to revisit” but today I officially welcome […]
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By Kate Smith | Color Meaning & Symbolism
Read Time: 4 min Good luck charms have been a part of religion and culture for centuries, often becoming fashion statements or fads. Brazilian wish bracelets known as Bahia Bands have a rich history spanning over 200 years and have recently become more popular throughout the world. Thought to bring the wearer good luck, each band’s color conveys a […]
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By Kate Smith | Color Psychology
Read Time: 3 min Do you have a list of goals you would like to achieve? If so, I’m here to support you with colors to help you stay motivated. Colors can positively affect your level of motivation and that can keep you moving towards your goals. Here are my quick tips for choosing colors that can help you […]
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