CERULEAN: pink, yellow and orange

Sunday, October 29, 2017

pink, yellow and orange

For the SPA challenge this week: pink, yellow and orange.

"Stream", collage with some digital additions, 6 x 4 inch.

5 comments:

Deann said...: Beautiful work.; October 29, 2017 at 2:28 PM
Anne (cornucopia) said...: Wonderful piece.; October 29, 2017 at 3:27 PM
Lori Saul said...: Sublime colors!; October 30, 2017 at 2:33 AM
Mandy Chilvers said...: wonderfully delightful; November 3, 2017 at 8:43 PM
Altered Gypsy said...: autumn meditative. lovely!; November 4, 2017 at 1:25 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, October 29, 2017

pink, yellow and orange

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