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Saturday, April 2nd, 2011
TweetPantone’s Colour of the Year for 2011 is Honeysuckle: rgb(203,101, 134) or #cb6586. But why? Pantone say “Honeysuckle emboldens us to face everyday troubles with verve and vigor. A dynamic reddish pink, Honeysuckle is encouraging and uplifting. It elevates our psyche beyond escape, instilling the confidence, courage and spirit to meet the exhaustive challenges that [...]
Tags: backdrop, black, bright colour, colour, colour scheme, design, dynamism, femininity, honeysuckle, neutrals, pantone, psyche, rgb, richness, verve, vibe, vibrant energy, vigor
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Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
TweetThis tutorial is based on an article from css tricks showing how to create triangles with CSS3. mandala The basic principal is that you define a div with width: 0 and height:0, and then define three borders: two transparent borders on either side cut the third border into a sharp point (triangle), the [...]
Tags: angled triangle, angled triangles, black, borders, caption, colour, concepts, css, css tricks, design, div, equal angles, equilateral triangle, hypotenuse, isosceles triangle, mandala, number solutions, pythagorean triangle, pythagorean triple, sharp point, six pointed star, whole number
Posted in CSS3, Tutorials, web design | 11 Comments »
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
TweetI recently found a fascinating article showing research on people’s perceptions, associations and preferences for colours, by Joe Hallock. He outlines research on colour perceptions and associations, focusing on the work of Bradford J. Hall (Among Cultures: The Challenge of Communications 2002). Faber Birren Previously, Faber Birren (1961) had stated that colours were inherently associated [...]
Tags: black, bradford j hall, colour, colour wheel, colours, common phrases, coolness, design, direct connections, earthly elements, emotional impact, emotional responses, energy range, faber birren, green with envy, hallock, sense perceptions, sun earth, warmth, water sun, wavelengths of light, word trust
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Monday, April 12th, 2010
TweetThe quality of the prose in this book simply took my breath away. I can imagine rows of schoolkids reading this one in unison for their GCSE English. It is more akin with a long prose poem, an exploration of a myriad nuances of black, than with the blockbusters that we are used to seeing [...]
Tags: beowulf, black, blockbusters, books, colour, drudgery, empathy, fiction, good guys, imaginings, life of ivan denisovich, nuances, prose poem, role model, shopping trolley
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