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-Turkey

Purple Heart

  Hex colour Reference:  #7442c8 A colourful note:  the purple heart crayon was another shade that played a part in 1997 in the True Blue Heroes contest in the US and the […]

-London

Tall Paul

At 111 metres in height, the current St Paul’s Cathedral was the tallest building in London from 1710 to 1962, when it was overtaken by the Post Office tower (now known as […]

-London

Plum Carousal

I admire this little beauty every time I walk past St Pancras Station – joy, with a touch of jealousy! Hex colour ref:  #8e4585 A colourful note:  in 1958, Crayola […]

-London

Big Ben

Linked to Wordless Wednesday Copyright Debbie Smyth, 16 March 2016    

-Turkey

Sweet Istanbul

Hex colour reference:  #158078 A colourful note:  this dark green, with a hint of blue, is known in current Crayola boxes as pine green.  In fact, this shade of green featured in the original […]
Sweet Istanbul

-Kent

Piggy Pink for a Viking of the Day

  Hex colour reference: #fdd7e4 A colourful note: piggy pink is a Crayola name, introduced in 1998 as pig pink, but later softened to “piggy pink”.  And it seems a very close match […]

-Barcelona

Never Hide

This huge billboard gazes down on an important square In Barcelona, one that marks a hey point in the history of Catalunya. The 1714 Siege of Barcelona lasted for over a […]