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Vintage Color Design: Advertisements 
evad via Color + Design Blog by COLOURl on Tue, 30 Dec. 2008
Color inspirations by way of advertisements from the 50's and 60's.
Many of these great ads were selected from an inspiring post by the design blog WellMedicated and the others from flickr. Image source links can be found by clicking on the images themselves.
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The Colors of Christmas: 'White Christmas'
evad via Color + Design Blog by COLOURl on Thu, 25 Dec. 2008
Why does everyone dream of a white Christmas?
Dickens popularized the idea that the ideal Christmas should be white, and since then snowy landscapes have inspired all types of products related to Christmas (from postcards to cookie tins). The fact is, that the first eight Christmas days that Dickens spent in the early years of hi
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The Colors of Christmas: Vintage Wrapping Paper
evad via Color + Design Blog by COLOURl on Wed, 24 Dec. 2008
Wrapped up nicely for the holidays, here are 29 inspiring vintage holiday wrapping papers. Hopefully, this great collection from xtinalamb will not only give you some color inspiration, but maybe inspire to reuse paper, or start your own collection to help avoid the extra 5 m
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The Colorful Animation Of Khoda
evad via Color + Design Blog by COLOURl on Mon, 22 Dec. 2008
One of the most colorful animation concepts we've see in a while comes together in this strikingly intense and beautiful film by Reza Dolatabadi.
Khoda is the culmination of two years of work in which time Reza Dolatabadi created over 6,000 individual paintings for this psychological thril
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Interior Design Trends: Turquoise
evad via Color + Design Blog by COLOURl on Sat, 20 Dec. 2008
It is a mix of blue and green that is the color of the gem turquoise. It represents water, so it is no wonder why it is said to be the color of the water sign Pisces.
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Classic Colors: Dadaism
evad via Color + Design Blog by COLOURl on Thu, 18 Dec. 2008
Dada, or Dadaism, is a cultural movement that began in neutral Z??rich, Switzerland, during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1922. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature (poetry, art manifestoes, art theory), theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti war politics through a rejection of the prevailing standards in a
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The Colors Of Kashiwa Sato
evad via Color + Design Blog by COLOURl on Tue, 16 Dec. 2008
Kashiwa Sato is a Japanese art director that is anything but afraid of color. Of all his creative work, which has been for companies such as UNIQLO, docomo, and the list goes on and on, his site might be the most colorful of all. At its core, the site is minimal, but in a way that
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COLOURlovers On DaWanda
evad via Color + Design Blog by COLOURl on Mon, 15 Dec. 2008
Our friends over at the handmade goods community DaWanda were kind of enough to ask me to curate a selection of colorful products for a feature on their site. Here it is reposted below. To check out the original click here.
COLOURlovers is a website dedicated to colours! COLOURlovers is an amazing r
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Eclectic Color Roundup
evad via Color + Design Blog by COLOURl on Sun, 14 Dec. 2008
Here???s a roundup of the most colorful art, products, websites and such that I???ve come across in the last week.
Art
Water Splash Photography by Fotoopa
fotoopa; fotoopa.smugmug.com
These
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Vintage Color & Design: Purple & Brown Fabric
evad via Color + Design Blog by COLOURl on Fri, 12 Dec. 2008
Continuing our vintage fabric series, today we're looking at some great color inspiration from a collection of purple and brown vintag
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Color Inspiration: Wintry Whites
evad via Color + Design Blog by COLOURl on Thu, 11 Dec. 2008
With the weather turning a bit chillier and the snow beginning to fall I thought it was time to check in on the top palettes, colors and patterns that include that wintry white.
White Palettes
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Color Design: 60's 70's Brazilian Album Covers
evad via Color + Design Blog by COLOURl on Wed, 10 Dec. 2008
Color inspiration by way of Brazilian album covers from the 60's and 70's during the popular Bossa nova movement.
This selection of album covers is part of a larger collection on the site sabadabada which recently celebrated its four year anniversary. sabadabada is run by Peter who has been collection r
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The Colors Of Vicki DaSilva
evad via Color + Design Blog by COLOURl on Mon, 08 Dec. 2008
Like many of her peers and fellow 'light painters' or 'light graffiti' artists, Vicki DaSilva was inspired by the blooming hip-hop and graffiti culture that surrounded her while living in New York City during the 80's. What differs about Vicki's work from other artists, like
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Vintage Color Design: Yellow Fabric
evad via Color + Design Blog by COLOURl on Fri, 05 Dec. 2008
Today we're looking at some great color inspiration from a collection of yellow vintage fabrics. This collection, along with plenty other fine image sets, can be found over at flickr and were put together by True Up, which happens to be wonderful resource for fabric news.
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Prehistoric Color: Ochre, Sienna Umber
evad via Color + Design Blog by COLOURl on Thu, 04 Dec. 2008
Since prehistoric times the naturally occurring colors of ochre, sienna, & umber have been brightening up the world around us, and caveman paintings done in sienna still survive today.?? Ochres occur in various shades and colors, generally ranging
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Color in Culture: Defining Sexual Roles
evad via Color + Design Blog by COLOURl on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Long before human beings engage in sexual activity, colour begins to play its part in defining sexual roles.
Sexism starts in the cradle when baby girls are dressed in pink and boys, in blue. Colour is, in fact, the only featu
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Color In Nature: Badlands
evad via Color + Design Blog by COLOURl on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
When walking the terrains of the world one can come across quite an array of colors... today we're taking a look at some terrain that may be unfavorable to cross, hence its name 'badlands,' it's certainly favorable for color watching.
Badlands are a type of arid terrain where softer sedimentary rocks and clay-rich soils have been extensively ero
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Eclectic Color Roundup
evad via Color + Design Blog by COLOURl on Sun, 30 Nov. 2008
Here???s a roundup of the most colorful art, products, websites and such that I???ve come across in the last week.
Books
The Octonauts and the Frown Fish
octonauts.com; purchase at immedium.com
This is the third edition in the
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Vintage Color Design: Red Fabric
evad via Color + Design Blog by COLOURl on Fri, 28 Nov. 2008
Today we're looking at some great color inspiration from a collection of red vintage fabrics. This collection, along with plenty other fine sets, can be found over at flickr and were put together by True Up, which happens to be wonderful resource for fabric news as well.
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Color Design: American Indians
evad via Color + Design Blog by COLOURl on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
Long before the United States was red, white and blue there use to be a whole different palette of colors that represented these great hills, plains and valleys. All across North America the culturally rich tribes of the American Indians lived to keep the upper world of the sky and lower world of the water in balance,
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