More Colourful

If my previous post with colour games tempted you then why not try these ones.

Addictive Colour Fun Website

This website search 10 million photos on Flickr to find those with the colours you choose- so even if you choose multiple colours it will find them in photos- a great way to waste hours!

Blue

Research
Red makes us more attentive vs blue which makes us more creative here and here

Red

Research
Red makes us more attentive vs blue which makes us more creative here and here

All about yellow

As well as exploring using yellow with my beadwork I also want to explore its social and historical background so here are some interesting article, links and facts associated with yellow:

History and all about yellow
Yellow on Wikipedia
All about the colour yellow

Reactions/ Meanings/ current thoughts
The meaning of yellow and pink t-shirts in Thailand

Colour Therapy
using yellow in colour therapy
Balancing the solar plexus

Research with yellow
Pale yellow and almond are the best colours for not irritating people and are perfect for a learning environment- from Dunn and Dunn research

Using yellow in design
Using yellow in knitting- how to use it. Very interesting article which looks at yellow on the colour wheel and in reality
Using yellow in interior design
How to use yellow in a children's play room
Using yellow in the garden

Fashion
How to wear yellow- mainly in children's wear
How to wear yellow and orange- for women

Using yellow in beadwork/ jewellery
Someone else who doesn't usually use yellow!

Colour Fun

All the Crayola crayon names
Hue 100 test
Why pencils are yellow
Colour fun- searching for colours in photos in Flickr
Colour Fun Games

Colour Inspiration

Rachel Goodchild's beautiful paper
Rainbow chain maille
Maggie Maggio's colourful polymer clay work
Louise Fischer Cozzi's polymer clay work

The colour wheel

The colour wheel is a useful tool for playing with colour and learning about schemes.
I really recommend you get one and play around with it, learn where colours lie on the wheel and how different schemes work.

These links and resources will give you more information in this area.
Myths surrounding the colour wheel
History of the colour wheel from Charley Parker
Handprint's colour wheel information
The history of the colour wheel on Colour Lovers



Different images of colour wheels
Colour Lovers unusual colour wheels
147 smarties colour wheel
Patchwork colour wheel
Threads colour wheel
Colour wheels painted by children in Canada
Colour wheel in eggs
Paul Jackson's insect colour wheel
Easter eggs colour wheel
Paint pots colour wheel
Dolls colour wheel
Origami colour wheel
Jelly colour wheel
Lego colour wheel
Liquid colour wheel
Crayon colour wheel
Tights colour wheel
Toy car colour wheel
Cut out colour wheel
Mosaic colour wheel
Apple logo colour wheel
iPod colour wheel

Useful resources

I plan to add to this list as the year goes on so keep coming back to see anything new

General colour sites
Some great colour websites are:
Colour Lovers
Margie Deeb
Suite 101 - just search for colour/ color to find a fantastic range of articles on colour
Fashion trendsetter/ Colour trends
Nita Leland's colour website
Nita leland's colour blog
Art stories with Julie Duell
Charley Parker's art blog
Maggie Maggio's colour tutorials
Maggio Maggio's colour blog

Books
Some of the books I will be using along the way and recommend if you're interested in colour are:
Color Works
The Beader's Colour Palette
The Beader's Guide to Colour
Colors- what they mean and how to use them
Colourful World
Nita Leland's links page with lots of colour books listed
A dictionary of colour

Colours and their meanings
Rose colours and their meanings
Colour symbolism
Colour idioms
Colour meanings, symbolism and psychology

Patterns and mixing colours
Spring 2009 fashions and prints

Colour schemes
Colour Combos
Squidoo
Limited colour palettes
Colour schemes which pop
This online tool will create a blends of colours for you when you choose a starting and finishing colour
Online colour scheme generator
Evolution of a colour scheme
Polymer clay colour mixing and matching
Kris' colour stripes
Cool ready made polymer clay samples- I want these!
Colour Basics- dos and don'ts
Colour mixing with Sculpey

Fashion
The meaning of colours in fashion
Colour matching for fashion

Research
Red makes us more attentive vs blue which makes us more creative here and here
The creation of colour in the 18th century
All you could ever want to learn about colour!