How Crimson and Scarlet Red Meant War and Seduction
Red is the colour of passion and war. This idea of what red means is very ingrained in all cultures.Continue Reading
Category: Colours
A series of theories, history and origins of colours in modern life. They range from views as a designer, consumer, a woman in modern society or just someone really interested in knowing why some colours have the emotional or psychological connections they do. All of these posts are written in the perspective of a designer.
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How Haint Blue Protects Against Spirits And Bugs
Haint blue is commonly found on porches in the Southern States of America like South Carolina and Georgia. They areContinue Reading
Mikado Yellow: A 19th Century Imperial Colour
Mikado is a deep yellow. It is used in a variety of ways in logos and in times you wantContinue Reading
Why we go grey
After a certain age (maybe mid-30s to early 40s), most people might find that their hair would start to goContinue Reading
Sepia Tones in Photography
Since the second half of photography during the Victorian time. They had to tone the photos for various reasons. ThisContinue Reading
Puce Was Once The Height Of 18th Century French Fashion For A Second
Puce is mostly seen as a colour seen in Fall fashion. The wine-deep mauve colour that can look sophisticated andContinue Reading
Flame-of-Burnt-Brandy, Razzmatazz, Burf Pink and weird names for colours
Marketing is a weird occurrence in daily life that you don’t know how much is reliant on identity and theContinue Reading
Why is it called blue comedy anyways?
When a comedian is known for a particular comedy style, it is called going blue. The comedy itself is calledContinue Reading
Diluted Bluing Dye For Brighter Whites
Doing the laundry is a centuries old cleaning task that evolved exponentially over the years. It evolved from rocks toContinue Reading
How do we know the colours of space and other satellites from the comfort of Earth
We know our planet is blue because of the water that on our planet and living here to know. ButContinue Reading
Why Does Radiant Early 20th Century Plateware Buzz with Geiger Counters, and Depression Glass Glows under Blacklight?
Uranium was used in ceramic glazes until the mid 1940s. The colourful dinnerware emits a bright glow depending on theContinue Reading
CMYK black vs RGB black: What’s the difference
There are multiple types of black to use in design. This difference is most noticeable in print and digital work.Continue Reading
Bright Snow and Visibility
Since this is wintertime and you are shovelling snow on the bright snowy day clearing the driveway and the sidewalk.Continue Reading
Afterimage Effects
What do the snow and a camera flash have in common? Afterimage, a phenomenon of visual perception can make an image last a little longer after the image is gone.
Ultramarine: A Truly Expensive Blue Gold
The richest colour you’ll ever find. The notoriously expensive pigment has called more expensive than gold. Blue Gold.
What makes blue wine so blue?
There are many variations of wine that people have drank or at least heard of. From a yellowish colour toneContinue Reading
Black Friday: The “busiest” shopping day of the year’s origins
Black Friday has a more recent history of its popularity. The day comes right after American Thanksgiving on Friday andContinue Reading
Eigengrau: the colour of darkness and night
How we see darkness and interpret the night.
Vantablack: The Deepest and Darkest Man-Made Black Material
With developments to ensure good travels into space, this material is the darkest black ever created. It has been comparedContinue Reading
Monet’s Shadow Study: How Manganese Violet inspired Claude Monet’s study of light
It was only a few years previous that had the first synthetic colour invented and marketed to the public. SomeContinue Reading
Is Everything Nice With Pumpkin Spice?
It’s been at least ten years that this rustic orange has been in this popular cultural eye. Pumpkin spice namedContinue Reading
Why are barns red?
Driving by a countryside road, a big red barn would be in the distance with some barnyard animals. Have you ever wondered why barns are red? It could have been painted any other colour but it’s usually red.
The Modern Green Screen: A Walkthrough About Chroma Keying Throughout the Years
I previously discussed how film was colourized frame-by-frame by painted each cell and the advancements of modern CGI, there isContinue Reading
Millennial Pink: The pink that made a comeback
Pink has become a colour that has a lot of stigma towards gender identity. Recently the colour is mostly seenContinue Reading
What do the Red, White and Blue Stripes Mean on a Barber Pole?
Outside of a barber shop, there are striped barber poles that turn with a swirl design. The stripes are white,Continue Reading
