Cardinal Red

This is a flat-bed scan of a male cardinal that met its demise on the side of the road.  My husband found the bird, took it to his office and scanned it.  The colors of this beautiful bird are amazing and ethereal. Would you choose a palette based on these colors?

Below are the actual colors from the bird that I extracted from the photograph using Photoshop's eyedropper tool.

And below are some colors from Benjamin Moore that are similar to the bird's colors.

Ivy League

Vintage Wine

Nightfall

Sweet Rosy Brown

Note that these colors are not what you would think to see on a bright red cardinal but Ivy League is the color of the cardinal's leg and the other's are from the underside of his feathers.

Life in Color - via National Geographic

RED

On these bleak winter days in the Northeast, images rich in the 

color red can certainly certainly help with the lack of color during 
these grey and white days of winter.

 

 

Waterton National Park, Canada

An iron-rich creek bed

(Photograph by Michael Melford)

  

Al Berdain Mosque in Meknès, Morocco

 (Photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie)

Life in Color = National Geo

Pottery Barn + BM

Check out the Pottery Barn web site to see their selection of Benjamin Moore colors... especially nice is their descriptions of why they like certain colors...for example for Caliente Red they write that is both relaxing and rejuvenating and I agree - it is FUN to wake up in a red room ! Check it out for color ideas and suggestions for different rooms in your house.