Shades of Color – Lighting Glass Through The Years, Part 2

Shades of Color, Part 2:  1930-1975 In my previous post, we looked at how color had been used in lighting glass to enhance the style and appearance of fixtures between 1875 and 1930 – from the Victorian gas-light era up to the dawn of Modernistic (Art Deco) design.            

Let’s Talk Color…and New Stores

Every season, the Official Deciders of Color (aka Pantone) put a huge amount of effort into determining what the color of the year will be – much like the Academy Awards of Color if you will.  This year’s 2011 Oscar Winner: (the envelope please …Honeysuckle!  And Honeysuckle makes its acceptance speech and thanks all the ...

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