Gayle Tales

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Color me Red!

Throughout history, red has signaled excitement, dynamism, danger and sex. It elicits the strongest of emotions in every culture: love and the pulsating heart; anarchy and the waving war banner; Satan and the martyred saint. It is the color of life and the color of evil, the color of danger and the color of excitement. Red's message is ardent and impassioned, never insipid. From the gentlest of shell pink to the deepest vibrant ruby red; at its warmest, it's romantic or passionate, at its coolest, it's mature, authoritative, regal. Red is commanding, whatever its shade.

I love the color red! It just pops right out at you and catches your eye wherever you are! Here are some "red" things I found around my house this week.

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1. A red geranium in my kitchen

2. Bodum cookie jar

3. Red line on a golf ball

4. Strawberry

5. Tomatoes

6. Red felt on piano on top of the keys

7. Red mug handle

8. Close-up of a gerbera daisy

9. Bicycle lock

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Color me Orange!

Ask anyone to name the color of a sunset and invariably the answer is "orange." The meaning of orange is inexorably linked to the sensations of radiant energy, heat and the glowing presence of the setting sun. The link between red and yellow, orange takes its traits from both. It is less passionate and intense than red, incorporating the sunny disposition of yellow.

The brightest tones of orange are seen as gregarious, fun-loving, high-energy. Cool orange simply does not exist. Everything about orange is luminous and hot. It is perceived as the hottest of all colors even more so than red because it takes its heat from two radiant sources, yellow and red.

From the above description of the color orange from the Pantone website, orange is a pretty amazing color! Again, I had some fun taking pictures of orange things in my house.

All of these pictures are pretty easy to identify, but here goes:
1.    sweet pepper
2.    orange nail polish
3.    a pencil
4.    carrots
5.    a peeler
6.    a painting of a sunset (done by Annie)
7.    felted easter eggs
8.    the side of my glasses
9.    my water bottle

Friday, March 25, 2011

Color me Green

For most people a green path leads inevitably to thoughts of nature. Mother Nature painted more green on earth than any other color. It is the hue of foliage, grass, and growing plants; of graceful sheltering trees, dappled meadows and clinging vines; the shade of forest and jungle. Green is so pervasive in nature that we never question it as a background for all other surrounding colors. Contrasting with purple pansies, pink azaleas, yellow daylilies, orange marigolds or red tulips (and any other color under the sun), leafy foliage greens are truly nature's perfect neutral.

I didn't write the above description. I took it from the Pantone website.

The other day I entertained myself with my macro lens searching the house for colorful things. Today I'd like to share my "green" pictures. It might be difficult to figure out what some of the pictures are. I will tell you at the end of the blog. Enjoy green!

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1.    Annie's comforter and pillow on her bed
2.    A magnet on Adam's magnetic board in his room
3.    My cute Easter sheep
4.    A box of Kotex pads in their colorful wrappers
5.    Snap peas
6.    LOVE sculpture from Middlebury College
7.    The green sand at the bottom of a flowing hourglass
8.    My mom and dad's 25th wedding anniversary bowl
9.    Fake green grass
10. The center of an hourglass
11. Detailing on Annie's satchel