Glaucous Back-to-school craziness, summer cottages closing up, and the first fall colours appearing. Yes, it’s September. The last of summer. On the upside, it’s harvest time! Grocery store bins overflow with the bounty of the season, rich purple plums and grapes . . . But wait! Some of them look dusty. Less purple. What is View full post
Outer Space August – lazy, endless summer days. Sirius will rise in the night sky to announce the arrival of the dog days of summer. Maybe sleeping out under the stars is a brilliant plan when the Perseids meteor shower hits its peak. Need an inspiring colour for all that stargazing? Then it’s time for View full post
Eburnean July is here! The height of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Time for iced drinks and cool clothes . . . Lemonade. White cotton. Spill a bit of that lemon on that pure white? You might get eburnean! “I might get what?” Eburnean – from Latin eburneus, of or made from ivory – is View full post
Obsidian Ah, June! Long days and short nights. Towards month’s end, soon after the summer solstice, the last supermoon of the year will glow in an obsidian sky. Obsidian! What a great name for a colour! It’s not merely another name for black. Taking its name from the semi-precious volcanic glass – which isn’t always, View full post
Gamboge It’s May at last! The first long weekend of the season will soon arrive. The clock is ticking on the last frost date. Mother’s Day is coming. Is the excitement of it all overwhelming? This month, Haft2 Colour Calendar brings you a colour that just might calm overwrought nerves – gamboge. Extracted from the View full post
Heliotrope This lovely shade of violet is named for the flower heliotrope – Heliotropium arborescens – of the borage family. While April is too early to see actual heliotropes in bloom, the bright cheer of the colour makes us think of spring and Easter and basking in the warmth of the season to come. Printable View full post
Smaragd From the Latin for emerald, smargd is a bright, jewel-like green – an outlandish name for a fantastic shade. Adding to its weirdness: It’s the only noun in English that ends in “gd”! But whether it reminds you of the colour of leprechauns and shamrocks or the first few shoots of new grass, what View full post
Prepping for Valentine’s Day? Use this Valentine-themed background for your February 14th Zoom meetings! Feel the love – whether for business or pleasure. And from all of us at Haft2, have a lovely Valentine’s Day. Static Background 1920×1080 | Animated Background 1920×1080 To Save To Deskop: Right Click and “Save Link As…” Download Instructions: View full post
Amaranth A shade of deep reddish-rose, amaranth is also the name of a flowering plant. To the Victorians, amaranth (the flower) was known as love-lies-bleeding, and was a symbol of hopeless love. So, while it’s a gorgeous colour, it’s probably not high on the list of blooms to include in a Valentine’s bouquet – if you’re View full post
Drunk Tank Pink Hopefully, the New Year won’t find you in such circumstances. But drunk-tank pink is exactly what it says on the tin – slapped on holding-cell walls, the soft bubble-gum shade was found to soothe anxiety and calm aggression over short periods. If you want to recreate it yourself, it’s a four-to-one white/red View full post