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Summer Color
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Summer is all about heat, passion, and color – three great things that go great together. Subdued hues such as grays and taupes fall flat under the sun’s blazing rays, so summercolor.giftake every opportunity to treat yourself to some spicy brights and put a little more sizzle in your season. Because, if not now, when”

ColorField.remix
First off, get the ultimate infusion of color by visiting Washington, DC, a city vividly celebrating the Color Field visual art movement of the 1950s and 1960s. A rainbow of events have been going on since April, but these publicly hot hues evaporate at the end of July. Even if you can’t get to the nation’s capital, you can still get your color fix by learning more about the unique Washington Color School by going here.

Beetle Art
On your impromptu road trip to DC to experience ColorField.remix, buy yourself a (or borrow your best friend’s) VW Beetle and don this already happy little car with some specialty vinyl stickers created exclusively for the automotive icon by some hip-n-happening artists and illustrators. With all those stickers, you’ll feel like you’re in grade school again.

PodCanvas
In your customized Beetle on your way to DC, whip out your iPod and give it some extra juice by adorning it with one of many brilliant PodCanvas wraps. These adhesive seals fit on the back of the popular music player and have a coating that helps resist fading caused by the summer’s intense UV rays.

Hue Consulting Blog
Stuck where you are with no road trips in sight” Then find your summer color in IACC-certified color consultant Rachel Perls’ blog that’s all color, all the time. She considers and analyzes the impact of color in everyday life, whether in architecture and interiors, industrial and graphic design, or the marketing and advertising fields. If you like color, you’ll like Rachel.

Stay cool and be brilliant.

Laura McDonald, ASID / IIDA
Interior Designer / Founder
laura@plinthandchintz.com