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Living With Color Blindness

Think for a moment about how many things in life rely on color. From getting dressed in the morning (making sure your clothes match) to driving to work (and reading traffic signals), color is all around us! Compensating for an inability to see colors can be easy in some ways and not so easy in others. As far as traffic lights go, a person can learn the order of the three lights — red at the top, yellow in the middle, and green at the bottom — and watch for which one is lit. Even if you can’t see the … Continue reading →

Color Blindness

Most people with color blindness can see some color. People who can see no color at all are actually pretty rare! In a normal eye, there are color-sensitive cells in the retina — the layer of nerves at the back of the eye that convert light into signals sent to the brain. These color-sensitive cells are called cones, and they come in three types: sensitive to red, blue, or green light. In a normal eye, you see color when the cone cells sense any or all of these types of light; cone cells work best in bright light and not … Continue reading →

Color Sorting For Organization

Color sorting has become a favorite, easy to use way, for scrapbookers to organize their dozens of different supplies. Using a color sort to do this, often makes finding what you want, much easier, coordinating your layouts better, and just generally help to create a more balanced, clean look, in your scrapbook area. But what supplies do you organize by color? What methods do you use? Every scrapbookers needs, tend to be different from the next, so mainly, it is about finding what works best for you. However, there is some help I can provide. I can help explain how … Continue reading →

8 Basic Scrapbooking Color Tips

Here are a few color tips to use and think about when creating layouts while scrapbooking. 1. Keep Your Eyes Open – Look all around you for great color palettes and colors that work well together. Pay close attention to advertisements, nature and even interior decorating samples and clothing combinations. 2. Keep an “Idea Journal” – You can keep a small notebook in your purse or bag and jot down ideas as you see them. You can even sketch a layout and then use colored pencils to convey what you would like the color palette to look like when finished. … Continue reading →

Scrapbooking: Setting The Mood With Color (2)

Since color is such an important aspect in decorating anything, there is no exception to decorating your scrapbook layouts. However, if you aren’t more aware of what moods that colors can set, you might be setting the wrong mood on your pages. Here are a few excellent examples of what colors can mean and what mood they can set: Red As I mentioned in an earlier article, red is a color that seems to demand attention. It is extremely vibrant and is the color of stop-signs. Red is a strong color and in scientific tests, was known to cause the … Continue reading →

Scrapbooking: Setting the Mood With Color (1)

Color surrounds us everywhere. What would our world be without the vibrant and serene colors that we are afforded daily in our lives. The cool aspect of color is that different colors evoke different feelings and emotions. Often people are more drawn to one particular color, than they might be another. This can occur for several reasons. Perhaps a person likes the way the color looks. Or maybe someone has told them that they look good in that color. But more than likely, the reason for enjoying certain colors, is that people probably like the way the color makes them … Continue reading →

Learning About Color For Your Scrapbooks

Color is all around us, everywhere we look, there are bursts of colors around us. In the sky, the tree’s, the grass, the water, simply – everywhere. It surrounds us in our home, and often it is a daily part of many people’s occupations (home designers, home builders, construction workers, even doctors use colors to be able to diagnose certain things). Colors evoke different moods and different feelings. Colors change the way certain things look when they are near them. Colors truly inspire and spark creativity, they can set the mood or break it. What would our world be like, … Continue reading →

Spring Fling: Inject Some Springtime into Your Home

Bring springtime indoors and freshen up your décor with some of these ideas: Wicker or Woven Baskets You don’t have to wait until Easter to start using baskets around your home. There are many different sizes, styles, and shapes to choose from that can be used in nearly any space. They are great for organizing, creating displays, covering plain planters or pots, and even making lampshades. Because wicker and woven baskets have a natural look (even if not made from natural materials), they create a sense of bringing the outdoors in. Wicker Furnishings or Accessories Exchange some of your more … Continue reading →

Exceptions to Design Rules

There are so many design rules, who can keep track? This works, that doesn’t, and sometimes things that should work won’t, or things that shouldn’t work will. There are some common guidelines that many people follow, but for every design rule, there is at least one exception. Design is about personal taste and style and expressing your personality, so yes, some rules should be broken. Matching Hardware Matching hardware, such as that found on kitchen cabinetry to your appliances is a commonly held rule. Stainless appliances in a kitchen generally mean the hardware will be some type of silver metallic, … Continue reading →

Popular Paint Choices

Recently I wrote several blogs about getting your home in shape for the New Year. I also revealed that one of my New Year’s resolutions is to experiment with different wall colors. (Hence this blog about paint.) If you are looking to spruce up your home this year you may want to consider a paint job. After all, one of the easiest and least expensive ways to give a room a new look is with paint. According to the research I have done, there are several color themes for 2007 that are outshining the competition. I tend to be a … Continue reading →