March 30, 2007

• Scheme

  Ever since i was a kid, i've thought
  it would be really fun to work at a paint company and be the one in
  charge of naming the paint colors. "Bunny nose" pink, "Alpine moss"
  green, "summer sunrise" orange, etc, etc. I like color, and i REALLY
  like making stuff up.

  But I bet you already knew that, nyeh.
  
  
  
  So recently, while I was fiddling with my google homepage, i discovered this little gadget and its accompanying website.
  Basically it's a color picker, and you can choose colors from an
  uploaded image, random color swatches, or from a linked website,
  thereby composing or discovering new color schemes. It's handy dandy
  for me, since as a designer I can easily develop tunnel-vision towards
  the same old-hat combinations. (For instance, my agency's logo colors
  are this weird blue and an odd leafy green). I practically
  dream in blue & green nowadays, so it's fun to see something called
  "Love" which includes hyacinth orange and vermillion, or a nice ocean-y
  combo the color of green atlantic water and violet-brown beach sand.
  
  
  
  Some of my favorites:

  LOVE:
  

     

     

     

     

    

  COLD SPRING:

     

     

    

  SPICY SAGE:

     

     

     

    

  CARIBOU:

     

     

     

     

  
    TIGERLILY:

     

     

     

    

  ATLANTIC:

     

     

     

    

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