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Colour Challenges

Spring Green

As winter fades away, the benches reappear in London’s parks, and sometimes there are designs to remind you that this is an English Spring!   Hex colour reference:  #eceabe A […]
Spring Green

Silvery Skyline

Hex colour reference:  #cdc5c2 A colourful note:  the colour silver is a shade of grey that is trying to replicate the colour of polished silver.  The metallic shine cannot really be reproduced […]

Street Food in Shocking Pink

  Hex colour reference:  #fb7efd A colourful note:  shocking pink is one of the fluorescent shades that won their current name in 1990, this one having previously been known as Ultra Pink Fluorescent, since […]

Shamrock at City Hall

  Hex colour reference:  #45cea2 A colourful note:  shamrock was another of the colours named by members of the public in the 1992 naming competition.  The creator of this green name was Patricia […]

Ghost Nets

Lost and abandoned nets are often termed “ghost nets”.  The fine versions are not clearly visible to wildlife or divers and can cause serious injury and death, especially when floating […]
Ghost Nets

Spring Calling

Hex colour reference:  #76ff7a A colourful note: screamin’ green appeared in the Crayola sets in 1990, but it was a new name rather than a new shade – it had been […]