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Effect of Cool Colours retro advice (1938)

On: March 2, 2021

Tagged: Blue, ceiling, colors, colours, cool colors, decorative, reflection, warm

I found this article from a 1938 edition of the The Courier Mail. Primer forRead More →

Webb Corbett British glassware manufacturer

On: February 19, 2021

Tagged: art, Art deco, Blue, crystal, decor, Design, designed, designer, england, geometric, geometrical, glass, glassware, manufacturer, mid-century, vase, vases, wine

Webb Corbett is a British glassware manufacturer, located in Stourbridge.Irene Stevens joined Webb Corbett as a designer in 1946. L. Green designed its 1958 Bouquet range of cut glass. David Marquess of Queensberry was retained as a consultant designer in the early 1960s.Read More →

Violets – Colour Palette

On: February 3, 2021

Tagged: Blue, purple, violet, yellow

The violets are one of the most recognisable flowers. Even the scientific name of the principal type makes sense; it is Viola odorta, the sweet violet. It is a native of Europe. Many hybrid forms exist with both single and double flowers. Flower colours include white and shades of pink lavender, violet, purple and yellow.

I call this colour swatch Violet on wood.Read More →

Thich Nhat Hanh on mindfulness

On: December 27, 2020

Tagged: Blue, happy, meditation, mindfulness, sky

To be a sound designer, it is not just technical skill. Sucess as a designerRead More →

An explosion of colours at the colour run

Colour Theory Terms You Need to Know

On: October 11, 2020

Tagged: Blue, cmyk, cold, color, color theory, colour, Colour Theory, cool, guide, hue, measurement, value

As a web designer, my aim in studying colours is to acquire the knowledge that will enable me to use and combine them to support the purposes of the website I am building. I may use understated, muted colours for quiet and subtle sites (Corporate Website).Read More →

The difference between cool colours and warm colours. (reblog)

On: September 26, 2020

Tagged: Blue, color, colorful, cool, elem, environment, heat, hot, modern, sky, summer, sun, warm, warming, website

I was in the hardware store this morning and I picked up the Dulux interior colour collection catalogue. I love colour swatches and I always find them a fun and exciting way to be inspired. When I was something through the brochure I was thinking about warm and cold colours.Read More →

Northern Lights – colour palette

On: September 24, 2020

Tagged: arctic, astronomy, atmosphere, aurora, background, beautiful, Blue, boreal, borealis, calendar, canada, cold, color, colorful, dark, forest, green, iceland, illustration, lake, landscape, lapland, light, lights, lofoten, magical, magnetic, nature, night, nordic, north, northern, norway, outdoor, phenomenon, polar, polaris, reflection, scandinavia, sky, snow, solar, space, star, stars, travel, tree, water, winter

Northern lights are a result of the collision of gaseous particles in the Earth’s atmosphere. This palette I created from the deep and cosmic colours of a photo taken in Estonia. I have called it Aurora.Read More →

YInMn blue – the new blue tone colour

On: September 24, 2020

Tagged: background, beauty, Blue, clear, color, color theory, colorful, colour, Colour Theory, digital, illustration, modern, pantone, sky, texture, wave, web

I am not a natural when it comes to being able to distinguish between different shades of the same colour. It has now just become more difficult to differentiate a new shade of blue has hit a market called YinMn. Researchers named the pigment YnMn after its three elements: Yittrium (Y), Indium (In) and Manganese (Mn).Read More →