Color My World

As a part of my photography class, I was charged to develop a thematic project. I was channeling the Mission Impossible music as I read the instructions. Find a theme....mind is whirling now. So many possibilities..animals, food, flowers, people. This is hard! Then it happened. I was driving home from work and I thought about colors. What has more color than a box of crayons. This is getting good I thought to myself.


I thought about my childhood and the importance of crayons. Crayons are creativity. They have a magic way of bringing out the kid in you. Every Christmas morning, there were a few things I could depend on in my stocking....Lifesaver Storybook, a new half dollar coin and my box of Crayola 64. I remember the smell of a brand new box. All the perfectly poised sticks waiting for me to dive in.


It was obvious that I loved my crayons. Every time I unearth a box of goodies from my childhood, I find drawings of rainbows, butterflies and flowers. So it all came together, my thematic project would be about the color of crayons. I am calling this project, "Color My World"...

The assignment is simple and complicated. Take one picture a week for a year. I have 64 crayons and 52 weeks. The possibilities are limitless. Once a color is used....it will be retired. This project will allow me to explore.

 

If you were wondering what all the colors of the box were, I did a little research. It was all quite fascinating actually. Colors come and go. Some are retired. Some are voted out. Some are voted in....but as of now, here are the current 64.  Apricot, Asparagus, Bittersweet, Black, Blue, Blue Green, Blue Violet, Brick Red, Brown, Burnt Orange, Burnt Sienna, Cadet Blue, Carnation Pink, Cerulean, Chestnut, Cornflower, Dandelion, Forest Green, Gold, Goldenrod, Granny Smith Apple, Gray, Green, Green Yellow, Indigo, Lavender, Macaroni and Cheese, Magenta, Mahogany, Mauvelous, Melon, Olive Green, Orange, Orchid, Pacific Blue, Peach, Periwinkle, Plum, Purple Mountain’s Majesty, Raw Sienna, Red, Red Orange, Red Violet, Robin’s Egg Blue, Salmon, Scarlet, Sea Green, Sepia, Silver, Sky Blue, Spring Green, Tan, Tickle Me Pink, Timberwolf, Tumbleweed, Turquoise Blue, Violet, Violet Red, White, Wild Strawberry, Wisteria, Yellow, Yellow Green and Yellow Orange.

Tickle Me Pink is officially retired...only 63 more colors & photos to go!

"Tickle Me Pink"