Posts Tagged ‘top color consultant’
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Do you like to follow the buzz with every new “Color of the Year” or no? Color trends don’t influence me personally when it comes to color design. They are fun though — and so are polls. Click in and play along.
While many in the color and design social spheres are focusing on the new Nate Berkus show, I’m all a twitter about Seth Godin’s two most recent blog posts; one of which is a new book recommendation.
The Nate show (while I’m sure is cute and entertaining because he is cute and entertaining) doesn’t have huge potential to give you a return on your investment of time and attention. Like, exactly what do you think watching Nate’s show will *do* for you? Frankly, I’m confused by blogosphere’s fuss over Nate but much of what is popular in blogosphere confuses …
Color Bud, Lynne Whiteside, left this comment on a previous post:
“Please point me in the direction of affects of natural light on wall color. North, South, East, and West all have their own reflective color and I need more information. Thanks a million.”
Here’s my answer. The popular cut-n-paste on the web goes something like this:
North = Blue,
South = Yellow,
East = Green,
West = Orange
Lots of comments on this one – comments are longer than the actual post!
Louis Cheskin (1907-1981). Clinical psychologist and famous color researcher. Strategic use of color in branding and packaging — marketing in general — was a concept Cheskin catapulted forward.
Studying, implementing, experimenting, observing and then – lucky for us – reporting his findings and opinions in a prolific collection of books is how Cheskin established himself as a Color Expert.
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Lori Sawaya, Color Strategist
International Association of
Color Consultants
"Color is a philosophy."
— Frank Mahnke
Multi-Disciplined Color Expert: All that really means is I've worked with color in a bunch of different ways and I don't forget much. If it has to do with color, it tends to stick. Experience including but not limited to: architectural color, graphic design, and study in the arts, metaphysical phenomenon, and earth sciences
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second skin."
— Frank Mahnke
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