The ABCs of Color: The Letter A

I’ll tell you a secret—I can read words of one letter! Isn’t that grand? —The White Queen to Alice in Through the Looking Glass. When the White Queen of Looking Glass fame bragged that she could read words of one letter, she beseeched Alice not to be discouraged, promising “You’ll come to it in [...]

The ABCs of Color: The Letter A

I’ll tell you a secret—I can read words of one letter! Isn’t that grand? —The White Queen to Alice in Through the Looking Glass. When the White Queen of Looking Glass fame bragged that she could read words of one letter, she beseeched Alice not to be discouraged, promising “You’ll come to it in [...]

173.—The South Front., from English Homes Vol III no. 1, Late Tudor (1922), added on 29th Feb 2008

I have included many difference versions of this English manor-house picture, some slightly cropped so that they will work as screen backgrounds.

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National Pig Day Titles

March 1 of every year is National Pig Day and I've provided these special National Pig Day clip art titles of black and white potbellied pigs for your viewing and...

National Pig Day Titles

March 1 of every year is National Pig Day and I've provided these special National Pig Day clip art titles of black and white potbellied pigs for your viewing and...

Pantone Matryoshka: Color Inside Color

Designer Yaroslav Rassadin is re-imagining a 120 year old traditional handicraft from Russia, the matryoshka. The Matryoshka, or Russian nesting dolls, date back to 1890. Traditionally hand painted with ornate detailing and a dynamic range of colors, Rassadin’s take on the classic Russian nesting dolls was inspired by a combination of the “Pantone matching system and [...]

Pantone Matryoshka: Color Inside Color

Designer Yaroslav Rassadin is re-imagining a 120 year old traditional handicraft from Russia, the matryoshka. The Matryoshka, or Russian nesting dolls, date back to 1890. Traditionally hand painted with ornate detailing and a dynamic range of colors, Rassadin’s take on the classic Russian nesting dolls was inspired by a combination of the “Pantone matching system and [...]

Chapter Heading Woodcut Featuring Soldiers on Horesback with Spears, from A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737), added on 28th Feb 2008

A decorative woodcut from above the section entitled Proverbs and Proverbial Observsations cocerning Husbandry, Weather, and the Seasons of the Year. It is not related to the text. The engraving features a battle of warriors or soldiers with spears and shields. I suspect it is based on the carved side of an ancient Hellenistic (Greek) sarcophagus thought to depict ALexander the Great, but I am not certain.

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Interview: Rehab’s Sound of Color

  Nathan Brown and Sean LemanCompany: RehabLocation: San Francisco, CAWebsite: www.therehab.com www.soundofcolor.com Music is a popular source of inspiration for creating colors and what if the tables were turned with color being the source of inspiration for music? What is the sound of color? This abstract question is exactly what Rehab and GAP proposed to 5 music artists — DNTEL, [...]

Interview: Rehab’s Sound of Color

  Nathan Brown and Sean LemanCompany: RehabLocation: San Francisco, CAWebsite: www.therehab.com www.soundofcolor.com Music is a popular source of inspiration for creating colors and what if the tables were turned with color being the source of inspiration for music? What is the sound of color? This abstract question is exactly what Rehab and GAP proposed to 5 music artists — DNTEL, [...]

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