In a message dated 2/19/2006 11:33:40 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The yellow doesn't go with it very well, ************** I disagree...in a period context. In ages where there were limited dye colors and limited choices of what was available, things weren't so matchy-matchy as today. Our aesthetic is influenced by the fact we have hundreds of vendors at our finger tips. I don't mean that in the past they would just "settle" for chrome yellow with a bright salmon because that's all they could get. No I don't mean that. I mean, they LIKE the two together, maybe because of both of the colors powerful statement. You see these types of combinations everywhere up until the 20th century. [and even now for those who don't want to be "safe"] And of course the amount and placement of color matters. As Schiaparelli knew, a smattering of hot pink with a sea of navy can be very effective. In school we did this wonderful project....my fave! [I know I've described it before]. The "ugly Color" project. We had to pick 2 colors that just looked awful together [the instructor had to approve their incompatibility]. Then we had to fins the 3rd color that, put with the other two, made them all work together. There is always one. Then we had to do a design with these 3 colors. There is a 3rd color that will make the Yellow and Salmon look dangerous but divine! Here are some dangerous combinations from one of my fave artists, Zurbaran, who I just happen to be researching lately. One is very close to the colors we have here.[And these reproductions seem to be muted. The real ones have more vivid color.] _http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/z/zurbaran/2/casilda.html_ (http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/z/zurbaran/2/casilda.html) _http://cartelen.louvre.fr/cartelen/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=603_ (http://cartelen.louvre.fr/cartelen/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=603) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
