More on Classic Blue and White - 3 samples.

Classic Blue has been chosen as the Pantone Color for 2020!

It has undertones of Indigo the strength of ultramarine but the mellowness of a dark cobalt blue and a echo too of prussian or phthalo blue.

Lets look at some very similar colors in art.

Our first example a Japanese Arita Cobalt Blue shallow bowl.

The darkest tone is certainly very similar to Classic Blue.

This is an inital letter from a European manuscript turned into a picture featuring  "classic blue"

Lastly note the background gradient on this Elfquest cover plus the blue tones on Skywise's vest.

Classic Blue is a color we see shades tints and related hues of in ancient and modern art and various media. Workable Useful Beautiful !

Classic Blue is Here

(I'm been VERY sick again hence the delays in posting)

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SOOO WHO HAS SEEN #PANTONE 's #2020 Color #ClassicBlue !!!

It's an awesome powerful elegant choice that will play well with other colors and fit in with established color schemes. Neither Indigo or Ultramarine it is a rich deep middle blue with characteristics of both that should blend or dilute well.

here are the 3 best images I have found of it so far.

It can work with warm yellows oranges and some browns and light bright greens.

Ceramics will love it because of its similarity with cobalt blues. Painters will find it inspiring.
It should work well on a variety of textiles silk wool cotton . Then there's glass!

Well done Pantone. An excellent choice !

Pantone's Ultraviolet and two of my Purple Patterns

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SO PURPLE IS BACK
Really Pantone changes names every year but basicly ultraviolet is a purple hue shifted slightly towards blue and the lilac color a light purple with a bit more magenta ?
Or so it seems to me?

SO what designs do I have to offer using colors similar to Pantone's 12?

Here's a couple and all available from www.redbubble.com/people/scholara

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This is related to an older design called Shikon.

This image is not actually identical to what appears on Red bubble 

Probably a bit more purplish than Pantone's Ultraviolet but note how the pattern of the fractal changes the tones and how a few simple edits have created a rich complex pattern with depth and light. Do come and take a look at the final tiled versions on scarves and other things!

Pantone the 20th Century in Color

This is a fantastic reference book and also one you can read just for the pleasure of viewing the various designs patterns and objects the writers selected as being representative of various decades.Yes color swatches are included!