![]() Stay tuned! Next week I write about yellow in a painting. Now a synthetic color, its ingredients are made up of nickel azo, Hansa yellow and quinacridone burnt orange. Today’s Indian Yellow is a beautiful transparent yellow-orange-gold color used in glazing and is stunning when white is added. The color from India disappeared from the market in the early 1800’s. The history of Indian Yellow, a color originally from India in the 1500’s, may be mysterious but a well known origin story is based on cows who were fed mango leaves and turmeric, their bright yellow urine collected to produce the color. In contrast think of the color indigo blue of the night sky its very own experience of light. Yellow ochre by contrast, a darker less saturated yellow, is an exception though still a beautiful color. The name of a 1967 song by Donovan, who was referencing heroin usage. When fully saturated, cadmium yellow lemon or Indian yellow seem to be light sources of their own are luminous, glowing and breathe light. It’s a miracle we humans have entrance into that spectrum!įor me yellow is light itself. We are creatures of light light and perception of colors in the visible spectrum. GI m just mad about G7Frontine, Ashe s just mad about A7me. You remember that song Mellow Yellow and can't forget, Yellow Submarine? Two songs that need little introduction for some both include "yellow.” I love color references in music, in writing. They call me Mellow DYelloGw, A7they call me Mellow DYellowG, They A7call me Mellow DYellow.GA7 DI m just mad about GFrontine, DFrontine s mad about A7me.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |