Now I collect color: beads, crayons, colored pencils, markers, pastels, paints. I tell the months and seasons by color: January is the taupes and grays of bare trees, February is the bright, light olive of cypress buds and the dusty dark rose of red maple bloom, etc. Yes, I’m a colorholic.

I think “an eye for color” isn’t just one aptitude, but two, maybe more. I can match colors without carrying samples. (My husband constantly marvels at this.) At the same time, I sometimes think that the ability to closely match color interferes with my ability to create interesting and more subtle colors schemes because I tend to match rather than look for contrast.

I’ve also noticed that, in my love of certain parts of the spectrum, I tend to forget to punch up my schemes with contrasting colors from the part of the spectrum I’m less attracted to.

To combat this, I’ve been trying to learn to borrow color schemes from nature. Often the things that attract me in nature contain those elements that I forget about, so it serves as a useful reminder to include an accent.

Just random thoughts on one of my favorite subjects.

Now I collect color: beads, crayons, colored pencils, markers, pastels, paints. I tell the months and seasons by color: January is the taupes and grays of bare trees, February is the bright, light olive of cypress buds and the dusty dark rose of red maple bloom, etc. Yes, I’m a colorholic.

I think “an eye for color” isn’t just one aptitude, but two, maybe more. I can match colors without carrying samples. (My husband constantly marvels at this.) At the same time, I sometimes think that the ability to closely match color interferes with my ability to create interesting and more subtle colors schemes because I tend to match rather than look for contrast.

I’ve also noticed that, in my love of certain parts of the spectrum, I tend to forget to punch up my schemes with contrasting colors from the part of the spectrum I’m less attracted to.

To combat this, I’ve been trying to learn to borrow color schemes from nature. Often the things that attract me in nature contain those elements that I forget about, so it serves as a useful reminder to include an accent.

Just random thoughts on one of my favorite subjects.

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