The official definition of comfort food is any meal or snack that people consume to enhance their mood, which means that every person has their own idea of what makes the perfect comfort food. Many dishes that are traditionally considered comfort foods are nostalgic, soft in texture, high in starch or fat, and served warm.
During the fall and winter, comfort foods are more common, not only because of seasonal ingredients like harvest vegetables, but also because shorter days and cold weather increase our desire to eat warm and hearty foods. A bowl of buttery mashed potatoes can chase away the winter blues, while satisfying our hibernation instincts.
This month’s triple color palettes are inspired by some of the colorful foods that we enjoy when the wind is blowing outside. Acorn squash, sweet potatoes, carrots, peas, corn and zucchini provide a wonderful mealtime palette that looks as good as it tastes. The palette of orange, yellow and green ties into foods in other ways as well. These colors can remind us of big kitchens full of laughter, which brings us around again to the comfort of nostalgia.
Our first palette is the most literal, inspired by the frozen Mixed Veggies that can add nutritious filler to just about any dinnertime recipe. Peas, carrots and corn are mimicked with transparent seed beads. I used emerald 15/o’s, and 11/o seed beads in rainbow lemon AB and medium orange. This gives a whole new meaning to bead soup!
The same colors take on a different look in opaque finishes. I call this palette Tupperware, because it is so reminiscent of the dishes and utensils you might find in a stylish 1970’s kitchen. Even fixtures, appliances and furniture came in these charmingly garish hues. This trio is made with canary yellow Delicas, and 11/o seed beads in lustered coral and avocado green.
Finally, I took things down a notch with some softer hues. Though this palette is much more subtle, it still has that delicious, hearty quality. Gorgeous Gourds is made up of 11/o seed beads in white lined peridot, opaque yellow AB, and lustered dark beige in place of orange.
Do fall colors make you feel nostalgic or hungry? Which ones are your favorite?
Copyright 2011 Inspirational Beading and COLOURLovers.com
Subscribe to Inspirational Beading
Get inspired on Facebook
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Bead Color Trios: Comfort Foods
Tweet
Topics:
autumn,
Color Ideas,
color triads,
food,
green,
orange,
yellow
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Inspiration Topics
accessories
amulet
Ancient Worlds Modern Beads
animals
April's Army
art
ArtFire
astrology
astronomy
autumn
awards
awareness
bangle
beach
Bead Inspired
Bead Shops
bead soup
bead spotlight
bead stash
Bead Trays
beaded beads
beading theory
beads
belt
bezel
birthstones
black
blog spotlight
blue
boho
bone
book spotlight
bracelet
Bracelet A Week
branch fringe
brick stitch
brown
bugles
buttons
cabochon
ceramic
chain maille
challenge
charity
chevron chain
christmas
collar
Collections
color
Color Ideas
color triads
conservation
craft shows
crafts
crochet
crystals
cuff
Culled Beads
current events
Current Faves
daggers
Daily Sets
daisy chain
Delicas
Destash
drops
Dutch spiral
earrings
Egypt
Egyptian Gods
embellishing
embroidery
environment
etsy
exotic
fair trade
fantasy
fashion
Favorite Beads
Favorite Techniques
feminine
fibers
film
findings
fire polish
fixtures
Flashback Test
flickr inspiration
flowers
food
found object
free form
fringe
Geek Jewels
geekery
gemstones
geography
giveaway
glass
gold
gray
Greece
green
herringbone
hex cuts
history
holiday
home decor
insects
inspiration tip
inspired beader
Inspired by...
Inspiring Links
ivory
Jewelry Stash
knitting
ladder stitch
lampwork
lariat
leaf fringe
leather
lights
literature
loomwork
macrame
magatamas
Master Class
Medallions
metal free
metalwork
Mini Collar a Week
mixed media
mixture
Mood Board
MOP
multi-color
multi-strand
music
natural beads
nature
necklace
Necklace a Day
Nepal chain
netting
New Beads
ocean
ombre
orange
paint
paper
patterns
pearls
pendant
peyote
photography
Picasso finish
pink
Pinspiration
PMC
polymer clay
poster sketch
purple
quick inspiration
rainbow
RAW
red
resin
ring
Ring a Day
rivoli
Rome
Russian spiral
scarf
science
seed beads
shell
silver
soutache
spiral rope
spring
square stitch
St. Petersburg
steampunk
stringing
stripes
summer
tagua
TBT
The Elements
thread
Tilas
Time Capsule
tools
trade beads
triangle weave
tribal
tropical
turquoise
tutorial
two-hole beads
Ugly
vintage
Wear it Twice
weather
white
winter
WIP
wire
wishlist
wood
World Beaders
yellow
Blog Home * About * Beading Tutorials * Advertise
Learn About Sponsoring Inspirational Beading with Project Wonderful
Affiliated With ShareASale.com and Amazon.com
Learn About Sponsoring Inspirational Beading with Project Wonderful
Affiliated With ShareASale.com and Amazon.com
What a cool (as in neat-o) way to come up with a color pallete! I love the names you have given the mixes. The colors you left out of the 70's kitchen appliance round up are mustard, avocado, and brown. I would love these in a k, but in the kitchen they were horrible! I know I lived though it. LOL.
ReplyDelete