Laura CerwinskeIf only white were only white, we might be fooled to believe that life could ever be -- black and white. But white -- the luminous sum of all color -- is the epitome of nuance. Think lime white, glacier white, honeymilk white, colorless chameleon white, and dove white. Imagine rich and glossy white "like the rooms in Gosford Park" and sharp, cool, clean enamel white.
Ten architects, interior and set designers, product designers, and color experts reveal their propensities in a to-the-point article about "choosing whites." Writer Elana Frankel confides that she "tends to use brighter whites higher up in a room and warmer whites down around eye level." My conclusion: There's nothing black and white about white.
Take a look:
http://www.homegoesstrong.com/pick-perfect-white-paint
2 comments:
I just read what you wrote about 'White'... and can I say your poetic spin on the multitude of possibilities with this single shade left me feeling like my wings couldn't have been made out of any other color. Gloria De Lourdes Blalock
"Lead white, cremintz white, ceruse, lead carbonate -- this was the best white, the only white Gil would use and the most ancient of colors. The Romans had made it by covering lead plates with dung or urine and scraping the white flakes that formed on the leadoff into jars. The Dutch masters had invented the stack process -- coils of lead placed in earthen pots on stacks of horse manure in a tight shed." from SHADOW TAG by Louise Erdrich, page 82
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