Posts Tagged ‘pink’
What’s your Colour of Love this Valentine’s Day?
Hello colour lover! Did you know an estimated 224 million roses world-wide are grown for Valentine’s Day with 198 million in the US alone[1]? That’s a lot of love going around. And it will probably come as no surprise that red is the most popular colour accounting for around 72% of roses sold in the…
Read MoreWhy it’s OK for boys to like pink too
Every few years we find ourselves confronted with the ‘boy wears pink’ headline and parents finding they are confronted with having in some way explain their son’s colour choice. This happened to UK TV presenter Emma Willis when she found herself on a daytime chat show a couple of years ago saying she was ‘overwhelmed’ by the…
Read MoreWhen a pink front door lands you in trouble
Imagine one day deciding to paint your front door pink and then finding it’s landed you in hot water with your neigbours and local council? That’s exactly what happened to a woman in Edinburgh Scotland who has faced a lengthy battle over the colour of her front door and has now won permission to keep…
Read MoreHow the colour pink got its name
Have you ever seen a colour called light red? It even sounds weird doesn’t it. That’s because light red has its own colour name – pink. And pink is the most recent basic colour term to come into existence in the English language. How did pink get its name I love finding out how colour…
Read MoreWho ignited our love affair of pink?
Over the past decade or two there’s been quite a lot of pink bashing. I’ve always champion pink because I’ve felt it got an undeservedly bad rap. When journalists would call up and ask for my opinion and I’d say I’m pro pink, they would thank me for my time and kept searching for someone…
Read More5 fun facts about the colour pink
Hello colour lover! This month we’re going to be looking at some of the fun facts about the colour pink. Here I share my top 5 favourite facts about this wonderful hue! 1. How Pink got its name I just love learning how colours get their name and I especially love how pink got it’s…
Read MorePantone Viva Magenta. Is it red or pink?
Are we influenced by the colour name we read or the colour we see? When I met with my publishers about my book, one of the team pulled out a swatch of colour to discuss. We all saw a different colour. I saw a light aqua green. One saw it as a light blue, and…
Read MoreWhy Pink has become a lockdown favourite
If yesterday’s UK Sunday Times article ‘Tickled Pink’ is anything to go by, it would seem that this most cosy of hues has made it’s way into our hearts and our homes during the past 18 months of lockdowns. I’ve always championed pink as I felt it got an undeservedly bad rap, especially from the…
Read More5 fun facts about the colour orange
Hello colour lover! This month we’re going to be looking at some of the fun facts about the colour orange, which just happens to be my favourite colour! Here I share my top 5 favourite facts about this wonderful hue! 1. The evolution of the colour name Orange What do you do when you don’t…
Read MoreOn the Colour Couch with colour lover Louisa Rogers
I met Louisa a few years ago when I was first asked to give a talk for the Colour Collective UK (initially a sister organisation of the Colour Group Great Britain) for which Louisa is a founding member, so you could say we met through colour! Louisa is an avid colour lover which is clearly…
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