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On April 21, I chatted with on her Artistically Speaking Talk Show about the “Art of Color Harmony”, based on the work of Michel Eugène (M.E.) Chevreul. Chevreul was a contemporary of the painter Eugène Delacroix, and he penned “The Principles Of Harmony And Contrast Of Colors: And Their Applications To The Arts” in 1855. He [...]
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Between Unity and Complexity: Achieving Balance
As discussed in previous posts, color balance in our environments can have a profound effect on our health and well-being. The “emotional loading of a space” in architectural psychology terminology, is the emotion we feel when we perceive color in a space. Perception happens in the brain, and is a [...]
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Color: A Balancing Act 2
What is the “emotional loading of a space”?
Says Helen Gurura, an internationally accredited colour design consultant, and executive vice-president of the International Association of Color Consultants (IACC). “Feelings can be evoked through colour at even an unconscious level and this gives rise to the term “colour emotion”, defined as “an associated feeling [...]
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We have all had the experience of sensory overload..as well as sensory deprivation. We may experience overload when entering an environment filled with loud sounds, bright colors, an array of patterns, and a variety of textures…to say nothing of what we may be sniffing, tasting or touching there.
We may experience sense of deprivation when a [...]
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Color expert Faber Birren was “a color consultant who read and analyzed tastes in the hues deemed most suitable for one’s surroundings”, as stated by his 1988 New York Times obituary. “Mr. Birren firmly believed in the therapeutic effects of bright colors on the mentally troubled. He also stressed that taste in colors, although occurring [...]
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“What is color? No object of itself alone has color. We know that even the most brightly colored object, if taken into total darkness, loses its color. Therefore, if an object is dependent upon light for color, color must be a property of light. And so it is.” Paul Outerbridge, Photographer 1896 – 1958
In the post, “Color Rendering [...]
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“What is color? No object of itself alone has color. We know that even the most brightly colored object, if taken into total darkness, loses its color. Therefore, if an object is dependent upon light for color, color must be a property of light. And so it is.” Paul Outerbridge, Photographer 1896 – 1958
As Mr. Outerbridge so succinctly [...]
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Your editor and fellow creative journeyer, Rebecca E. Parsons is a Renaissance gal with designers eye...writer, publisher, DIYer, Foodie, digital and photographic mixed media R-tiste, Retreat Leader, Dreamer, Possibility Coach, Lifelong Communicator & Blissful Wordsmith...just one inspired creative soul on a journey to Cre8Topia. Unconventional and delightfully curious, she is passionate about helping others embrace the artist within and create a life around their passion. She believes that every dream is possible and possible is everywhere!
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