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Debbie Smyth

Royal Purple

Hex colour reference: #7851a9 A colourful note: Crayola’s royal purple crayon came into being in 1990, one of several similar shades in the purple and magenta groups. . . […]

-Hertfordshire

Contour

– – Copyright Debbie Smyth, 21 March 2017 Part of Wordless Wednesday on Tuesday

-Cuba

Hex colour Reference: #7442c8 A colourful note: Purple heart is the common name for a rainforest tree, Peltogyne, a tree that has incredibly strong wood. Known as heartwood, it is famous for both its […]

-London

Ayakamay

This massive piece of street art hangs high above the corner of Rivington Street, a short walk from Old Street station. It is a colourful depiction of American performance artist […]

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Driving in Havana

Hex colour ref: 7366bd A colourful note: Blue violet became a Crayola colour in 1934. Interestingly, purple is one colour where Crayola have used plant names for most of […]

-Venice

Stripes

. Over to all of you to join the challenge with your own stripes post, or with a post based on any single word that takes your fancy. Thanks to everyone who […]

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Seven Martyrs

The Reformation, plus the following century and more, saw the destruction of religious paintings, sculptures, books. Colour and music were removed and our churches went sepia as opposed to the […]

-New York

Pigeons in Manhattan

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Lilac Belle in Venice

. Hex colour ref: adadd6 A colourful note: the bluebell that is native to Britain, Hyacinthoides non-scripts, is a deep blue-violet flower that embellishes the floor of deciduous woodland in Spring. There […]

-Venice