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Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Pink Sherbet

My Pink Sherbet Shoes!

These are my Pink Sherbet Shoes! I bought them in Orvieto, Italy, because I liked their snazzy color with the light pink suede toe ! I like happy feet! My mother always said I was easy to buy shoes for. Just pick the ugliest shoes in the store and those would be the ones I wanted! I can’t help it that I like unusual shoes!

Crayola changed the name Brink Pink to Pink Sherbet in 2005. I am glad because I didn’t know what color a Brink Pink was. Looking it up, I see it is the color between rose and magenta, formulated by Crayola in 1998. Then I looked at the word sherbet. I always pronounced the word sherbert. Had I been pronouncing the word incorrectly all these years? No. It seems sherbet and sherbert are interchangeable too! So there we have it!

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Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Peach

A Quiet Lane in Monterosso al Mare, Italy

A Peach Colored Beach House in Monterosso al Mare, Italy

If you want to see the Peach color everywhere, in the Flesh, look no farther than Italy! I think it should be the National Color of Italy! Wondering the streets of Monterosso al Mare, in the Cinque Terre region of Italy, the buildings can be found painted in one shade or another of Peach! It is a variation of the pottery color also found in many of the villages. So it must be a pigment found in the clay of Italy.

In the Crayola Collection, Peach was the name given to Flesh in 1962, to recognize the Civil Rights movement and not only one color as Flesh. It is also known as Pimpernel Peach in the “Scarlet Pimpernel” series and Give Peach a Chance in the “Retro Colors” set. I especially like the name Give Peach a Chance, don’t you?

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Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Pacific Blue

From Sea to Shining Sea!

Crayola added the color Pacific Blue to their collection in 1993. It is known as Megabyte Blue in the “Techno Brite” series, Pacific Ocean in the “Discovery” series and Sea to Shining Sea in the “State Crayon Collection”.

I like the idea of Sea to Shining Sea, so here we are looking at the shining Lingurian Sea from Corniglia, Italy! Of the five villages that make up the Cinque Terre region of Italy, Corniglia was my favorite. There are not too many tourists here and only a handful spend the night, but all the charms of the village are intact; the hillside vineyards, the tiny cobbled streets with fantastic eateries, shops selling handmade gifts, and great views to photograph! Staying at a B&B here would be the ideal location to experience the real Italy! Why don’t the tourists flock here, you ask? To reach Corniglia, it is necessary to climb the Lardarina, a long brick flight of steps composed of 33 flights with 382 steps or follow a vehicular road that, from the station, leads to the village. Thank God there is also that little bus!

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Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Outrageous Orange

Morning Market in Venice, Italy

Outrageous Orange was called Ultra Orange in the fluorescent colors of the Crayola collection.

So let’s go to the daily market at the Rialto Bridge, in Venice, Italy and look for that Orange! There are numerous shades of orange here, but I liked this photo of the fish market! We had to get up before 6 am to get photos of the market. I think we found the freshest Orange! After that time it was bumper to bumper with locals getting their fresh produce, meat and daily fish! A great place to visit and find Color!

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Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Midnight Blue

Ceramiche Sberna Handmade Italian Plate

Prussian Blue has been in the Crayola Collection since 1903, so it was one of the first colors. In 1958 the name was changed to Midnight Blue. In the “Halloween Crayon” series it was known as Midnight Gloom! Halloween Crayons? Who knew?

This is my hand made “Dipinto a Mano” plate from Italy. I went to Italian language school in Montepulciano, Italy and walked by a tiny shop filled with exquisite ceramics and pottery at least 4 times a day. Finally, before I left, I went in and with my newly practised Italian, bought several pieces of the ceramics. I had it all shipped home since I was heading elsewhere in Italy and could not have carried it around with me. It would have been Midnight Gloom and more, if the pieces had arrived broken! As it was, they arrived safe and sound and are the pride of my dining room! I love all the colors on it, but especially the very dark blue!

“Dipinto a Mano” ceramics are made in Deruta, a small town in the heart of Umbria, and world known for its production of fine ceramic art and pottery. The craft was established there in the Middle Ages, but was renown during the Renaissance. Today hand crafted ceramics is still the primary work of the citizens of Deruta. Francesco Sberna, a master craftsman opened his workshop in 1959 and is now the most important ceramic producer of the town. The Ceramiche Sberna, which I own, were created with forms and designs inspired by local tradition with detailed research into color and pattern. I have never seen another pattern like mine!

Here are more pictures taken in the town of Montepulciano.

Here is more about the language school, Il Sasso.

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Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Cerise

Venice Cherries

Banana-Cherry Crepe in Venice, Italy

Cerise is French for “cherry”. Crayola is now going French on us! I didn’t have one picture of a French cherry! How can that be? But, I did have some pictures of Italian Cherries!

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Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Canary

Corpus Domini Festival, Orvieto, Italy

Here is a ceremonial guard from the Corpus Domini Festival in Orvieto, Italy. See more about the festival Here! The Canary colored balloons added to the festivities!

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Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola: Black and Blue

The Crucifixion of Christ, on a Vineyard Hill in Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Italy

Today, I thought I would combine the Crayola colors Black and Blue. They are often combined aren’t they?

Blue has made the rounds in the Crayola collection. From 1903-1958 it was known as Blue. The same color was called Celestial Blue from 1935-1949 and from 1949-1958 it was called Azure Blue! I would like to have the job of naming colors at Crayola. I would say it is a steady job, wouldn’t you?

My black and blue photos are of the Crucufixion scene that is on the vineyard hillside in Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Italy. It was stunning especially at night. We were there in June and July. They must leave it up year round since the terrible floods that nearly washed away their village in 2011. The Black and the Blue. Here is a personal account of what happened that day. Today, Vernazza is as beautiful as ever! The five villages of Cinque Terre are unforgettable!

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Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Bittersweet

Manarola, Cinque Terre, Italy

Monterosso al Mare, Cinque Terre, Italy

Corpus Domini Festival, Orvieto, Italy

Bittersweet Vine

Bittersweet

The Bittersweet color was added to the Crayola line-up in 1958. I was surprised to learn that the name was not used in the English language as a color until 1892.

We used to scour the hedgerows in the fall looking for bittersweet to make a lovely fall wreath. It brings back wonderful memories of Autumn in the Midwest! I love this color!

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Color Your World:120 Days of Crayola; Atomic Tangerine

The Canals of Venice, Italy

The Doge’s Palace, Venice, Italy

Buildings Along the Main Canal, Venice, Italy

The BEST PIZZA EVER!

Crayola Atomic Tangerine

Ultra Yellow was added to the Crayola colors in 1972. It was one of eight crayons in the new fluorescent color line. In 1990 all the fluorescent colors were re-named and Ultra Yellow became Atomic Tangerine.

Atomic Tangerine is supposed to be a fluorescent color, but there is no way to show fluorescence on a flat computer screen.

I think Venice, Italy is the most romantic city in the world.! If you want to be surrounded by beautiful color at every turn, Venice, Italy is the place for you! I fell in love with the atomic tangerine color found on every building, niche, and cranny! It can even be seen in their popular PIZZA! To see other posts about visiting Venice, just click HERE.

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Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Pink Sherbet

Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Peach

Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Pacific Blue

Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Outrageous Orange

Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Midnight Blue

Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Cerise

Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Canary

Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola: Black and Blue

Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Bittersweet

Color Your World:120 Days of Crayola; Atomic Tangerine

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