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Colour Challenges

Sweet Pink

Accompanying the pink lady in the window, there are plenty of pink macaroons in the cavern of the shop.  The flavours vary with the season, but the pinks include rose, ginger and raspberry.  […]
Sweet Pink

Pareos for Sale

  – – Hex reference: #de5d83 A colourful note:  the Crayola interpretation of the colour of blush is surprisingly robust, an unusual choice for a name that is normally associated with […]
Pareos for Sale

Jazzy Rear View

  – Hex reference: #ca3767 A colourful note:   this deep shade of red-violet, known as jazzberry jam in the Crayola world, became a crayon in 2003. If you fancy being […]
Jazzy Rear View

Clowning Around

This decorated door in Shoreditch is the work of Hong Kong artist, HIN, now based in London.   Hex colour reference: #fdd7e4 A colourful note: piggy pink is a Crayola shade […]
Clowning Around

Fruit and Veg

Camagüey Market,  Cuba,  December 2016 – Hex colour ref:  ffaacc A colourful note on carnation pink: It seems that the first recorded use of carnation as a colour name in […]
Fruit and Veg

In the Pink

– Hex Colour ref:  ffbcd9 A colourful note:  no pier or funfair would be meeting cultural standards if it didn’t sell cotton candy (candy floss in the UK and New Zealand; […]
In the Pink

Shabaka

The Khan Palaces in Sheki feature stunning examples of stained glass windows.  These shabaka (or shebeke) were made without glue or nails, using coloured glass brought in from Murano.  Apparently the Khan […]
Shabaka