Ok. In chef school we had to take a class called 'Dining Room Management' and in that class we learned all about the way colors affect the way people perceive food. For instance, would you really want to eat in a restaurant that has 'babypoop green' tablecloths? Or would you spend the entire meal thinking about how awful of a color the tablecloths are?
A combination of that class and something called 'color therapy' have guided my view of the color orange.
Color therapy is a 'new age' form of guided meditation, and every time I get to the orange part of the rainbow I tweak out. Orange makes me edgy and irritated and ruffles my feathers. No idea why. It just does.
As a result I have avoided orange for a long time. So why is my blog orange now? Well this particular shade reminds me of the color of saffron, and reminds me of warmth, curry, fireside cocoa, all that jazz. And I like it. I guess I'm branching out.
The background picture is a picture of a star paper lantern-
These are Star paper lanterns!
I received one as a gift a long time ago and it ripped in half the first time I tried to put it up :(
I think they are beautiful and whimsical feeling, which is why it is my background picture!
Off to find something to make for dinner and decide about my mile!
Yes, this is a very nice orange. Not the obnoxious orange that is doubly obnoxious when paired with sportswear blue. I don't care for that shade of orange at all, but even worse is pepto bismol pink. One time in CA my roommate and I picked out this lovely pale coral shell color to paint the kitchen and dining room. She went to pick up the paint without me along and decided that is was too pale so she tweaked it, just a little bit she said. When I got home she had painted the kitchen and dining room pepto bismol pink. And what's even worse, she loved it. On the other hand, this color would look great in a kitchen. I'd put it with a redish brick floor and lots of white. jk
ReplyDeleteo0o0o0o agreed. Reddish brick floor for the win! I'm trying to come up with a soup for dinner that has saffron in it, all inspired by this color :)
ReplyDeleteWhenever I make a tomato sauce I like to include a yellow pepper. I think peppers and tomatoes taste great sauced up together, cooked or raw, but I love the yellow (as opposed to the red) for the color it gives. I like my reds with a bit of yellow. jk
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