In case you missed the other posts of this series- I collected them all on this page here.
We are still discussing:
and with this last post in the series I wanted to show you which color combinations I love and where I find inspiration for those color combinations :)
So where do I find inspiration for color combos? I would say there are four main categories for me:
- Nature
- Street Art
- Art Work
- Catalogues or Magazines
I usually have my cell phone which has a camera with me anyway and as soon as I see something that I think will inspire me later for some color combination I take a photo for later. If I’m stuck or want to get out of my usual color routine I just scroll through my photos. Here are some that I have taken the last couple weeks just for that purpose with my phone.
1. Nature
Nature is an amazing source of color combinations- flowers especially- like this one:
See the colors that are in this flowers
2. Street Art
Often times graffiti or street art has some amazing color combos too – like this one
Love those colors together
3. Art Work
When I go to a museum or exhibition I also love looking for amazing color combinations- Like this painting by Neo Rauch – he rocks color combinations that are unusual in my opinion
I would have never thought by myself using those colors together
4. Catalogues or Magazines
I do not read a lot of fashion or gossip magazines but if I get one I usually just look for color combinations :) and then …well…as you are looking you might as well just read the stories- right – LOL
these colors make me happy together
Here are some projects I created using some of my favorite color combinations at the moment :)
Here are the colors:
here is another one
and the colors:
And my beloved jewel tones
here is the color palette
And one last one :)
and the color palette
It is so much fun to be friends with Colors. After a while you do not even have to think much with which ones you want to hang around and which ones you want to bring together- I promise you – with just the little color theory we talked about in the past posts, you will instantly grab the right ones and make them sing in an amazing choir :)
I hope you enjoyed the “Colors Are Your Friends”- Series- you will find the complete post here
Nat
Comments (7)
Dottie
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Love, love your color combinations!!!!
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Marit
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I love your colourful post and WOWZAH, that Neo Rauch painting is fabulous!
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Rose Curtis
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love all your color theory post! you could easily write a book on it! =)
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Lisa Flaherty
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Great ideas! And I love how you pulled the colors from each of your examples to show the palette–works well with my one-dimensional mind! And, perhaps I was on to something; yesterday I cut part of a clothing catalog that had a stack of T-shirts to show all the colors they are available in. I felt it could be useful somehow. Now I know how! :)
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Erika Taylor
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Hey there Nat, Was thinking about ya this morning. Hope you are doing well and although I know you are super busy, perhaps at CHA, we can meet for coffee. Hugs to you.
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Sue Clarke
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This series has helped me to see color in a different way. The color combos that you posted are not ones that I would come up with naturally so it’s fun to see how they inspired you to make your colorful art Nat.
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Martha Richardson
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Great color examples! Color’s are my friend also as that usually is how I see everything :]
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