Colors

What happens when a scrapbooker/blogger goes to a quilting supplies store with her sister?

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I love colors...all kinds of colors, and the fabric store was a goldmine of color.  Here's a sampling:

Pretty Florals

Bright yellows and reds

Soft Prints

I love this bright orange sign

Two toned sateen

Hundreds of spools of brightly colored threads

Even the quilting how-to books were colorful

This beautiful bright quilt was full of chickens

Wendy bought the pattern for this swirl table runner so she could make one for herself.

I checked out Colors on the internet and found some interesting factoids that might tickle your fancy.

 The human eye can distinguish about 10 million different colors.

50% of women have 4 color cones in their eyes instead of the usual 3, meaning that they can differentiate more colors than the rest of the population who have 3 color cones.

 7 - 8% of human males are relatively or completely deficient in color vision.  Rabbits, cats and dogs have limited or no color vision.

 Humans are colorblind in dim light.

 Redheads are more susceptible to pain and require more anesthesia for surgery.

 The color of the universe is beige - "cosmic latte".  (Averaged color values of all the light from galaxies out to several billion light years)

 People work more efficiently when they can see houseplants, and patients recover more quickly from surgery and with fewer drugs when they are in a room with a green view.

 Baker-Miller Pink (Drunk Tank Pink).  This color has been used in prisons to keep inmates calm.  It is said to have a tranquilizing effect on people.   "Even if a person tries to be angry or aggressive in the presence of pink, he can't.  The heart muscles can't race fast enough.  Its a tranquilizing color that saps your energy.  Even the color blind are tranquilized by pink rooms."  Morton Walker, The Power of Color, (New York, Avery Publishing Group, 1991) pp 50-52

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