I love secondary colors. Actually, I love weird, indescribable colors. As a painter, when I look at an impossible mix of colors (like in this sunset image) I can't help but think – how would you mix those colors and paint them without making MUD?

Complementary colors ( like purple and gold) vibrate when next to each other, but when you paint those colors and they run into each other… you get a greyish brown mess. (otherwise known as "mud" to painters.)

When your palette is full of rich hues on fabric, you don't have to worry about accidentally making mud. You just put that purple and gold right next to each other, maybe throw in some orange and teal for the WOW factor, then stand back and enjoy the compliments on your complements!

Here is a collage of some photos I took on the Big Island over the weekend. I snapped a stenciled sign on a wall with a vivid golden-orange on an electric purple… then captured incredible sunsets two nights in a row, featuring similar colors!

Different color stories create different moods:
Primary colors (Red, Yellow and Blue) make quite a different statement from secondary colors. (Purple, Orange and Green)

Trendy colors (like Mauve, Grey and Seaglass Green) have a different message from Classic colors. (like Navy Blue, Khaki Tan, and Lobsterhouse Red)

What story will you tell next…with Colors?

Luana