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Warm Welcome in Raval

  Hex colour reference:  #5d5e53 A colourful note: sunset orange joined the Crayola collection in 1997 as a dark orange shade.  Sunset’s first recorded use as a colour name in English was […]

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 […]

Welcome!

Apologies to the very welcoming Istanbul, but the clouds on this dreary morning made a tempting editing exercise for a forbidding challenge! Copyright Debbie Smyth, 1 April 2016   Linked to Thursday […]

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 […]

Razed by the Snow

The beauty of Stockholm is undeniable on a sunny, snowy day, but as I wandered through the central park, Kungsträdgården, I was sad to see this poor, felled rabbit, overcome by wind and […]

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 […]