Comments on: seeing green

By: the blues of color « cosymakes

the blues of color « cosymakes — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:50:53 +0000

[...] i’ve mentioned before in my first talk about color, i never thought i had a favorite color before. well, the fact that i’ve been knitting in a [...]

By: melanie Watts

melanie Watts — Thu, 31 May 2007 13:27:10 +0000

I like green in the spring. After seven months of snow and black trees then a month where everything is brown it is so nice to see green things poking out of the ground. See buds bursting and little by little grow bigger and greener until the whole world is green. It is such a soothing colour.
I like blue. A deep cobalt/royal blue brings me alive. It matches my eyes. I like any bright colur deep purples pinks yellows reds greens and blues. They look especialy good in the sun. I lived in South East Asia for four years. There everything is bright becase the sun is so intense

By: much-adored

much-adored — Tue, 29 May 2007 21:07:04 +0000

i know i’m a bit late on this, but i have been thinking about it for a while. i’m not sure i really have a “favorite” color, either, but i do go through phases of color saturation in my life. in high school, i wore an awful lot of green, lots of mossy, earthy greeen. in college, it was red. everything was red. i sometimes wonder if that phase was my way of redefining myself in a new setting, surrounding myself with the opposite end of the spectrum. when i went to grad school, i started streaks of color in my hair, which varied from deep jewel purple and dark blackish blue to my peacock phase with all shades of green, teal, and turquoise. what’s funny to me has always been the way that people make assumptions based on the colors others wear, whether overtly or subconciously. in a way i think i did it to myself, associating certain colors with my varying outgoing/shy/playful/studious personality traits. as i grow older i feel i’m settling into my true self, getting comfortable with who i am, and as i stop trying to please others, i’ve found i wear and gravitate toward a more vast assortment of colors. go figure.

By: Volkstricken

Volkstricken — Mon, 28 May 2007 21:10:48 +0000

[...] wrote a great post about color last week, maybe thats why it’s on my brain. I love her choice of “pukey” colors [...]

By: color « cosymakes

color « cosymakes — Sat, 26 May 2007 20:49:22 +0000

[...] i just wanted to thank everyone for their wonderful reflections on color. if you haven’t read that conversation yet, you can do so here. [...]

By: rosehip71

rosehip71 — Sat, 26 May 2007 10:34:28 +0000

My ‘favourite’ colour has always, since I can remember, been purple – when I was little this manifested itself in wearing purple, having a purple bedroom and a purple bicycle. It is still my favourite colour but I honestly don’t own anything purple because I decided that the best purples occur naturally in flowers and that everything else is a poor imitation. When I say ‘favourite’ I’m just referring to how it makes me feel: when I see the purpley-blue of a cornflower I feel pure joy.

I have a wardrobe full of green, blue and yellow. No idea why. I used to wear a lot of black because I thought it made me invisible (not literally!). Perhaps green is camouflage because I live in the country?!

By: Alice

Alice — Sat, 26 May 2007 06:03:50 +0000

I’m also very attracted to green and my fascination with the color has been a recent phenomenon. My theory is that living in Vancouver for the last 2.5 years and being surrounded by green 24/7 has shaped my liking towards the color.

By: myhobbyisyarn

myhobbyisyarn — Sat, 26 May 2007 04:15:23 +0000

I have found recently that green is apparently my favorite color. I always gravitate toward green. I am really interested in color, even though I am not an artist. The people at the LYS are always surprised by the colors I choose to work in. I am looking forward to reading your book.

By: katrinkles

katrinkles — Sat, 26 May 2007 02:38:05 +0000

i like the idea that the environment i grew up in shaped my colors, it makes sense. (makes me want to re-read “the poetry of space”)
my irrational colors are red and light blue, together. i can’t deny that they’re my favorite (although really the right mix of any colors is exciting). i think your theory makes sense – i grew up around boats and the ocean, red and blue are a very nautical combination.

By: hpny knits

hpny knits — Sat, 26 May 2007 01:59:48 +0000

very interesting discussion definitely gravitated always towards black grey ( all shades) browns, and -red! I like the other colors- but- ok.
I have an odd relationship with greens. sometimes- they are out. sometimes not… prefer the yellow-greens, & brownish greens.