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I Wish I was in France

Posted on June 26, 2011 | Leave a comment

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Ultraviolet

Posted on June 23, 2011 | Leave a comment

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Once the color associated with royalty, purple is a rich and regal color. Deep purple represents luxury with a touch of romance. On the color wheel, purple is a secondary color achieved my mixing blue and red pigments. The hue varies according to the proportions of blue and red pigments to either a bright violet or soothing lavender blue.

Analogous color schemes of red violet, violet, blue violet, blue naturally occur in nature and make for harmonious color arrangements. Violet is the color associated with a meditative state and is represented by the third eye chakra. Lavender is fresh and visually calming and looks good paired with blues, pinks and white.

Hues of Purple

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Orange Crush

Posted on February 25, 2011 | 1 Comment

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Honeysuckle, the color of 2011

Posted on January 18, 2011 | 4 Comments

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Pantone has chosen honeysuckle pink as the color of 2011.

The color pink is oh so pretty. Pink is synonymous with beauty and femininity. Valentine’s Day, romance and love are represented by the color pink. The color pink is a tint of red and its complementary color is a mint or pale green. The warm and embracing shades of pink are gentle and soothing. Pink is similar to in green that it is represented by the heart chakra for its protective and healing properties. Flowers and flowering trees embody the color pink better than anything in nature as carnations, celosia, dahlias, dianthus, Gerber daisies, hydrangeas, orchids, peonies, rhododendrons, roses, snapdragons, sweet peas and tulips to name a few.

The gemstone rhodonite is known for its balancing effects on the emotions and is known as the rescue stone. Rhodochrosite is thought to relieve stress and is used by healers to cleanse the aura. Ancient legend says that the gemstone tourmaline is found in all colors because it traveled along a rainbow and gathered all the rainbow’s colors. Tourmaline is believed to strengthen the body and spirit, especially the nervous system. It is also thought to inspire creativity and was used extensively as a talisman by artists and writers.

The pink ribbon is globally recognized as the symbol for breast cancer awareness. Little girls and babies are adorned in the color pink. Ballerinas wear pink slippers and tutus. When I made my Catholic confirmation as an adolescent I wore a beautiful shell pink dress with matching shell pink shoes with a French heel. I was giddy over those pink shoes! It has become fashionable for men to wear pink and it looks particularly stylish on a man with a dark complexion.

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If you want to look at the world through rose colored spectacles, dazzle yourself with some pink. Get in the pink—it’s pinkalicious!

By: Charisse Marie Colbert, CMC Design Studio

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Tangled up in blue

Posted on August 13, 2010 | 6 Comments

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As far back as I can remember there has always been a poem, a rhyme, or a song swimming around in my head with the word blue in the lines. There were 11,029 song lyrics which contained the word blue on Google today when I checked. Blue illustrates a mood, feeling or sentiment as well as to characterize the window to the soul or the eyes. Calm, cool and collected and as cool as the other side of the pillow describes blue.

Little Boy Blue come blow your horn,

The sheep’s in the meadow the cow’s in the corn

Lavender’s blue, dilly dilly

Lavender’s green

When you are King, dilly dilly

I shall be Queen.

Roses are red,

Violets are blue,

Sugar is sweet;

And so are you.

Don’t it make my brown eyes blue –Crystal Gayle

Blue moon

You saw me standing there without a dream in my heart

Without a love of my own –Richard Rodgers and Lawrenz Hart

Love is like a dying ember only memories remain

And through the ages I remember

Blue eyes crying in the rain –Fred Rose

The tables are empty

The dance floor is deserted

You play the same love songs

It’s the tenth time you’ve heard it.

That’s the beginning just one of the clues

But you’re on the right track for

Learnin’ the Blues –Frank Sinatra

I got my thrill on blueberry hill –Al Lewis and Larry Stock

Blue, blue windows behind the stars –Neil Young

Well, it’s one for the money,

Two for the show,

Three to get ready,

Now go, cat, go.

But don’t you step on my blue suede shoes.

You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.—Roy Orbison

Blue, songs are like tattoos

You know I’ve been to sea before

Crown and anchor me

or let me sail away

Hey Blue, There is a song for you –Joni Mitchell

Like a heavenly sky, or a blue, darkly, deeply, beautiful blue sea, the color blue is calming. Blue is cooling, comforting, peaceful and serene. Blue is a primary color and sits between green and violet on the color wheel. Blue is a cool color and will recede from the eye producing a sense of space. The color blue promotes an inner calmness which makes it a good color for an office, study, bedroom or bath. Some of the many versions of blue are: aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, ball blue, blue-gray, blue-green, blue-violet, cerulean, cobalt, cornflower blue, cyan, midnight blue, navy blue, French blue, lapis, powder blue, sky blue, robins egg blue, royal blue, teal, and turquoise.

Some colors to mix with blue for an appealing color scheme and attractive space are: blue and white, blue and cream, blue and yellow, blue and pink, blue and its complement orange, blue and violet and blue and green.

As I was walking away

I heard her say over my shoulder

We’ll meet again someday on the avenue

Tangled up in blue – Bob Dylan

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Neutral Color Schemes

Posted on August 13, 2010 | 4 Comments

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Neutrals can be the starting point for any color scheme. Create a neutral room by mixing natural colors such as khaki, mocha brown, celadon green, smoky blue, with ivory, beige and palomino. To ensure the room isn’t monotonous choose furniture, accessories and carpeting in a range of neutral colors to create contrast. To create texture and contrast, use different textiles in your drapery panels, upholstery and pillows.

