On a recent business trip, I actually picked up the USA Today outside my hotel room door instead of stepping over it as I normally do. We had a long flight home and I thought I might find time to flip through it. To say I was sorely disappointed with this once great paper would be an understatement. … [Read more...]
But of course colors have sound!
My work at ColorMetrix has me too wrapped up in the technical aspects of color to remember that yes, "of course colors have sound!" It took my friend Cynthia Thomas's tweet shared in the image above (and as the title of this post) to remind me of that. She was responding to a message I sent out via … [Read more...]
Creativity and Coloring
When you were young how did you color? Did you color inside the lines? Did you color the grass green and the sky blue? Did you color the background or just the object? How would you color today? I believe we can find answers to our creative outlook in questions like these. Photo Credit … [Read more...]
Subtle Use Of Color
Recently Seth Godin reminded us Don't forget about color. He's right. Subtle use of color, whether to make airports signs easier to follow or to make your blog more memorable, is a great idea. A Dumb Little Man can't be wrong. When I am skimming posts in my RSS feed I can always identify a Dumb … [Read more...]
#48: Make Proofs That Match Your Press
Since #45 in December we have been discussing resolutions to improve the quality of your proofs. In order to gain the full benefit of this installment one should have read and implemented the suggestions in #46 & #47. Proceeding forward it does not matter if you are utilizing a methodology like … [Read more...]
#16 Matamerism & Color Management
This post has be revised and reposted at ColorMetrix[dot]com as Color Conversations: Metamerism & Color Management. There was a good comment in response to “Golden Nugget #15 Which Instrument Should I Use?” Adam made the following comment: “This is because some spectrophotometers are built … [Read more...]