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2010

jun days
• french & american recycled colored plastic

apr days
• color
concept &
theory widgets and apps

mar days
• red:
a portrait of a artist rothko

feb days
• talking
heads as figure/ground

jan days
• tanja's
black light dance party

ARCHIVE
2009

dec days
• tootsie roll pop wrappers colors & flavors

nov days
• stephen vitiello's four color sound

oct days
• atmospheric perspective

sept days
• a rainbow
of antioxidants
colors


aug days
• floor stain colorants

jul days
• minimal colors

jun days
• wildflowers cataloged by color

may days
• tennis court colors

apr days
• morandi's neutral colors

mar days
• grid colorists

feb days
• black as
film noir

jan days
• flood of toxic minerals used in paints

ARCHIVE
2008

dec days
• comple-mentary
colors

nov days
• kettle korn
packaging color change

oct days
• green fluorescent protein

sept days
• red palms - not green

aug days
• blue tunes

jul days
blue - textile museum

jun days
• “fiesta- ware”
colorants

may days
• “blue alchemy” hive gallery

apr days
• “sennelier” selecting
watercolours for travel

 

  red palm cover  

red palms - not green

Red Palms
International Palm Society Member Angela Blakely of Hawaii
“Angela wrote, ‘Growing up in inland Southern California and seeing the same old landscape palms – Phoenix canariensis, Syagrus romanzoffiana, Washingtonia robusta – over and over again, I never paid much attention to the colors of palms. For me they were always green.1

1 Citation
Palms Journal of the International Palm Society
Vol. 52(3) Sept. 2008

image on left
Chambeyronia macrocarpa

Photograph by Angela Blakey

red palm p140

Red Palms
Continued . . .
International Palm Society Member Angela Blakely of Hawaii:
When I later learned that
C. macrocarpa was a red emergent leaf, my first response was disbelief! My second was, ‘Where can I get my hands on one?’ The red new leaf of C. macrocarpa was a revelation. From the moment I laid eyes on that red leaf I was transformed into an enthusiast.”1

1 Citation
Palms Journal of the International Palm Society
Vol. 52(3) Sept. 2008

image on left
Calyptrocalyx lauderbachianus

Photograph by Angela Blakey

  red palm back  

 

image on left
Welfia regia

Photograph by Angela Blakey

International Palm Society

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