the importance of color

Everyone's got a favorite. You know, it's the color you find yourself photographing again and again. It's the color that makes your heart race, it's the splash of energy that spins a creative moment...

My favorite color is turquoise. The more I photograph it, the happier I am. 

Share with us today your favorite color. And to further celebrate color, pop over to the 64 colors project (round two) group and join in the fun. This week has begun a completely new project with the color pink! There is something completely inspiring to me about working your way through a box of crayons, one color at a time. I'm excited to seek new color each week. Won't you join me?

Comments

[Marcie]

That turquoise is absolutely exquisite.
Can't say I have a 'favorite' color..but that I do love this red:
http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/home/2011/4/18/sweet-abundance-1.html

[Claire]

Yay, a colour challenge! I've joined up! My favourite colour to photograph is sky blue - always taking way too many sky photos during summer just because it looks so pretty!

http://www.furwillfly.blospot.com

[marina]

my favourite colour is aquamarine.
this one is for last summer, a bit of sea water (how I miss it!):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mar_s/4954838297/lightbox/
your shot, with those two peacock's tail eyes, and that wonderful turquoise, is mesmerizing!

[iHanna]

I love all warm colours, but my favorite is pink. Hot pink with a dash of orange perhaps, like this art journal:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ihanna/5610864436/in/photostream/

[Lauri]

Typically I don't have a favorite. Yesterday, however, was all about violet, not too blue and not too red.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9121229@N03/5631763311/

[Kathryn Dyche Dechairo]

Usually my favorite color is red but I have to say that with Spring being late to the party this year I'm in love with blues and greens right now.

http://dychedesigns.blogspot.com/2011/04/weekend-reflections_15.html

[Kiersten]

I didn't think I had a fave color to photograph but from looking at my stream...blue seems to be the one..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkangel71/5564240744/in/set-72157626230925929
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkangel71/5627557372/in/set-72157626230925929
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkangel71/5170690362/in/set-72157625042018751
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkangel71/4908339291/in/set-72157624763065176

[Brooke]

I am a girly girl with colors. Everything would be pink and purple if I could get away with it...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brookehren/3894905539/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brookehren/3692083735/

[lucy]

i can always spot your shots in my contacts list, meredith, by your wonderful use of turquoise. so beautiful.

i didn't know it before i became a photographer, but i seem to have a thing for a certain shade of bluish greenish aqua, sometimes as light as the scales of a fish and sometimes as dark as the endless sky:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucyloomis/5245558136/in/set-72157622671112176

[ccap]

I love colours. Love photographing bright colours. But, if push came to shove I'd have to pick red as my favorite:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/betsyblue/5550270075/

[Untwining]

Colour is a *big* driver for me in photography... Before I discovered the joys of a camera I always said I hated orange, but I love the photographs I take with it in...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisajamphlett/5532918619/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisajamphlett/5495157839/in/photostream

[Winn]

That turquoise IS beautiful... especially paired with those feathers.

My favorite color lately is a combo of light pinks and blues, and all those light golden tones within the sunrise.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/koreenphotography/5619165396/

[Sandee]

I have to agree with Brooke... Pink & Purple

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34977978@N05/3779394739/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34977978@N05/5429300495/

[Katy]

Mine is pink all the way! http://www.flickr.com/photos/56691490@N05/5587416712/in/set-72157626332616911/
But turquoise is lovely too!

[beth]

lately, black and white {can that be considered one color} is my all time favorite !!!

http://moredoors.blogspot.com/2011/04/but-why-mom.html

[Kizz]

This color blue I'll photograph all the time:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31403417@N00/5633458130/in/photostream

Almost any color blue, actually, but this one especially.

[Libertad Leal]

For the longest time I claimed that I had not favorite color. Which was true, but ever since I got into photography I can see my predilection for certain colors. Red is certainly a favorite as you can see from this picture of the interiors of my home:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/5160972745/in/set-72157623742388137

But I also love pink and blue. Sky blue specially. I lovelove the color of the sky in this image, inspired by the movie UP:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/5629713267

And in this one:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/5505214100

[LindaTS]

I wouldn't say pink is my favorite color, but looking at my blog posts lately there is a lot of pink. So there must be something about that color that attracts me.

http://lindats.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/pretty-in-pink/

Boys are pretty in pink too... ;)

[Julie Alvarez]

I might have a sliiiiiight addiction to red.
Yes, my name is Julie and I love red.
And I wear red almost every day.
And I EAT red, I love it.
And, of course, I tend to photograph red:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/sets/72157608220782196/

[Vanessa]

I knew this was your photo before even looking at who posted it!
so pretty~
I am going to have to think about what color I shoot most often, I'm not sure to be honest!

[NatsterNat]

My favourite colours these days are blue and green (with a hint of silver)...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58861148@N02/5634877569/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58861148@N02/5635455152/in/photostream

[Amy (Papillon Sky Photography)]

Meredith, I think that's why I love your photography--because of all of the photos with turquoise in them (my favorite colors are turquoise and red, especially together!)! I took this photo yesterday and it was not turquoise-y at all so I made it that way in Lightroom! lol!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/papillonsky/5635101092/in/photostream

[Anna]

I'm a pink and purple loving person!
http://www.vandemarkdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/03/journey.html

[kyra]

hi meredith! i'm so thrilled about the shutter sisters's book! sooo exciting! i love this photo. and i love love love turquoise. it's my top color these days. turquoise makes every other color sing, as far as i'm concerned.

[Saz]

I love turquoise too!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sazchapman/5624774275/in/photostream

[Kimberly]

Yellow for me.

http://kjbehavior.blogspot.com/2011/03/and-it-was-all-yellow.html

[damiec]

Wow - that turquoise is gorgeous. You find the most amazing outdoor walls & art.
That is such great news about 64 colors was starting up again. I loved the weekly color hunt, and I'm so happy to be able to have another go.

here are a few of my favorites from the first round
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22487105@N06/5597548211/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22487105@N06/4653479089/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22487105@N06/5524516777/

[Corinna]

For sure mine is orange. Even when there are other wonderful colors around, if orange is in the house I'm drawn like a moth to flame:
http://www.birdwannawhistle.com/blog/2011/4/16/something-always-shows-up.html

[Kristina]

My favorite colour: cobalt blue or also called bleu majorelle -
best seen in the Majorelle Gardens in Marrakech - highest form of beauty!!

http://le-fabuleux-destin-de.blogspot.com/2011/04/marrakech-jardin-majorelle.html

[Puna]

I have a photographic partnership and today our theme is "Yellow." I love it.

http://lifesignatures.org/wordpress/2011/04/april-21-yellow-for-team-up-thursday/

[Shauna]

I just stumbled on this article... My color is DEFINITELY Turquoise too! I found my "only in my dreams" turquoise couch yesterday and BOUGHT it! I wrote a post all about the color turquoise and then stumbled upon this article. Can't wait to get it home and start shooting pics of it. Like you, the color just makes my heart sing :) http://www.consciouslycreative.com/my-turquoise-life