Tag Archive for: pantone

Not a fan of Pantone’s Colour of the Year, are you?

Jenie Yolland, January 11, 2023, Uncategorized, color, colors, colour, Colour of the Year, colours, emerald, glass art, green, hot pink, Jenie Yolland, pantone, Pantone Color Institute, teal, Viva Magenta, 0

Pantone’s Colour of the Year for 2023 is called Viva Magenta. It’s … well … almost what I’d call...

A floor cushion with a design on its front of three eucalyptus leaves that were originally painted in watercolours by Jenie Yolland The floor cushion is available from her Redbubble shop.

What on earth is Celadon?

Jenie Yolland, September 20, 2022, Uncategorized, Arizona, celadon, clay, colour research, design, fused glass, glass art, glass slumping, greenware, mixing paints, oil paints, pantone, pottery, redbubble, RGB colors, Syria, unusual, Vietnam, watercolours, weird words, 0

Sometimes gorgeous colours we have been using for ages just disappear and aren’t available any more. Boo! But sometimes...

A photograph of 6 lavender coloured donuts on a lavender coloured table.

Colorimetry … a brief but fascinating history of the naming and understanding of colour

Jenie Yolland, April 22, 2022, Uncategorized, Aristotle, Atomic philosophy, color, Color of the Year, color wheel, colorimetry, colour, Colour of the Year, colour regulation, colour wheel, Deane B Judd, Milton Bradley, pantone, Robert Ridgeway, Smithsonian, Very Peri, 0

There are many ways to study, understand, categorise and name colour. The study of the categorisation of colour is...

How many colours can you see? Here’s a test.

Jenie Yolland, November 1, 2020, Uncategorized, 100+ colours, Aqua, Color Institute, color iq, colors, colour iq test, colours, CYMK, fashion, fashion industry, IQ, iq test, latest release, Leatrice Eiseman, New York, pantone, Pantone Color Institute, RGB, screen colors, spring/summer 2021, 0

How many colours can you see? Here’s a test to see how many you can detect! I stumbled on...