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the importance of color

April 19, 2011 By Meredith Winn

Everyone’s got a favorite. You know, it’s the color you find yourself photographing again and again. It’s the color that makes your heart race, it’s the splash of energy that spins a creative moment…

My favorite color is turquoise. The more I photograph it, the happier I am. 

Share with us today your favorite color. And to further celebrate color, pop over to the 64 colors project (round two) group and join in the fun. This week has begun a completely new project with the color pink! There is something completely inspiring to me about working your way through a box of crayons, one color at a time. I’m excited to seek new color each week. Won’t you join me?

 

Comments

  1. Marcie says

    April 19, 2011 at 8:07 am

    That turquoise is absolutely exquisite.
    Can't say I have a 'favorite' color..but that I do love this red:
    http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/home/2011/4/18/sweet-abundance-1.html

  2. Claire says

    April 19, 2011 at 8:58 am

    Yay, a colour challenge! I've joined up! My favourite colour to photograph is sky blue – always taking way too many sky photos during summer just because it looks so pretty!

    http://www.furwillfly.blospot.com

  3. marina says

    April 19, 2011 at 9:15 am

    my favourite colour is aquamarine.
    this one is for last summer, a bit of sea water (how I miss it!):
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/mar_s/4954838297/lightbox/
    your shot, with those two peacock's tail eyes, and that wonderful turquoise, is mesmerizing!

  4. iHanna says

    April 19, 2011 at 9:34 am

    I love all warm colours, but my favorite is pink. Hot pink with a dash of orange perhaps, like this art journal:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ihanna/5610864436/in/photostream/

  5. Lauri says

    April 19, 2011 at 9:58 am

    Typically I don't have a favorite. Yesterday, however, was all about violet, not too blue and not too red.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/9121229@N03/5631763311/

  6. Kathryn Dyche Dechairo says

    April 19, 2011 at 10:27 am

    Usually my favorite color is red but I have to say that with Spring being late to the party this year I'm in love with blues and greens right now.

    http://dychedesigns.blogspot.com/2011/04/weekend-reflections_15.html

  7. Kiersten says

    April 19, 2011 at 10:55 am

    I didn't think I had a fave color to photograph but from looking at my stream…blue seems to be the one..

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkangel71/5564240744/in/set-72157626230925929
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkangel71/5627557372/in/set-72157626230925929
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkangel71/5170690362/in/set-72157625042018751
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkangel71/4908339291/in/set-72157624763065176

  8. Brooke says

    April 19, 2011 at 12:19 pm

    I am a girly girl with colors. Everything would be pink and purple if I could get away with it…

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/brookehren/3894905539/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/brookehren/3692083735/

  9. lucy says

    April 19, 2011 at 12:21 pm

    i can always spot your shots in my contacts list, meredith, by your wonderful use of turquoise. so beautiful.

    i didn't know it before i became a photographer, but i seem to have a thing for a certain shade of bluish greenish aqua, sometimes as light as the scales of a fish and sometimes as dark as the endless sky:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucyloomis/5245558136/in/set-72157622671112176

  10. ccap says

    April 19, 2011 at 12:47 pm

    I love colours. Love photographing bright colours. But, if push came to shove I'd have to pick red as my favorite:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/betsyblue/5550270075/

  11. Untwining says

    April 19, 2011 at 12:54 pm

    Colour is a *big* driver for me in photography… Before I discovered the joys of a camera I always said I hated orange, but I love the photographs I take with it in…

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisajamphlett/5532918619/in/photostream
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisajamphlett/5495157839/in/photostream

  12. Winn says

    April 19, 2011 at 1:36 pm

    That turquoise IS beautiful… especially paired with those feathers.

    My favorite color lately is a combo of light pinks and blues, and all those light golden tones within the sunrise.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/koreenphotography/5619165396/

  13. Sandee says

    April 19, 2011 at 1:40 pm

    I have to agree with Brooke… Pink & Purple

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/34977978@N05/3779394739/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/34977978@N05/5429300495/

  14. Katy says

    April 19, 2011 at 1:45 pm

    Mine is pink all the way! http://www.flickr.com/photos/56691490@N05/5587416712/in/set-72157626332616911/
    But turquoise is lovely too!

  15. beth says

    April 19, 2011 at 1:58 pm

    lately, black and white {can that be considered one color} is my all time favorite !!!

    http://moredoors.blogspot.com/2011/04/but-why-mom.html

  16. Kizz says

    April 19, 2011 at 2:14 pm

    This color blue I'll photograph all the time:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/31403417@N00/5633458130/in/photostream

    Almost any color blue, actually, but this one especially.

