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		<title>For Arthur C. Clark</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the greatest minds of our century passed away on March 19, 2008.
Sir Arthur Charles Clark is forever memorialized as the author of a short story which eventually became the movie &#8221;2001: A Space Oddessy&#8221;.  In his honor, please take a moment to enjoy these beautiful and serene colors from the constellation of Orion.

Arthur C. Clark 1917 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colorserenity.com&blog=2284759&post=308&subd=colorserenity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spotlight On An Artist &#8211; Michael Maggs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Maggs is a professional photographer who has donated some very beautiful images to Wikimedia Commons. Several have received top honors. Visit his gallery of work.
Expect to see this colorful image as the January 1, 2008 &#8220;Picture of The Day&#8221; for Wikimedia Commons. It is also used on Wikipedia as the main image for the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colorserenity.com&blog=2284759&post=243&subd=colorserenity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spotlight On A Website &#8211; fromoldbooks.org</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I am turning the spotlight on fromoldbooks.org. It is a wonderful website where you can find tons of old illustrations and other fragments from long forgotten books of the past.
&#8220;From Old Books&#8221; is run by a gentleman named Liam Quin. He has been collecting old books for years. At some point Liam decided to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colorserenity.com&blog=2284759&post=220&subd=colorserenity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From Idea To Substance &#8211; Color Scheming A Room</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You want to redesign a space in your home but you don&#8217;t want to hire a professional. One place to start is with color. A good trick that professional designers use is to build sample themes based on an existing piece of artwork or fabric. Why agonize over colors when someone else has done the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colorserenity.com&blog=2284759&post=194&subd=colorserenity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fun With Patterns and Pallets The Colour Lovers Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an artist I love how freeing artistic expression can be, and whenever possible I suggest people &#8220;go artistic&#8221;. On-line color scheming is a really great place to discover your talent. Color scheming is not only for artists and designers. It is for everybody, and after a hard day&#8217;s work it is a great way [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colorserenity.com&blog=2284759&post=189&subd=colorserenity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tutorial #2 &#8211; Blurring and Pixelating</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last lesson was about obtaining a good surface for harvesting consistent looking color samples. This will be particularly helpful if you are not familiar with the process of creating color pallets. Using an on-line color schemer will make more sense if you practice a bit like this first. I recommend colourlovers.com for creating on-line [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colorserenity.com&blog=2284759&post=22&subd=colorserenity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tutorial # 1 &#8211; Blending The Blue Shell</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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If hope you enjoy creating digital color pallets because I am thrilled to share a revolutionary method I devised for obtaining great colors. It involves smoothing an image by blurring it. From that blurred image it is possible to harvest a coordinated &#8220;family&#8221; of hues.
 
The first sea shell has a lot of color variation. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colorserenity.com&blog=2284759&post=17&subd=colorserenity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Red And Green Pop!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
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Red Tulips courtesy of trulyfreestock.com

Why do the reds and greens in this image command a lot of attention? Because they are complimentary colors. Red and green are opposite each other on the color wheel.
Yes, but I would not wear red and green together. So, why do they look so interesting and attractive in this particular [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colorserenity.com&blog=2284759&post=11&subd=colorserenity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s In A Straw?</title>
		<link>http://colorserenity.com/2007/12/08/whats-in-a-straw/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Image of straws from trulyfreestock.com

This image is perfect for creating a muted color pallet. The shadow over the straws is just enough to offer up some calming tones. Using my ICP color picker I was able to come up with this pallet. I tested the pallet on kuler.adobe.com first to see if it looked good. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colorserenity.com&blog=2284759&post=8&subd=colorserenity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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