The blue and the green
“. . . one of the best color optical illusions I have ever seen.” —Phil Plait, creator of Bad Astronomy. By way of my father. (Thanks, Dad!)
sometimes the river is an opulent purple
“Sometimes the flats and churches and hotels of Westminster are like the outlines of Constantinople in a mist; sometimes the river is an opulent purple, sometimes mud-coloured, sometimes sparkling blue like the sea. It is always worth while to look down an see what is happening.”
—Virginia Woolf, Melymbrosia, 1912, published in 1982.
PANTONE 14-0848 Mimosa
“Reflective of the times, Pantone selected PANTONE 14-0848 Mimosa, a warm, engaging yellow, as the color of the year for 2009. So as we leave last year’s Blue Iris in our wake and face economic uncertainty, optimism is paramount and no other color expresses hope and reassurance more than yellow.”
—“Pantone Fashion Color Report Fall ’09”, from GD USA (Graphic Design USA), May 2009.