I have a birthday coming up and according to Colorstrology, by Pantone Institute's Michele Bernhardt, my birthday color is orange. Yay! I can remember my college physics teacher lecturing about the hooey of the Zodiac - that the constellations are not really in alignment with their corresponding dates. But hey, when fathoming the almost unbelievable mysteries of color and light, it could almost seem believable. Besides, I'll take it when my colorful horoscope reads that I am regal, powerful and inspiring. Nevertheless, it's a great excuse to rave about the color orange!
Two years ago, I spent the entire month of January in the amazing city of Buenos Aires. It was summer there and wonderfully hot. I spent each and every sunny day walking around exploring every nook and cranny of that city under a leafy canopy of Sycamore trees, camera in hand. It seemed everyone had a smile on his face, I know I did. I wondered, is everybody so happy here because of all the orange? Or is all this orange here because everyone is just so darned happy? The color orange was everywhere.
From their trash bins,
To their housewares,
From benches to parking garages,
Orange led you in,
And orange led you out.
The ground was orange.
And so was the sky.
Orange served as background for the colorful filteado and as foil for a verdant courtyard.
Even their paint stores were orange. (Prestigio by the way is Sherwin Williams)
Building after building was painted orange.
That is if it wasn't purple, chartreuse or turquoise.
I am grinning from ear to ear with all this color and I hope you are too.
Now go ahead and have some fun with colorstrology. What are the colors of your horoscope?
www.eb-color.com
Orange led you in,
And orange led you out.
The ground was orange.
And so was the sky.
Orange served as background for the colorful filteado and as foil for a verdant courtyard.
Even their paint stores were orange. (Prestigio by the way is Sherwin Williams)
Building after building was painted orange.
That is if it wasn't purple, chartreuse or turquoise.
I am grinning from ear to ear with all this color and I hope you are too.
Now go ahead and have some fun with colorstrology. What are the colors of your horoscope?
www.eb-color.com
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8 comments:
I too love orange. It's why I included it in my logo.
Wow a whole month in Buenos Aires! That must have been amazing!!!
xo
amanda
Love seeing your travel pictures, you visit the most wonderful places...Buenos Aires looks beautiful!
And I found it funny that you posted about orange because I don't know if you noticed...but "thee" color in the guest room on my last post looked sooo orange! That color has been quite the challenge to shoot....
Glad to know the honeysuckle suite would feel right at home in B.A.!
Liz...I had a brain laps, meant to tell you to check out the blog "notes-fromabroad"...she's from the states and lives in Buenos Aires! It's a great blog!
Also, I just did a kind of mini post about the wallpaper, but not really, you'll see what I mean, we had another "issue" with the house.
:/
Amanda, I love your sassy logo. It says..."I've got it!"
Thanks, Jessica, I will be sure to check out that blog.
And, yes, ladies, Buenos Aires was a wonderful, healing experience for me. Thank you both for stopping by.
A happy belated birthday to you Elizabeth. What terrific photos of Buenos Aires & what wonderful memories you must have? I went years of disliking orange (post 70's I suppose), but I find that I love it & it's just hard to be grumpy when surrounded by that magnificent hue. Maybe I need to start wrapping myself in it?
Hope you are enjoying your weekend? Seafair perhaps?
Cheers ~ deb
Hi Deb,
When I was 18 I worked at Burger King one summer. I had to wear an orange cap and uniform. I wasn't so happy about that. :-0
Gorgeous colors!!An orange as well!...it's unexpected and fun! You definitely know how to find good deals!! gosh, this is inspiring!thanks.
Don't forget your magnificent hair!!!
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