Inpsiration comes in all sorts of forms and from any number of varying sources. It can move us to masterpieces, or simply stir us to smile. But can the source of inspiration, depending on it’s color, control how it inspires? Meaning, if the source of inspiration was primarily of a certain color, then would it inspire towards concepts or elements that are generally associated with that color? Can this kind of associative inspiration even be possible? Colors are chosen very carefully in design, due to the attachment of emotion and tone that they carry. So wouldn’t it follow that the same would be true of that colors presence in inspirational sources? That they would transfer these same emotive associations when acting to inspire?

In our new Inspiration in Color series we present a bit of an inspirational experiment. This is the fourth installment in a series of posts focused on images that are primarily of a singular selected color. Inspiration in Green, features a wide range of wonderful works from the design world aimed at doing two things. Inspiring you overall, but also seeing if that inspiration tends to steer towards aspects associated with the color green. Intelligence, fertility, youth, environment, wealth, good luck, vigor, generosity, and envy, are all common associations with the color green. So where will this inspiration lead? Only you can tell…

Photos

Beautiful old lady from Darap(Sikkim) village by Sukanto Debnath

Architecture in Yellow and Green by yushimoto

Forest Lightwriting by LICHTFAKTOR

Warp Speed by Marcus Claesson

Green by DRagonka

RGB - Barcelona by bcnbits

Underground Tunnelfederico

Green Day by tachsheet-Jeulian

Websites

Think Design Blog

Ryan O’Rourke Digital Designer

psdtolife

Skins Alpine Epic

The Resume Girl

Leihu

EMOTIONS by Mike

Mint

Logos

Cured

Web Hosters 4U

Tribal 3

E-Art-h

BioCentro

Earth Friendly Chemicals Type

Green Oil

Logo Pond

Product Design and Packaging

Botanic

Bud Table Lamp

The Energy Tree

Mode Tea

20 years Ago

Certification Campaign for Posigraf

“nati per adeguarsi” CD Cover

ITO EN Loose Tea

Graphic Design

Illustration by Zutto

Pacific Wear Party by Riccardo Tagliabue

Splash by Wojciech Magierski

Green by Justin

Digital Malaya Project by Ee Venn Soh

Illustration by Bechira Sorin

Shock Typography by Stefano Buffoni

Stay Green, Go Red by Mike Campau

Plug by Basil Tsedik

Now it’s your turn

The challenge has now fallen to those inspired by the post. We have an Inspiration in Color flickr group that was created to host the images inspired from this series. When the series wraps up, we will be featuring a showcase of images that were submitted to the group, but only those that have been inspired by the posts. This will allow us to see if the artistic muses tend to move towards the themes of the different colors. It’s up to you, so let’s get inspired!

Inspiration in Color Series
Inspiration in Red
Inspiration in Orange
Inspiration in Yellow
Inspiration in Green
Inspiration in Blue
Inspiration in Purple
Inspiration in Neutral
Inspiration in Spectrum
User Submitted Showcase

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