Hex colour ref: ff1dce A colourful note: this shade of hot magenta was formulated by Crayola in 1990. To add some colour confusion , there had been a Hot Magenta Fluorescent crayon in […]
– Posted for today’s plum Crayola challenge: A colourful note: in 1958, Crayola issued their largest box of crayons so far – 64 colours in a wide box, with a flip […]
This month, we had major excitement in St Albans. On a grey and rainy day, there was filming in and around the Abbey for the forthcoming series of Netflix’s […]
. Hex colour reference: #fc74fd A colourful note: the joyous pink flamingo colour joined the Crayola range in 1997. The origin of the word flamingo itself is derived from Spanish flamenco, meaning “flame-coloured” and […]
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 […]
Alfred Jarry (1873 – 1907) was a French writer known best for his play “Ubu Roi” and his creation of the term pataphysics, a concept in which every event in the universe […]
Hex colour ref: c364c5 A colourful note: fuchsia is a purplish-pink colour named after the plant of the same name. The plant was discovered in the late 17th century and was named […]
– Over to all of you to join the one word challenge with your own grandiose post, or with a post based on any single word that takes your fancy. I’m off […]