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
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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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Pink has become a colour that has a lot of stigma towards gender identity. Recently the colour is mostly seenContinue Reading
Outside of a barber shop, there are striped barber poles that turn with a swirl design. The stripes are white,Continue Reading
The Netherlands have a national holiday that features this orange madness a.k.a. Oranjegekte over how the whole country will dressContinue Reading
Before digital colour took over, an invention of this gel colour for the stage was one of the most popular colour gels for the theatre and film… with the most unfortunate name ever.
St. Patrick brought Christianity to 5th century Ireland. On March 17th, we celebrate the Saint.
The surprisingly long history of holographic and iridescent products. A brief explanation of the naturally sourced material to the examined modern history of the synthetically made products.
There are many depictions of what the devil looks like since the mere utterance of his name. The devil hasContinue Reading
One of the most morbid paint colours that might of existed. A colour that came out of an interest in Egyptian culture.
These two variations of illuminating light are confused as one another when people talk about them. There is a fundamentalContinue Reading
The controversial history about adding colour to black and white films from the 1930’s, 1940’s and 1950’s. Also the modern day technological advancements to film colourization.
When designing a logo for a restaurant many people would go for a colour that everyone likes and a designContinue Reading
Just to point out the stereotype of the ugly bridesmaid dress.
The meaning why woman wear white wedding dresses and why we still do this tradition.
From the stage to film, theatre blood changed colour with each film technology progression. An element of storytelling that can be more than a prop.
The most noticeable and used tones in modern day cinema. Or is it?
Based on the history of Scheele’s green and Emerald green. The synthetic greens that were too deadly to have near anyone. This green wallpaper was linked to the death of a certain famous exiled emperor.
From it’s wartime past to overused home decor colour.
The origins and modern uses of Reflex Blue
Prussian Blue is an interesting colour that was created and used in multiple fields.
Indigo is one of the most influential colours in industrial history.
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