When Annie at Knitsofacto asked me if I wanted to join in with a blogging project I said 'yes'. If you've been reading here a while, this is probably no great suprise. I am a compulsive joiner-inner. Probably goes with the part of my personality which craves the new and exciting. And quicker than a flash and it is launch post time and I am sitting with a blank screen and the requirement to sum up my attitude towards colour in a well written and possibly witty epistle.
And the thoughts just aren't flowing. My attitude towards colour? Schizophrenic. Life would be so much simpler if I were more decisive, more loyal to my personal palette. How easy it would be if I knew that all my kitchen accessories should be ice cream sorbet colours. Or that I only wore White Company neutrals. Or that turquoise blue summed up my chakras and should always be my default colour. None of these statements are true. Or rather, they are all true, just not always. And definitely never on consecutive days.
The simple truth is that I just enjoy something different. As long as it isn't purple. I have given myself permission to dislike purple. Oh, unless it is pansies or violas, which are good in purple. And alliums. See the problem? Hard and fast rules on colour just aren't for me.
But exploring colour? Bring it on. Can't wait to get started. Though now I am having second thoughts on choosing green for my logo... the other colours are so beguiling....
What is The Colour Collaborative? All creative bloggers make stuff, gather stuff, shape stuff, and share stuff. Mostly they work on their own, but what happens when they work together? Is a creative collaboration greater than the sum of its parts? We think so and we hope you will too. Starting small, with just five members for now, we'll each be offering our own monthly take on a colour related theme, and hoping that in combination our ideas will encourage us, and perhaps you, to think about colour in new ways. We're excited by where this might take us, click on the logos below to find out!
It looks to me like those thoughts flowed! It always seems so inadequate to write 'Loved this post', but I did. And you are so right, some days I love green, or my brindle whippet's tiger stripes, or the exact shade of a banana milk shake.
Is that a rainbow sock I see?
Posted by: Annie @ knitsofacto | 27 June 2013 at 15:30
Note to self -don't wear purple next time I see Ali.
You're right though Ali (not about purple) but not being able to settle on a palette. I never could answer the 'what's your favourite colour?' question.
Posted by: Sue | 27 June 2013 at 15:49
I have no idea what my favourite colour is, it's so dependant on mood, the weather, what the item is, etc... I was once discussing colours with a lady on the train and said I didn't have a favourite until she pointed out the red bag, red shoes, red gloves, red iPad cover... So maybe it's red!
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Posted by: BlackberryCrumble | 27 June 2013 at 16:34
With all your knits, I've always thought how lovely are your colour choices. Yarn decisions seem to be the hardest. I'm with you on purple, it seems to belong best in the floral world. Maybe our colour preferences wander about depending on our day to day moods. (Your last post made me laugh out loud.)
Posted by: niki thomas | 27 June 2013 at 16:48
I can identify with this a lot, I tend to be a bit of a magpie and be distracted by the latest shiny thing to take my fancy. Colours, styles you name it! Love your post.
S x
Posted by: Sandra (Cherry Heart) | 27 June 2013 at 20:10
I love those rainbow socks! Every colour in them. (although my favourite colour is probably purple. Or perhaps green. Or red.)
Posted by: Amanda | 27 June 2013 at 20:13
Yes Ali, I agree - I sometimes wish I knew with certainty what "my colours" were but then maybe half the fun is the not knowing and the playing around? Absolutely gorgeous rainbow colours in that yarn! x
Posted by: Gillian | 27 June 2013 at 20:48
What a lovely post and such a lovely idea for a collaboration. I shall follow with interest. I don't think I could pick a favourite colour either... although mostly it is hot pink or red.
Posted by: Gina | 28 June 2013 at 15:38
I just wrote about this so I won't repeat myself... but I feel the same... different colours... different moods... different occasions...
Can't wait to see what you'll come up with!
Posted by: monica | 29 June 2013 at 10:30
Purple is one of my favourites, especially teamed with turquoise. You are right though, it does depend on so many factors; except green and red, they are not allowed in my house...
Posted by: Toffeeapple | 30 June 2013 at 15:05
good post i loved it..
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