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Turquoise the color of 2010

Posted on January 17, 2010 | 8 Comments

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The color turquoise was chosen by Pantone as the color of 2010. The color turquoise is stunning, vibrant and invigorating. While being refreshing and youthful it can also be a sophisticated color depending on what other colors it is paired with. The color also looks good on most everyone. Since it is the color of fresh water, turquoise is cool and clean. Mixing the pigments of blue and green creates the color turquoise which is also known as blue-green, ultramarine and aquamarine. A darker shaded version of turquoise is known as teal and a lighter tinted version is known as aqua. Because turquoise is the combination of blue and green, turquoise can have a calming and peaceful affect on your well being.

Using turquoise with white and black in a space will give the room a retro look of the 1950s or 1960s. Mixing lavenders and pinks with turquoise in a space will make it more feminine. The combination of apple green and turquoise is a youthful combination. Turquoise is often associated as a color of the Southwest and pairs well with its complementary color red-orange and terra cottas.

Turquoise is an excellent choice for 2010 as we all are looking to enhance our well being. Doesn’t an escape to a refreshing tropical turquoise blue ocean beach sound like the perfect solution?

Contributions to this article include: Anthropologie, Botanical Bird Jewelry on Etsy, Designers Guild, Kravet, and Maine Cottage. While researching for this blog post, I found this website dedicated to the color turquoise: House of Turquoise.

How about an escape to Capri, Italy for turquoise water?

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Take your Pink

Posted on June 9, 2009 | 9 Comments

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The color pink is oh so pretty. Pink is synonymous with beauty and femininity. Valentine’s Day, romance and love are represented by the color pink. The color pink is a tint of red and its complementary color is a mint or pale green. The warm and embracing shades of pink are gentle and soothing. Pink is similar to green in that it is represented by the heart chakra for its protective and healing properties. Flowers and flowering trees embody the color pink better than anything in nature as carnations, celosia, dahlias, dianthus, Gerber daisies, hydrangeas, orchids, peonies, rhododendrons, roses, snapdragons, sweet peas and tulips to name a few.

The gemstone rhodonite is known for its balancing effects on the emotions and is known as the rescue stone. Rhodochrosite is thought to relieve stress and is used by healers to cleanse the aura. Ancient legend says that the gemstone tourmaline is found in all colors because it travelled along a rainbow and gathered all the rainbow’s colors. Tourmaline is believed to strengthen the body and spirit, especially the nervous system. It is also thought to inspire creativity and was used extensively as a talisman by artists and writers.

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Green with Envy

Posted on March 15, 2009 | 8 Comments

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The color green has been associated with health, good fortune, luck, jealousy and of course the color of money. Green is known for the calming effect it has on the psyche, which is why it is used in hospitals, surgeon’s attire and in waiting rooms known as green rooms. The color green is linked with nature and all of the many forms we see in landscaping, plants, vegetables, fruits and gems. Ireland is known as the Emerald Isle because of its lush green landscaping. The city of Seattle is also known as the Emerald City because of all the evergreen trees in abundance there. Green symbolizes St. Patrick’s Day and the Irish clover known as the shamrock.

Throughout history the color green has many different associations. The Egyptian’s depicted the God Osiris with a green face representative of the color of plants and new life representing their belief in the afterlife. They also used the green stone malachite in their ornamentation. The architect, Robert Adam used a muted shade of green in the walls of his interiors. The Aesthetic Movement of the 1860s and 1870s used paint color schemes of green, gold and gray prominently in their peacock motifs. Similarly, the Arts and Crafts movement of the 1860s, which was a statement against the commercialization and industrialization of industry during the Victorian era, used green in their natural motifs of plants inspired by nature and simple materials.

The heart chakra which is located in the chest is governed by the color green making it an excellent color for improving well being and health. Bathrooms, bedrooms, libraries, and offices are spaces that will be enhanced by using the color green. Some of the names used to describe the color green are apple, avocado, bottle green, boxwood green, celadon, eucalyptus, emerald, fern, forest green, jade, lime, mint, olive, and sea green. The complement or opposite of green is red. Color combinations which are pleasing are green and purple, green and yellow-green, lime green and pink, and green and white and/or cream. Rather than be green with envy, get lucky and add some green to your decor.

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Red Hot

Posted on February 4, 2009 | 5 Comments

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“A room without red is like a woman without lipstick.” I heard this statement more times than I care to mention from a teacher I had in interior design school. Since I have quoted it here, obviously the statement made a lasting impression. The color red is associated with passion, love, blood, luck, fire, heat, anger and power. You cannot help but react to seeing the color red, which is why it is used so often in advertising, fast cars, stop signs and red ink. It is considered good luck to paint a front door red. Restaurants use the color red for its physiological effect of stimulating the brain and the appetite.

Painting the color red on walls makes an intense design statement. Dining rooms are a good place to paint the walls red, cranberry or vermilion. When used with the other primary colors of blue and yellow youthful color schemes are often created. The classic complementary scheme of red and green is what we are accustomed to seeing at Christmastime. Red pairs well with other warm colors of yellow and orange. Roll out your red carpet, put away the red flag, get red hot and ready to see more red.