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Colour Challenges

Pink Flamingo

I thought it was time I featured a flamingo in the Crayola colour series.  We looked at Pink Flamingo a while ago but it was way to bright for this […]

Royal Colour in London

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. Given the building’s name, not […]

Stop!

Whoa is a familiar word to all of us horse riders, often used in plentitude, depending on the nature of the horse and the amount of control that we manage to deploy!  It is […]
Stop!

Razzmatazz in Frankfurt

Hex colour ref:  #e3256b A colourful note:  the razzmatazz Crayola shade appeared in 1992 as an anonymous crayon to be named in the 1992 competition.  It was officially given its jazzy name […]

Who Loves Razzle Dazzle Rose?

  Hex colour reference:  #ff48d0 A colourful note:  razzle dazzle rose crayons appeared as a new entry in the Crayola Fluorescent Selection in 1990.  In actual fact, it was not a […]

Golden Hour in Portobello

  Hex colour reference: #d68a59 A colourful note:  sienna is an earth pigment containing iron oxide and magnesium oxide, which provide shades of orange and red.  In its natural state it […]

Radical Illumination in Vienna

    I always enjoy a walk along the Donaukanal, with its vibrant street art and a lively nightlife in the summer months.  This bright bridge is the Schwedenbrücke, close to the ferry […]

Nude Eros at Night

This nude statue on top of the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain caused a fair bit of controversy when it was erected in the 1890s in the centre of Piccadilly Circus.  The […]

Temple Pizzazz

Hex colour reference:  #ff1dce A colourful note:  this bright shade of magenta, known as purple pizzazz,  joined Crayola in 1990 as part of its fluorescent specialty set. It is the same colour […]