Inspiration in Yellow
Nov
01
2008

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 third in the series of posts focused on images that are primarily of a singular selected color. Inspiration in Yellow, 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 yellow. joy, optimism, intelligence, idealism, hope, air, cowardice, hazards, dishonesty, femininity, friendship, are all common associations with the color yellow. So where will this inspiration lead? Only you can tell…
Photos
Felicita’s Alegria
ajpscs’ Ahead of Her Time
neloqua’s A wonderful day…
RedMagda’s Yellow
zuzu-cris’ Yellow Lady
gnato’s Yellow Life
tearsoft’s Yellow Bricked Road
toko’s Yellow
Websites
Logos
Product Design and Packaging
Yiorgos Yiacos’ Dousk – Kind of Human
Yar Rassadin’s Beehouse Lamp
NightAliveR’s Russo Bag – Lucy
Graphic Design
galligalli’s Yellow
Liester’s Liester In Yellow
Federico Schneider’s Sunset King Fish
Mirjam Luketic’s Zarek – Sunbeam
Sebas van den Brink’s A Yellow Signal
Matthias Bauerle’s CMYK
til01’s Life T-design
Adrian Knopik’s Illustrations
Foncati’s Museu da Casa Brasileira
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
A Final Word
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November 1st, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Fantastic findings. “A wonderful day…”, “Yellow Bricked Road” and “Yellow Tail” wine are awesome!
November 1st, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Great finds. You know if anyone can appreciate inspiration in yellow, it’s me
Thanks for including my site!
November 1st, 2008 at 4:30 pm
@Janko – Yellow Bricked Road is one of my favorites as well. And I just completely feel in love with Ahead of Her Time when I saw it!
@Andrew – No problem! And I figured you would like this one
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November 1st, 2008 at 5:33 pm
awesome. I love this stuff!
November 1st, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Great collection! I love yellow! Just take a look at my blog
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November 1st, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Amazing collection! I love the bee hive styled items…..Awesome!
November 2nd, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Good inspiration. Not often yellow is a base color for a site, so you did well to gather these. thanks
November 2nd, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Inspirational collection. I love the yellow with the greys in Sebas van den Brink’s A Yellow Signal.
November 2nd, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Thanks everyone! Glad that this set has resonated with so many. Now let’s see some additions to the Flikr group! :p
Seriously though, good to know the series is landing with folks!
November 2nd, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Awesome set! Looking forward to the other colors as well!
Marks last blog post..Sound-Unsound.com
November 3rd, 2008 at 7:04 am
Really liked “Ahead of Her Time” nice photo.
Great series guys, keep up the hard work!
November 3rd, 2008 at 7:54 am
Nice selection… its very inspirational.
greetings
Tithius
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November 17th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Nice post. I’m normally so scared of yellow on the web because I’ve seen it used so poorly on a number of occasions. You’ve shows some really great examples though, so hopefully next time I won’t be scared ^_^
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