Effect of Natural Light Exposures on Colour
11/01/2008Metamerism: When 2 items look the same under one light source such as daylight, but change dramatically when viewed under a different light source such as incandescent lighting. Northern Exposure adds blue to a colour; East adds green; South adds yellow-white and washes out colour; while West adds Orange. This is an image (immediately below)…
Colour, fundamentally, can only be described in three ways, it’s always either: Light or Dark, Clean or Dirty, Cool or Warm, period. And, it’s the clean/dirty shift that causes the most disharmony in a space, it mostly doesn’t work which is what I also teach my students. One of my other students was recently in…
Happy Halloween
10/31/2008My sister Elizabeth went to the Pumpkin Patch in Abbotsford this week with my sweet little baby nephew and she said he loved every minute of it! Especially the slide! While you’re here, subscribe to this feed so you don’t miss out! If you would like your home to fill you with happiness every time…
Box of Knowledge
10/31/2008Welcome to Colour me Happy! I just discovered the world of blogs about six months ago. I was looking for a fabric site and stumbled upon materialgirlsblog and got completely hooked! I’ve learned so much more about decorating, colour and design by reading all my favourite blogs so I thought it was time I jumped…
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