Coffee Concoction in Prague
Here is a spirited mahogany colored cup of coffee on a mahogany colored table, if I do say so myself! I enjoyed this coffee drink in Prague!
Mahogany, a reddish brown color, has been in the Crayola assortment since 1949. In the “State Crayon Collection” it is known as Tennesienna, to represent Tennessee.
This post is just one of many in the Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola Challenge! Enjoy!
Ready For Spring!
Ready for Spring, Painted in the Waterlogue App
Look at this bounty of color! To celebrate Milton Bradley’s collaboration with Crayola I also added the photo painted in the IPhone Waterlogue App!
Magenta, the rosy pink color, was added to the Crayola line, in 1903, as one of their first colors.
In 1907 Binney & Smith partnered with Milton Bradley to produce the Crayola # 77 assortment with the Milton Bradley label printed on the box. Who is Milton Bradley you ask? Milton Bradley was interested in art education, which led him to produce a new color wheel and publish four books about teaching color. He also introduced the first standardized watercolor sets. He founded a company in 1860 for the production of American board games, which eventually included the games; The Game of Life, Candy Land, Operation, and Battleship. Who hasn’t played at least one of those games? I found his life so interesting look for a future post about him!
Milton Bradley
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Macaroni and Cheese
Macaroni and Cheese, Macaroni & Cheese, and Macaroni n Cheese have been in the Crayola Collection since 1993. I am surprised The Hallmark Company decided on this name since Crayola had discontinued some colors in the past because children were eating the crayons, like Blueberry Pie and Chocolate, although those crayons also had yummy smells to go along with the yummy color. But, I can tell you one thing from experience. Most children, even the picky eaters, love their Macaroni and Cheese! My youngest would eat it for every meal if it was offered. She is now 43 and would still eat it for every meal! That dark yellow orangey colored (and cheapest) macaroni was her all time favorite. It is all about comfort food!
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The Lavender of Le Crestet, Provence, France
You can never get enough Lavender I say! Here is another photo of Lavender, this time the real thing taken in a village in Le Crestet, France! High on a hilltop the bees were swarming this magnificent plant. You could hear the buzzing long before reaching it! What is more relaxing than the fragrance of Lavender?
Lavender 1 was part of Crayola assortment from 1949 to 1958.
Lavender 2 has been produced since 1958. It is also known as Plum Purple in the second “So Big” set, and as both Saturn’s Ring and Starfish Lavender in the “Discovery” series. More great colors from Crayola!
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Living in a Pastel World
Painted in Brushstroke App, Photo #1
Painted in Brushstroke App, Photo #2
Painted in Brushstroke App, Photo #3
I live in a pastel neighborhood. All the cottages are painted like Easter Eggs, except for two colors, which are allowed. Yes, we have to get permission to change our cottage colors! Anyway, the exception to the pastels are Navy Blue and Periwinkle, a lightish purple color.
I love using some of the IPhone Apps to change the way my pictures look. I use some of my photos to make greeting or note cards. This photo, taken in January, turned out especially well for the look I wanted for my notecards. There are oodles of design choices to pick from in the Brushstroke App! I use AVERY products, which offers a bazoodle load of designs and sizes, including posters, business cards and any type of notecard! Follow the easy instructions and feed the card stock of choice into the printer and Whalla, a notecard, postcard, whatever card you want! You can use their graphics and add text or download your own pictures from your files, adding text or not. Then fold, write and mail! Done!
Enjoy the IPhriday Photo Challenge! Post a photo taken with your Phone on Fridays! It has been a lot of fun!
Cottage in New Orleans Surrounded With COLOR
Oh boy! I got a threefer in this photo taken in New Orleans! I loved the tiny cottages, the first of many squeezed into the landscape, and refusing to give up!! There is so much going on in this photo; the planters, the garden, the head on a stick, the flag, the bench, the lavender trash bin, the birdhouse and a big fat crow! Do you see the orange painted cement blocks in the street at the front? That is to mark the owners parking spot! The color for today is Jungle Green, but the photo also had tomorrow’s color, Laser Lemon and then I saw it had a Lavender too, Saturday’s color! I’ll call it my Jungle Laser Lavender Photo! New Orleans is all about Color! If you haven’t been to this beautiful city, it is like nowhere else! So much history, so much fun, so much music, so much food and so much COLOR!
Jungle Green has been included in Crayola assortment since 1990. It is known as Land of the Free in the “State Crayon Collection.”
Laser Lemon is a fluorescent color originally known as Chartreuse from 1972 to 1990. It is also known as Chevaulin Chartreuse, found only in the special “Scarlet Pimpernel” set.
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Jammin’ With Some Jazzberries
Here is a Jazzberry Jammin’ don’t you think? I took this photo in New Orleans. There was always music blasting away from this place, day and night, so you couldn’t miss it! Since the windows were all painted over and the most prominent Jazzberry on the window doesn’t appear to have a covered derriere, I didn’t go in! It might have been too much for my delicate eyes, but the music sounded great!
I think the Crayola color was meant to be lively! Jazzberry Jam was added to the Crayola lineup in 2003. In the “State Crayon Collection,” it is known as Newport Jazzberry Festival, the color for Rhode Island.
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Versailles Tavern in Indigo Blue
Indigo was added to Crayola assortments in 1999. It is the color between blue and violet and named after the Indigo dye derived from the plant, Indigofera tinctoria, a tropical plant of the pea family! It is known as Independence Indigo, the color for Pennsylvania in the “State Crayon Collection.
My photo for the challenge was taken while walking to the Versailles Palace or Royal Chateau, in Versailles, France. It was pouring so we diverted from our walk to buy umbrellas. Then we passed this lovely Indigo colored pub. Do you see the words, Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity on the front of the pub? It must be their Independence Indigo too!
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My Inchworm
Inchworm is a relatively new color to the Crayola assortment. The glowing lime color was added in 2003! Inchworms are said to measure the earth an inch at a time! I liked the coloring on this caterpillar. What do you think? Gross or beautiful?
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Now This is COLOR!
Hot Magenta is a fluorescent color of Crayola that was renamed Razzle Dazzle Rose in 1990. In Europe it is known in the Crayola line as Magic Magenta. If you want to see fluorescent colors everywhere look no farther than New Orleans, LA! Bright, Brilliant Color is EVERYWHERE! These plants were alongside a house that was painted yellow and purple!
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