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What a big year for color! Being stuck at home for a great deal of the year really gave me some time to think about color and create all kinds of color palettes. I’ve created color schemes for branding plans for clients, and I made them for remodeling our home. I even let my kids make color palettes over the summer when we decided to let them paint their bedrooms. I’ve started a new series of paintings that are focused on color and texture. Color kind of saved me this year!
Read MorePantone has spoken! The 2021 Colors of the Year are PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray + PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating. I have to say when I first saw their choice I wasn’t super excited, but as I create these palettes to share with you it grew on me. I do love the yellow.
Read MorePink can be calming, kind, and is often associated with love. Pink can be soft and sweet, or it can be bold and impactful. It’s a stand out color. It’s a loaded color. Please use responsibly.
Read MoreI think of purple as a fun color. Deep like amethyst or light like lilacs… Regal or soft. It comes in so many beautiful tints and shades.
Read MoreIt’s time for another round of My Color Palette Magic! This is the second collection of color palettes inspired by submitted photos! If you would like your photo made into a color palette you can use #mycolorpalettemagic on Instagram or email me, for consideration.
Read MoreYou can look at some things and feel their age. They have a certain warmth. I love old things, rusty things, things that have stories. I love the faded colors, the bright colors, the retro colors. I love that certain colors can transport you to a different era.
Read MoreBlue is my favorite color. It’s so hard to choose just one, but I always gravitate towards it. It comes in so many beautiful tints and shades. Romantic, dark, bright, stability, depth, intelligence… it can convey so many things, depending on how you use it.
Read MoreSince I started my all color palette Instagram account, Color Palette Magic, I have been getting a lot of requests to create palettes from YOU, my lovely readers! I am loving it. Here is the first collection of color palettes inspired by submitted photos!
Read MoreGreen is the color of nature. It comes in so many different hues… from deep emerald jewel tones, to blue-green teals, to leafy tones, to olive drab, to sage, mint, and on and on. It’s restful and retentive. Green is definitely one of my favorite colors.
Read MoreYellow reminds me of sunshine, flowers, and joy. It’s wonderful warm color in all it’s tints and shades. Yellow is often associated with happiness, cheer, and energy. It’s definitely and attention-getter: see school buses and taxi cabs!
Read MoreIf you’ve visited the blog before, you know I love exploring color! Color is powerful. It’s expressive. Today, is all about orange. It’s bright and is a stand out color. It does a really good job of making other colors pop, like a best supporting actor might.
Read MoreI’ve been creating color palettes in this blog capacity for over a year now! It’s been really fun exploring color in this way and seeing how all the hues work together. Color is powerful. It’s expressive. Today, rather than a theme as I typically do, I just want to explore the color red. It’s a primary color. It’s bold. Red is associated with love, passion, and also aggression, which one might argue is still passion. It’s a complicated color. Intense.
Read MoreMy guest designer this week is my nine year old daughter, Allie. She is a very thoughtful and creative soul. She is also a girl who loves the outdoors, like her mom. We looked to the forest floor to find color inspiration and we were not disappointed. These eight color palettes prove once again, that nature is the best place to find beautiful color schemes.
Read MoreMy guest designer this week is my six year old daughter, Maddie. She has an amazingly creative mind and recently told me when she grows up she wants to be an artist, and work with me, a baker, and a writer. She’s got all her creative bases covered. Right now she wants to bake all the things and she loves bright colors. Creating some sweet treat color palettes with her was so fun!
Read MoreMy guest designer this week is my nine year old daughter, Allie. She has an eye for color and loves outer space! These eight color palettes are all inspired by some of the coolest parts of space. It was so fun creating these together and we hope they inspire you to get creative!
Read MoreOnce again, nature is the greatest place to look for color inspiration! Does anything make you long for warmer sunny days more than gorgeous flowers? All of the following images were taken by my sister in art, Natalie Lodicobond of photolodico, in Midland, Michigan.
Read MoreIf you’ve visited the blog before, you know nature is my favorite place to look for color inspiration. This time I got to do a fun collaboration with my mom! In my opinion she takes portraits of birds…
Read MoreNature is always my favorite place to look for color inspiration. It’s time to crank up the AC/DC, because you’re about to be Thunderstruck.
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