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Colour Challenges

Thistle

    A thistle depicted florally, in Crayola fern colour!     Hex ref:  71bc78 A colourful note:  Crayola went for this shade of green as one of their crayons […]
Thistle

-London

Oranges and Greens

Every February, Kew Gardens brightens our lives with a tremendous Orchid Festival.  This year the theme is India and there’s no doubt that the colours and shapes (including an orchid-filled […]
Oranges and Greens

-Manchester

Autumnal hair-do

  This decorated shutter is the work of Tankpetrol, an artist born in 1982 in Poland as Irek Jasutowicz and now based in Manchester.  You’ll find another example of his woman-inspired work […]
Autumnal hair-do

-London

Make it Snappy

  Hex colour reference:  #fdfc74 A colourful note:  in 1990, Crayola renamed several of their fluorescent crayons and added some new shades too.  Unmellow yellow was one of their very cheerful […]
Make it Snappy

-Buckinghamshire

Meandering

In case you’re wondering what has happened to my sense of straight and level, this curvy shot was taken with my iPhone 6 and Insta360Nano add-on camera.   Debbie Smyth, […]
Meandering

-London

Multi-sided Design

Hex colour reference:  #eceabe A colourful note:  the spring green colour represents the well-watered vegetation of early spring. The Crayola interpretation is a long-timer, having joined their boxes of crayons back in […]
Multi-sided Design