Cheery on Dark

I will be on the road for the next week plus still so the blogs might be a more brief than usual but I certainly can’t stop delving in and finding great inspiration for you daily. It’s one of the great ‘perks’ of this job!

Today, for your viewing pleasure, a pendant from Munich’s Eva Winckler also known as Chili Crab on Flickr and Etsy.

She details this pendant with cheery, colorful flowers but on a matte dark blue, nearly black, background. Dark colors may not be the intuitive background for a floral piece like this but the contrast really makes the flowers pop and adds a bit of unexpected drama.

If you periodically question your choices for color combinations and try some different backgrounds … light bases with dark detailing, muted tones on bright backgrounds, a spot of red in a sea of calm blues and greens … you may surprise yourself. It won’t always work but push yourself as that is where the best discoveries will come from.

 

Sage

1 Comments

  1. Ginger Davis Allman on September 4, 2012 at 6:36 pm

    It’s not just the dark background that works…I think these flowers would also work on an ecru for example. But I do love the blue as used here. It complements the tones in each of the flower clusters, it grounds them and connects them together creating a cohesive composition. Very appealing!



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