{"id":4532,"date":"2016-03-13T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T13:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/?p=4532"},"modified":"2016-03-13T09:00:22","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T13:00:22","slug":"colour-inspiration-spring-palette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/colour-inspiration-spring-palette\/","title":{"rendered":"COLOR INSPIRATION: SPRING PALETTE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you are a graphic designer, interior decorator, or fashion designer, choosing colors can seem like an arbitrary process. However, it doesn&#8217;t have to be.\u00a0Choosing colors through inspirational images can take the guesswork out of whether or not the chosen color combinations are going to be harmonious. These color charts created from my Spring photography collection shows you how you can select colors directly from an image to create your color palette. Kudos to Lauren Wager, I was inspired by her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/aeo6lzdtbs7m3px\/25InspiringColorPalettes.pdf?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a>, Color Collective.<\/p>\n<p>I am excited to announce that I have released an ebook full of color scheme palettes created from my photographs. The ebook includes the color codes for RGB, HEX and Pantone, so that you can recreate the exact color schemes.\u00a0I hope this will help those of you out there to feel inspired when you&#8217;re working with color for your next design project.Details\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/?post_type=product&amp;p=4553&amp;preview=true\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sample4.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4557 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sample1.jpeg\" alt=\"Sample1\" width=\"1275\" height=\"1650\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sample3.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4564 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sample3.jpeg\" alt=\"Sample3\" width=\"1275\" height=\"1650\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4565 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sample4.jpeg\" alt=\"Sample4\" width=\"1275\" height=\"1650\" \/><br \/>\nor more color inspiration, check out my new ebook <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/?post_type=product&amp;p=4553&amp;preview=true\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you are a graphic designer, interior decorator, or fashion designer, choosing colors can seem like an arbitrary process. However, it doesn&#8217;t have to be.\u00a0Choosing colors through inspirational images can take the guesswork out of whether or not the chosen color combinations are going to be harmonious. These color charts created from my Spring photography [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-4532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography","tag-colour-inspiration"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10045,"url":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/art-update-uv-printing-with-solar-fast-dyes\/","url_meta":{"origin":4532,"position":0},"title":"ART UPDATE: PRINTING WITH LIGHT ACTIVATED  DYES","author":"Andrea Mai","date":"May 24, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been experimenting with light activated dyes for a couple of weeks. 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