  17. Libertad Leal says

    April 19, 2011 at 2:23 pm

    For the longest time I claimed that I had not favorite color. Which was true, but ever since I got into photography I can see my predilection for certain colors. Red is certainly a favorite as you can see from this picture of the interiors of my home:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/5160972745/in/set-72157623742388137

    But I also love pink and blue. Sky blue specially. I lovelove the color of the sky in this image, inspired by the movie UP:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/5629713267

    And in this one:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/5505214100

  18. LindaTS says

    April 19, 2011 at 4:36 pm

    I wouldn't say pink is my favorite color, but looking at my blog posts lately there is a lot of pink. So there must be something about that color that attracts me.

    http://lindats.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/pretty-in-pink/

    Boys are pretty in pink too… ๐Ÿ˜‰

  19. Julie Alvarez says

    April 19, 2011 at 5:41 pm

    I might have a sliiiiiight addiction to red.
    Yes, my name is Julie and I love red.
    And I wear red almost every day.
    And I EAT red, I love it.
    And, of course, I tend to photograph red:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/sets/72157608220782196/

  20. Vanessa says

    April 19, 2011 at 5:56 pm

    I knew this was your photo before even looking at who posted it!
    so pretty~
    I am going to have to think about what color I shoot most often, I'm not sure to be honest!

  21. NatsterNat says

    April 19, 2011 at 6:04 pm

    My favourite colours these days are blue and green (with a hint of silver)…
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/58861148@N02/5634877569/in/photostream
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/58861148@N02/5635455152/in/photostream

  22. Amy (Papillon Sky Photography) says

    April 19, 2011 at 6:31 pm

    Meredith, I think that's why I love your photography–because of all of the photos with turquoise in them (my favorite colors are turquoise and red, especially together!)! I took this photo yesterday and it was not turquoise-y at all so I made it that way in Lightroom! lol!
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/papillonsky/5635101092/in/photostream

  23. Anna says

    April 19, 2011 at 6:31 pm

    I'm a pink and purple loving person!
    http://www.vandemarkdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/03/journey.html

  24. kyra says

    April 19, 2011 at 9:14 pm

    hi meredith! i'm so thrilled about the shutter sisters's book! sooo exciting! i love this photo. and i love love love turquoise. it's my top color these days. turquoise makes every other color sing, as far as i'm concerned.

  25. Saz says

    April 19, 2011 at 9:44 pm

    I love turquoise too!
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/sazchapman/5624774275/in/photostream

  26. Kimberly says

    April 20, 2011 at 2:57 am

    Yellow for me.

    http://kjbehavior.blogspot.com/2011/03/and-it-was-all-yellow.html

  27. damiec says

    April 20, 2011 at 3:00 am

    Wow – that turquoise is gorgeous. You find the most amazing outdoor walls & art.
    That is such great news about 64 colors was starting up again. I loved the weekly color hunt, and I'm so happy to be able to have another go.

    here are a few of my favorites from the first round
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/22487105@N06/5597548211/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/22487105@N06/4653479089/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/22487105@N06/5524516777/

  28. Corinna says

    April 20, 2011 at 3:44 am

    For sure mine is orange. Even when there are other wonderful colors around, if orange is in the house I'm drawn like a moth to flame:
    http://www.birdwannawhistle.com/blog/2011/4/16/something-always-shows-up.html

  29. Kristina says

    April 20, 2011 at 9:21 am

    My favorite colour: cobalt blue or also called bleu majorelle –
    best seen in the Majorelle Gardens in Marrakech – highest form of beauty!!

    http://le-fabuleux-destin-de.blogspot.com/2011/04/marrakech-jardin-majorelle.html

  30. Puna says

    April 21, 2011 at 1:01 pm

    I have a photographic partnership and today our theme is "Yellow." I love it.

    http://lifesignatures.org/wordpress/2011/04/april-21-yellow-for-team-up-thursday/

  31. Shauna says

    April 21, 2011 at 3:44 pm

    I just stumbled on this article… My color is DEFINITELY Turquoise too! I found my "only in my dreams" turquoise couch yesterday and BOUGHT it! I wrote a post all about the color turquoise and then stumbled upon this article. Can't wait to get it home and start shooting pics of it. Like you, the color just makes my heart sing ๐Ÿ™‚ http://www.consciouslycreative.com/my-turquoise-life

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