Did you notice the jazzy blue stripe down the pant leg? Even the producer liked our colors better. What would you rather see? Crisp clear blue with a dash of red. Or white. With maroon. And a little orange. Sounds like an ensemble one of my boys would but together.
Farrow and Ball, The Art of Color.
I uploaded the images earlier in the evening, but I had to wait on the text as any reference might have been construed by Mr. Blandings as a "jinx." You can never be too careful. If it weren't so late, I might look for something with a little maroon, white and orange.
Photographer Oberto Gili's farm in Italy, House and Garden, Nov. 2005.
Then again, maybe not. It would be so hokie.*
* We are, of course, sensitive to the terrible tragedy at Virginia Tech last year. If this post is, in any way, considered insensitive, I do apologize.