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Seeing in color {cinema palettes}

Color makes the message, especially when it comes to setting the mood of a movie. Cinema Palettes, a Facebook page, breaks down scenes from films old and new into a palette of colors (above, Rear Window, a 1954 Alfred Hitchcock classic). UK-based designer Gaby Smith posts scenes from films of all genres and generations: Apocalypse Now, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Macbeth, Funny Girl, Edward Scissorhands, Blade Runner, Pride and Prejudice, The Grand Budapest Hotel -- more than 250 in all. Focusing on colors will make you look at a film just a little bit differently, even when the film is one of your all-time favorites and you've watched it at least fifty times.

Seeing in color {green}

Trust a LEED Gold building to feature eco-friendly art in its lobby. The Living Green Wall, which reflects my apartment building's commitment to a sustainable environment, combines jade pothos, philodendron brasil, and neon pothos plants. It offers a range of benefits, including natural air filtration, VOC (volatile organic compounds) removal, stress relief, and assistance in the building's thermal regulation, and it brings the vibrancy of nature inside. 

Seeing in color {orange}

A few years ago, I bought a $50 orange-upholstered vintage HON office chair at the Habitat Re-store. I loved it so much that I went on eBay and found another one, the same chair also upholstered in orange, though just different enough to make it an interesting mate for the first one. Since then, little bits of orange have crept into my living space. I don't have room in the house for this machine, spotted at mattress-recycling company Hand Up. It's used to separate mattress frames from the coils. Too big, too loud, but definitely my color.

Seeing in color {orange}

I have a thing for brightly colored trucks. This one (seen at a roadside stop in rural Fukui prefecture in Japan), with attachments and hoses here and there and everywhere, looks like it's ready to take on any task. I love the gold ladder on top, too.

Seeing in color {turquoise}

Turquoise, the color of stones in beautiful jewelry made by many Southwest Indian artists, seems completely at home on this old pick-up we saw in Raton, New Mexico.