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Colour Challenges

Purple Haze

I’m looking forward to the new lavender season – Hitchin Lavender Farm will open its gates on 27 May 2017. Hex colour reference:  #926eae A colourful note:  this colour is named […]

Purple Majesty

You can see the magnificent hive structure in its more natural format over here. Hex colour reference:  #9d81ba A colourful note:  the Purple Mountain’s Majesty crayon was named as part of Crayola’s […]
Purple Majesty

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. . .   […]
Royal Purple

Rocking in Viñales

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 […]
Rocking in Viñales

Fishing

Hex colour reference:  979AAA A colourful note:  this bluish grey shade appeared as manatee in Crayola boxes in 1998 and is still available in the 120 packs. If you run through through […]
Fishing

Wild blue yonder

. Hex colour reference: #a2add0 A colourful note:  Crayola celebrated its 100th birthday in 2003 and held one of its popular naming competitions as part of the party.  They released four nameless crayons […]
Wild blue yonder

Glory on high

    Hex colour ref:  5d76cb A colourful note: the colour indigo was named after the indigo dye derived from the Indigofera tinctoria plant.  India is believed to be the […]
Glory on high

Western light

The square-shaped lighthouse at Kermorvan was built in 1849. Located at the extreme tip of the Pointe de Kermorvan, which protects the north side of the harbor of Le Conquet, […]
Western light

Floral Peacock

. Hex colour reference:  #c5d0e6 A colourful note:  this pale blue-lilac shade, known as periwinkle, is named after the flowers of the lesser periwinkle or myrtle herb. The first recorded use […]
Floral Peacock