Erling's turquoise straw fedoraColors seem to go in and out of fashion so much faster than I'd like. Of course I never tire of a color that I love, further, I feel it's really the combination of colors that makes them appealing or trendy (or not) and not just a single hue.
A New Year, and time once again for the experts to announce the "Color of the Year" which for 2010 is to be turquoise: a bright color full of possibilities and which works well to jazz up a variety of palettes. You'd be surprised how well it works with black, oxblood red, and even lavender.
I am pretty wild about these cobalt turquoise pigments available from Enkaustikos and from Sinopia (right).
Golden Artist Colors makes a brilliant cobalt turquoise acrylic paint; I used copious amounts of it in one of my recent projects.
further reading!
- Rather nice discussions of color from Ellen Kennon
- Have a look at this charming blog "House of Turquoise" for thousands of lovely images featuring this favorite color.
- Interesting "Color Futures" PDF brochure, from AzkoNobel features some new palette idea for 2010.
- Sherwin-Williams has an informative color site with a lot of nice examples.
How interesting to discover your lovely blog, and then to scroll down through the posts and see that you mention House of Turquoise. She recently posted a photo of my blue velvet sofa!
ReplyDeleteI love this interconnected web.
I look forward to visiting your blog again.