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| Indigo Mile a Minute Blocks |
Sorting through my scrap drawer I pulled out everything
purple. I’m trying to work out in my
mind the difference between indigo and violet and selecting fabrics in these
two colours – I’m really working on this Rainbow idea. Once I sorted my scraps I then resorted into
a blue purple pile and a red purple pile.
This week I sewed the blue-purples - Indigo – into 'Mile a Minute' blocks. Check
out what others are doing with Purple in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge at
Soscrappy.
Though the word indigo has existed in English since the 13th
century, it may never have been a common part of the basic color-naming
system. The mental maps of English
speakers appear to contain just six basic spectral colors: red, orange, yellow,
green, blue and purple.
Colour! What a deep
and mysterious language, the language of dreams - Paul Gauguin
I really love these and yep, there are so many different colors of purple!
ReplyDeleteI love how all the lights just make the eye wander around the blocks. Very pretty.
ReplyDeleteThank you, such a lovely comment.
DeleteLove your comment about the word indigo! I think "they" just added it to the color spectrum pneumonic so it would be easy to remember. Roy G Biv makes more sense than Roy G Bv! BTW - love the M-A-M blocks - I need to make some.
ReplyDeleteAngie, I think you are so right. Six rainbow colours work for me.
DeleteIndigo is always a tricky color for me too. Great looking blocks. He the next group turns out just as well.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty - gotta love purple!
ReplyDeletePurple is my daughter's favourite colour, in Kindergarten her nickname was 'Purple girl'.
DeleteCute blocks.
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