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To be a bit boring and technical here - when I did a Montessori teacher training course many moons ago, we learned how to introduce the concept of colours to children from primary, to seconday, to complementary colours etc. One teaching tool I remember that was fascinating was a colour wheel (you can get them in paint shops) and what you can do is follow the wheel round and see how the colours change but also you can take one colour and look at it's direct opposite (like looking at a clock and comparing the big hand at 3pm and the small hand at 9pm - am I being totally confusing, totally patronising, or just totally on-my-own-planet?? (no comment Christel!!) and if you take these two opposing colour you get the best contrast/combination and this is what a lot of good design is based on. A trick of the trade.... For instance you'll see aubergine opposite lime green (not a favourite of mine) and then terracotta opposite aztec blue. That was just a random thought I thought I'd share - a rambling from my head - but isn't that the whole point of a blog??? Have a nice day and open your eyes and notice the colours.... (surely room for a posting about nature and what colours you naturally find grouped together; how many shades of green exist in any one garden; how do you judge the perfect colour for skin when drawing someone's face - or more interestingly - how do children perceive this (often you see drawings with bright pink/orange faces etc...). Some questions to ponder on - all colour related of course.... far be it for me to wander far from the point.....