Snake Color

You already know I love to find the color matches in nature.  My husband Keith found this snake in the Adirondacks and I loved the greens and browns on his/her head.  Looking on the Benjamin Moore site, I found several pre-made color combinations which were suprisingly close to the colors on the snake.  What do you tbink?

Forest Hills Green

Hearthstone Brown

Vellum

FINALLY! SPRING IN UPSTATE NEW YORK!

We finally are seeing some beautiful spring colors here in upstate New York. In particular, spring green, pink, and white.  Here are a few flowering trees I shot last week. They seem dramatic more so due to the blue sky in the background - a type of light we hardly ever see in Ithaca. How these colors translate to interior design - I can only speculate.

Candy Green (#403) color combination

 

Strawberry (2085-50) color combination

Twilight blue (2067-30) and white combo

Venice Color

I have this photograph as my desktop background and was sitting staring at it for awhile this evening and noticed this section of the photograph where colored window openings were noticeable as an interesting grid of cool tones.

While I tend to think of Italian colors as reds, oranges and browns - this section was noticeable for its canal hues of blue and green.

Spring Green

Spring green is one of my favorite colors - bright, vibrant, bursting with energy...
Green calls to mind growing things and good health. It can be a cheery color that brightens our mood. It lifts us up just as a growing plants rises towards the sun.

According to some, "GREEN – Creates balance, contemplation, mentally and physically relaxing, balances emotion, creates openness between you and others. Spring green gives you a sense of renewal." (http://blog.livelikeyou.com/) 

Here a few ideas for decorating with this color (I say use this color as an accent). 
Sunset Magazine 

 A nice media storage box
Ikea 

or...

an interesting idea for sketching this spring !
Sketch 

Subtle Color

Last weekend I went through my spices and organized them into small, labeled neat little bottles. I threw out old spices that were beyond their prime for cooking, but certainly not for being photographed and enjoyed for their color. Check it out...

Color Trends for 2010 (part 1)

According to Benjamin Moore, GREEN is the color of the year for 2010, along with neutrals.

Colors shown here are; Pale Celery, Meditation & Cedar Green

Some sources say gray, oatmeal and stone will be the colors of choice, with citron, orange and purple as accents.

(From: http://www.remodelista.com/products/alphabet-sofa )

I am leaning towards enjoying the calmness of the gray, oatmeal and stone palette. Here are a few other examples.

(From: www.potterybarn.com )

(From: www.restorationhardware.com )

and then there's Pantone - and their color of the year for 2010 is well...
let's just say it's "not my favorite."