CERULEAN: golden brown

Sunday, January 15, 2012

golden brown

6 comments:

elena nuez said...: like it!; January 15, 2012 at 12:43 PM
r.bohnenkamp said...: I love it!; January 15, 2012 at 4:08 PM
SIGrid said...: Beautiful, this combination of different colors and structures.
I love it.; January 16, 2012 at 1:17 PM
Sharon said...: I love this piece, too! Especially the central divide, along with the great patterns and what, to me, seems like wonderful day/weather passages. A lot going on here. Very active. Wonderful.; January 18, 2012 at 5:27 AM
Sophie Munns said...: Great colours I must say...
and I love your New Years assemblage... hope 2012 is a fabulous year for you!
S; January 25, 2012 at 10:28 AM
CERULEAN said...: Thank you all for the nice comments.; January 31, 2012 at 12:43 AM

About the name

Cerulean is a range of colours from deep blue, skye-blue, bright blue or azure to deep cyan. The word cerulean comes from the Latin word caerulem, which means 'sky' or 'heavens' or sometimes 'oceans'.

Besides cerulean, ultramarine (cornflower blue) plays a prominent role. This pigment is natural present in the mineral lazurite, found in the valuable lapis lazuli.

From 1100 onwards this pigment, imported from Asia (China, Afghanistan), reaches the ateliers of painters in Europe, the blue of old masters Ducio, Titiaan and Vermeer.

In Italy the colour was known as Azurro Oltramarino. Literally 'the azurite coming from beyond the seas'.

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Sunday, January 15, 2012

golden brown

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