Pattern with Exterior Dream

I have made a pattern to play with my color palette ideas. I had a difficult time getting all 5 colors in... so here is one with all but the brown color. Likey?

Colors of the Sky

This is a description of the blue sky. Blue, blue, blue... Take each square of color and imagine what the color would look like in your sky. Is it dark, or pale morning? Storm coming? Or the bluest blue you've ever seen.

Exterior Dream Palette

This palette was designed with my house in mind. The brown is close to the existing color of the siding. I would like to use the gray/purple to paint the brick of my home, which faces the front, to ground it (and cover up the ugly brick.) The white has a little cool tone to it and I would use this to beef up the molding. The sage is the color of the accents: cushions on the furniture, pots, lights, etc. And the green, of course, represents the plants.

Wouldn't it be cool if I can get a photo of the house on tomorrow with my color palette? Hope to make that happen with my new photoshop skills!

Smooth it Out

I made this palette yesterday, I promise. Seems I forgot to post it! I was playing with the analgous color theme on Kuler and this buttery, neutral set of colors came into being. Enjoy!

Mountain Love

This palette is taken from this lovely photo of my daughter and husband out in the Rocky Mountain National Park. We were taking a break on our hike and isn't this photo lovely?

I have this palette, "HUNGRY," from my recent Color Theory project pulling color from a photograph. I used a photograph of a beautiful cake inspired by the Hungry Caterpiller book that is a favorite of so many children (and Mommies!) I love the deep shades of this colorway and I can see this combination of colors in so many applications. Love.

COLOR everyday!

As I get started on a new class, Color Theory, I realize that I have not begun my next 30 day project. Hmm. Let me think... what could I do? How about color palettes? :@)

So, though I may feel like it's cheating a bit, I will post a new color palette everyday, possibly using some of my homework assignments to give me inspiration. I hope that I will gain a little perspective on all of the things that can inspire color choices. I will use photographs, words, emotions, magazines... pretty much anything I can find that will give me great ideas on color. I will be bringing my camera with me when I do errands, hang out with the kids... you never know when I might be inspired!

I hope to use Kuler (an adobe program/community ALL ABOUT COLOR) to share with my designer friends and post my discoveries on my blog to share with all my other fabulous followers. If you have suggestions on color inspiration, please don't hesitate to share!

Here we go!!

COOL TROPICS & Peachy Sunrise
-- color palette for my personal brand, including HR graphic/surface design & HeatherRothStyle (my etsy site all-about fabric!)