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Color Muze Debra Disman

 

Hello Cre8tive Compass!  I am Debra Disman, your friendly Color Muze, here to share tasty tidbits of color wisdom…from here, there and everywhere.  (If you would like to know about the relationship between color, and taste..please check out previous posts on SYNESTHESIA, and….Synesthesia!)
April 15, 2012,on Rebecca E. Parsons wonderful, and inspiring  “Artistically Speaking Talk Show” [...]

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March 29, 2012

Color for All Reasons II

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by Debra Disman

The “meaning” of color can be assessed from a number of vantage points, and it can be fascinating to view your color choices through several lenses.  In this way you can determine which colors and color combinations are most appropriate, powerful and effective for your purpose.  Each “lens” approaches color from a different discipline and [...]

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March 24, 2012

Color for all Reasons I

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by Debra Disman

We have so many situations in our lives when we are called upon to make color decisions.  Whether it be for our homes, our appearance, our mode of transport, our creative endeavors, our web presence, or our work….the colors we choose play a huge role in our lives.

Our color choices both express us…from the inside [...]

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February 28, 2012

Stand your Color Ground

by Debra Disman

The colors we clothe our buildings in, and the materials we use to build them can have a significant effect on how solid, safe, and grounded they appear.  And, I  might add, in addition to paint color, let’s not forget that the wood, brick, stone, concrete, metal and other natural and industrial materials we build [...]

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February 17, 2012

The Colors of Healing

by Debra Disman

The Colors of Healing
In November of  2011 I chatted with  Rebecca E. Parsons  on her fascinating  Artistically Speaking Talk Show , on Blog Talk Radio   where she interviews a wide range of artists, coaches, and other creatives, such as mixed media painter  Sarah Ahearn Bellemare.  As the show’s   Color Muze , it is my [...]

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Recently, during our Color Muze segment, on Artistically Speaking Talk Show, we discussed the fascinating phenomenon of centrifugal and centripetal action and complexity, as color designer and expert Frank Mahnke, of the International Association of Color Consultants/Designers, terms it.
The concept of  centrifugal and centripetal action and complexity in this context,  is related to using [...]

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September 3, 2011

Color: Culture, Trends, and You #color #DIY

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by Debra Disman

Over the summer, during our “Color Muze” segments on Artistically Speaking Talk Show,  we have focused on the Color Experience Pyramid, as outlined by color expert, Frank H. Mahnke of the International Association of Colour Consultants/Designers .

As described in the posts, “Pyramid Scheme“ and “The Embodiment of Color”, we experience color on a number [...]

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The Embodiment of Color

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When recently discussing Frank Mahnke‘s “schemata, the “Color Experience” Pyramid, I found myself sliding uncomfortably, yet seamlessly, from one “level” of the Pyramid to the other…with The Embodiment of Color.

I say  uncomfortably, because I felt that some of the levels were so interconnected, as to be nearly inter-changeable. The Pyramid describes [...]

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Pyramid Scheme

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Pyramid Scheme
Our June 19, 2011 Color Muze on Artistically Speaking Talk Show, introduced and explored the “Color Experience Pyramid”.  Complicated?  Don’t worry. We’ll be revisiting this fascinating concept throughout  the summer, so tune-in, and enjoy!
We experience color on a number of different levels, and Frank H. Mahnke of the International Association of Colour Consultants/Designers [...]

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Shedding Light on Color

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Our May 15, 2011 Color Muze on Artistically Speaking Talk Show, attempted to answer the question what is color really?

We tend to think of color as being a property of, a part of, or existing within or on something.  We think of an object or surface having, or containing color.  As [...]

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Cacophony to Calm…Compensating with Color

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Can color “theory” heal?   If healing means balancing, compensating, and otherwise enhancing the quality of a space, object, light source, or even our bodies, then I believe it can.
Our April 17, 2011 Color Muze on Artistically Speaking Talk Show, “muzed” about how color can be used to adjust our perception of sound, [...]

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Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Colors that Advance and Recede

On March 20, 2011, during our Color Muze segment on Artistically Speaking Talk Show, I had the opportunity to chat with hosts  Rebecca and Lyna‘s delightful guest, mixed media artist Kelli Perkins about color temperature, colors that advance and recede, and the relationship between the two.  Playing off our previous discussions of “Synesthesia“, [...]

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Synesthesia: Sense and Sensibility Part Two

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Our February 13th “Color Muze” segment on Artistically Speaking Talk Show, focused on the fascinating concept and phenomenon of “Synesthesia”, or “Unity of the Senses. I learned about Synesthesia through my color seminars at the IACC-NA (The International Association of Colour Consultants and Designers North America) from Mr. Frank Mahnke, President of the  [...]

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Synesthesia: Sense and Sensibility Part One

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Our February 13th “Color Muze” segment on Artistically Speaking Talk Show, focused on the fascinating concept and phenomenon of “Synesthesia”, or “Unity of the Senses. I learned about Synesthesia through my color seminars at the IACC-NA (The International Association of Colour Consultants and Designers North America) from Mr. Frank Mahnke, President of the  [...]

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