I don’t know about you, but orange always makes me think of food; you know carrots, oranges, squash, and especially pumpkins on Halloween. Blue the featured color in my last blog is the Complement of orange. Use blue in a room or as sky in a painting along with orange and both colors will pop; each adding zing to the other, bringing out the best in each color.
That pizzazz may be why orange is one of the friendliest colors on the palette. It’s made from two Primary colors: the sunshine color yellow, and the bold and daring red. Designated as a Secondary color because it doesn’t exist unless mixed, orange and everything it touches becomes outgoing, self-confident, competitive and successful. Wear it or use it and test the reaction. Flaunt it and see what happens! Orange is a real attention getter.
That’s why road work and construction signs, vests, hats, and gear are made in shouting orange. You can’t miss them! Orange is like a dose of caffeine – great in the office where you want to be productive or on playroom walls where energy and action are the order of the day. Bad on a bedroom wall unless you enjoy sleepless nights.
Orange is often called the “social” color because it encourages lively conversation and good times. Think of your last cookout, the smoldering orange embers, the fruit punch sunsets afterward. Orange is the color of life and vitality. Splashes of orange can brighten the world and provide a delicious visual twist in a painting.
To see other bright and colorful paintings, go to Carol's online gallery at http://carol-allen-anfinsen.artistwebsites.com/ Paintings featured in this blog: "Flash Dance" and "Brown Thrasher," Georgia's State bird.
If asked which is my least favourite colour, I'd say 'orange' - I would never choose orange furnishings or clothes. But on the other hand, ever since I started to think about such things (a very long time ago now!) in my head I've designed interiors in Prussian blue, dark green, lots of white and a splash of burnt orange!
ReplyDeleteOne of my favourite artists, Mary Anne Carey, often seems to use this colour combination in her landscape paintings.
Orange is my favorite color. It and the whole copper and terra cotta palette just makes me feel warm and happy.
ReplyDeleteHope you've found a new camera by now and that it wasn't a daunting search. I just got Mom a new point-and-shoot for her birthday, and choosing a model was no small task.
Hi, orange lovers. We have that in common, although, like Judy, I don't usually wear it. I love terra cotta, copper and white, too, Kelly. Variations on orange like salmon, coral, peach, are the real favorites that "turn me on."
ReplyDeleteKelly, I got a Canon PowerShot at BestBuy. The price was right, the zoom was good and it does what I need it to do. I'll give it a test run on Monday.