COLOR OF THE DAY
Orange
Lovely color, isn't it?
"The colour orange occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum at a wavelength of about 585–620 nm, and has a hue of 30° in HSV colour space. It is numerically halfway between red and yellow in a gamma-compressed RGB colour space, the expression of which is the RGB colour wheel. The complementary colour of orange is blue. Orange pigments are largely in the ochre or cadmium families, and absorb mostly blue light." says Wikipedia, "The colour is named after the orange fruit, after the appearance of the ripe fruit. Before this word was introduced to the English-speaking world, the colour was referred to as ġeolurēad(yellow-red).
The first recorded use of orange as a colour name in English was in 1512, in a will now filed with the Public Records Office."
Want to have a look at wonderful orange quilts I have come across?
Orange + white = stately
Orange + grey = interesting striking
orange + blue = lovely nursery , gender neutral!
Orange + Green = conformist, nature loving
Orange + yellow = fresh
Orange + Pink = for a Princess!!!
Aren't these lovely?
Now over to our guests for their suggestions :
First our guest quilter is Melissa Corry from Happy Quilting
"My assigned color was Bella Solids Orange #124. Orange is such a bright, warm, and fun color and really makes a statement. I was so happy to get Orange because I think sometimes we tend to shy away from it because it is so bold. I really enjoyed the challenge of taking on an "underdog" color and paring it with excellent complimenting colors to make a stunning statement. I picked my favorite color combo, but believe me when I say, the possibilities go on and on for this color :)"
And her picks...
Here they are...
Gorgeous and classy choices!!!
Now lets have a look at what John has to say
Lovely choices... You got me feeling the urge to go shopping once again!
So what are you going to buy today?
Want to win a yard of Orange?
Upload photos to the Flickr Pool
Rules of the game
1. You can enter as many photographs as you desire in the next 48 hours!
2. Irrelevant or disqualified photographs will be removed from the group pool...
3. If anyone is found uploading photographs NOT CLICKED BY THEM BUT DOWNLOADED FROM THE INTERNET they will be banned from the group.
4. The photograph MUST contain the "Color of the Day" - Orange!
5. Uploads allowed until 11.59 pm 12th May 2011, GMT.
Shruti, I spent a lot of time taking orange pics when I got home from work tonight and tried to upload 115 photos of orange items today but was unable because Flickr said I was "over" my "limit." I would have to pay, like, $24.95, or some such amount, and I just can't do that at this time. And I spent more time deleting all my brown photos from the other day and it STILL said I was over my limit. I don't get it. But, I tried!
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