Beige, a Bland, Boring Colour that Starts with B
A quick look at ‘beige’ in Wikipedia shows that, in spite of being a colour with a reputation for being boring, it actually has an interesting history. Currently ‘beige’ is […]
Category Archives: Colour
Cosmic Challenge: Patterns in Nature
I love Crotons with their vivid Rastafarian colours in leafy patterns – my camera hates them and basically refuses to focus – I think the patterns throw it off. That didn’t […]
High Contrast in Art & Photography
The biggest contrast is between Black & White — Darkness & Light — Positive & Negative. ‘High Contrast’ means black and white with little or no shades of grey in between, […]
One Word Challenge: Pantone Colours
While I was cleaning out all my ancient graphic art stuff that doesn’t get used anymore I found my Pantone Colour Specifier books. These damn things were hugely expensive and completely necessary […]
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Peach Moonstone & Apricot Aventurine
I’m using this weeks Cee’s colour challenge to look at some peach and apricot-coloured semi-precious stone beads. Peach Feldspar (flat rounds streaked with smoky brown as well as the solid-coloured […]
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Turquoise from the American Southwest
According to Native American tradition, turquoise was the stone that had fallen from the sky. Most of the turquoise mined in those times was in what is now the American Southwest. […]
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Lime
Lime-coloured oranges in Thailand. Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Lime or Bright Green
