About Color

I thought I would pass along a little advice given?by Dean Sickler?of Dundean Studios?that has come in handy (yet again) this week.? It was back in 1998 and I was taking one of his classes.? He said to us, “Let me give you a little color advice.? If you continue in this career, this tip alone will be worth the cost of the class.”?

Dean’s Tip: If you are working with two colors?that are not meshing well and something is off, mix a little of each color into the other.? Voila!? Each color will take on some of the properties of the other and they will magically start to flow better.?

Trust me, I never forgot those words and he was prophetic: they?certainly have been?worth the cost of the class.?

Speaking of color, I recently received my Color Association newsletter.? They are one of a few companies that?forecast, research and archive color.? They also provide color trend information to various industries 14 months in advance.? Every year, theirs is one of the reports?I look to for guidance in the colors to keep in mind while creating?new sample boards.??Their site is pretty interesting — take a gander, if you’d like.? Their newsletter advised of?an informative?article written by their former director, Margaret Walch.? She recently took a trip to Chile and wrote about its architecture, use of color and also threw in a bit of history.? It’s a nice read. ?(I love learning about the use of color in other countries.? I wrote a bit about mine in The Colors of Guatemala.)

Have a great day!