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Lavender, Pink, Puce

blog documenting project based residency

“Although a chemical definition or an RGB or CMYK percentage can specifically define a colour, the naming and perception of a colour often remains ambiguous. Puce, for example, is a colour people find difficult to agree on with its in-between quality of being not quite pink and not quite lavender, with interpretation often dependent on geographical and historical factors. It is this position of ambiguity and abstractedness in reference to colour and language that will form the methodology for this project: The starting point is Puce - deviating between Pink and Lavender...”
— https://joannenewman.net/pinklavenderpuce/2017/1/22/pink-lavender-puce
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Joanne Newman July 28, 2017
Tags Pink, Puce, Lavender, impermanence
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Joanne Newman July 8, 2017
In found colour Tags out-out, Pink, Lavender, impermanence
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Joanne Newman June 25, 2017
In official colour Tags Pink, Lavender, permanence, impermanence
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Joanne Newman June 24, 2017
In found colour Tags Puce, out-out, impermanence

Joanne Newman May 26, 2017
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In found colour Tags Puce, out-out, impermanence

Joanne Newman February 25, 2017
In found colour Tags out-out, impermanence

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