John is our host this week, and he wants us to concentrate on Cool Colours. Please visit his inspirational site for more about the challenge!
Cool colors have shorter wavelengths than warm colors (red, orange, yellow) and Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary defines ”cool” in seven ways. For this challenge, John has concentrated on hues in the range violet through blue to green, and I decided to stay with those hues too.
Going through my archives, I found an all time favourite image that has it all – cool colours from violet through blue and green. It is photographed in Lofoten, Norway. A magical place on this planet that has it all, in every respect.
A violet evening in Nice is indeed a soft and velvety dream. A gallery from Japan and the Wistera bloom in April adds to the fact that violet is named after the flower with the same name.
Violet is considered a creative colour and associated with energies and mindfulness, it represents the future, imagination and dreams. It is also one of my favourite colours.
Blue usually stands for serenity, stability, inspiration and wisdom – a calming colour. Personally, I never wear blue – except for jeans. But I love it in nature – the sky and the sea. Especially in summer mornings and late evenings.
I often walk along the sea at our summer house – and this was a magical night in June some years ago. A warm breeze and slow waves aganst the shore.
Of course we must have some flowers too – and this Agapanthus is from my own garden. Blue and green in the setting sun made the flower glow a bit warmer, leaning towards the last rays.
Finally, peeping over my neighbours fence, I see the blue King Frog sitting in his violet flower parasol, enveloped in a green cloak. Now we have all the cool colours in one single picture again.
Green was my last colour, and a favourite one as well. It represents growth, harmony, fertility and freshness. It is restful and relaxing to the eye – cool – due to its spectral wavelength. I sleep in a green bedroom because of this – and it works well.
A big thank you to Sofia, for hosting last week’s Sense of Scale – an interesting and eye opening challenge. So many great examples that never had crossed my mind! Next week, Anne will be our host. Be sure to follow her here so you don’t miss out on it.
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Your photos are almost monochromatic this week and they really pack a punch, while being incredibly relaxing. I don’t know how you do it, Ann-Christine 🙂
Well, I just do, like you do! Sometimes it works better than other times. Glad you enjoyed them!
Such wonderful cool colours Ann-Christine and so lovely to see the magical Lofoten again 💙 xxx
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Such beautiful photos, Ann-Christine. All of them filled me with peace and calm.
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Beautiful blues Ann-Christine. Love the frog! The wisteria arbor is just amazing.
Thank you, Anne – a fun challenge!
A magical post as usual Ann-Christine. Your purples and violets are just amazing. And I will never tire of the wisteria. It’s one of my favorite plants and one of few that tolerates our heat here in the south. Glorious post.
Thank you, Tina! I really enjoyed looking for cool colours!
Gorgeous photos!
Thank you so much!
These are so lovely Ann-Christine, and so restful on the eyes 🙂 I love your just-opening agapanthus, and the wisteria in Japan looks stunning! Your Lofoten shot is beautiful and it struck me how different that scene looks to the Lofoten one I included in my own post, the view almost hidden by the snowfall!
Thank you, Sarah! I will pop over to you tomorrow. Just managing to pick and cook all my plums…
Love, love, love the landscape photo in Norway!
I am glad you like it – but who doesn’t love Norway? And especially Lofoten. It’s a paradise.
Beautiful colours here. Those violets… that frog…
Thank you, Jude – I would have loved a frog of my own too!
Some lovely cool images, AC! The Lofoten one is probably my favourite scene
Thanks, Sue, that shot was indeed a lucky opportunity I managed to catch.
Wisteria!!! Love it!
My favourite flowers! Thank you!
The comments so far have all said what I’d like to have said. A wonderfully calming post.
Thank you, Margaret! Hope you are having a good time and feeling cool…
Nothing but cool this wretched summer. Brrrrr.
Oh…I know you have had a lot of rain at least…Maybe the beginning of September will bring warmer weather!
I started out trying to remember my favorites, only to find them all on my list. Then I try to smell the wisteria, but that didn’t work either. So I just gave up and enjoyed the overall sense of peace. That worked.
Beautiful places, summer nights are magical. All the photos are lovely but the frog … 💙😀
Thank you, Ritva – I loved that frog too! Unfortunately it is not mine.
Ann-Christine, you just transported me to a fairy land with these calming and beautiful images. I lingered on each photo to soak in its beauty. Whenever I thought I had found a favorite, then the next photo would change my mind. I gotta say, though, that the Agapanthus in your garden is absolutely mesmerizing. Gorgeous photos all around.
Exactly the words I was feeling – fairy land!
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Thank you, Egidio! It was fun to find suitable pictures in my archives, and the last two ones were new.
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Magical shots of magical moments and places.
Thank you, I.J. Happy you liked it.
Lots of velvety dreams Ann-Christine, so lovely
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I love the nature because it’s lilac
Thank you.