My Life In Color on Blue Monday (10/24/22) | HIGHLIGHTING THE COLOR FOR THE DAY

My idea for My Life In Color - Highlighting the Color For the Day evolved from a former challenge based on colors assigned to each day that was the concept of a former Hive member. I decided to create my own version. It's not a challenge; just sharing many of my personal photos and digital drawing images in my collection.

With that said, today is Monday. That means I'll be sharing all colors of the spectrum that's blue. My choice of colors are found in my color chart below in which I assigned a different day of the week with a particular color or color blend.

I've read numerous times how colors affect our lives and how we navigate toward certain hues due to perception. This has been done for thousands of years. Different societies adapt certain colors for a variety of reasons.

According to colorpsychology.org, blue is the color most popular with people across cultures and generations. As we look at the world around around us, various shades of blue exist in fashion, architecture, art, and nature. Blue is one of the three primary colors. It sits between violet and green on the color chart. ¹

The site also tells us that the color blue was initially called and described as wine-dark instead of blue. Over a thousand years ago, blue was called and defined by different cultures. For example, the color blue was initially called and described as wine-dark instead of blue. Even today, this color continues to evolve with various stunning shades used in clothing, arts, business, and other industries. ¹

We often make comments like "that person is blue" or "blue Monday". What we really mean to say is that the person is moody or it will be a day that is or has not gone well.

When it comes to the psychology of the color blue, it's associated with calmness and peace. It's considered a non-aggressive color that encourages serenity, orderliness, and tranquility. When we think of blue, our first thoughts are of the oceans. ¹

When I think about colors in my own surroundings, I think of blue as one I don't normally use, especially if it's light blue. I do like the color in navy or extremely dark paired with black. However, in art, this color is dramatic and bold if it's a dark blue.

Digital Drawings

Apophysis 2.09

Apophysis is a software that produces fractal art by rendering its iterations. The resulting art is some of the most ethereal and beautiful to behold. It can be interpreted differently by each individual.

Stable Diffusion

When we talk about generative art, other types of program I utilize deal with Stable Diffusion. I recently discovered this type of software and have been producing beautiful art mages. Stable Diffusion software utilized text prompt to produce images.

One of the programs I use is Night Cafe. For example, with the image below, here is the process I used:

Text Prompt:
"Beautiful misty mountain landscape with an assortment of blue flowers and vines partially surrounding it."

Weight: 1
Initial Resolution: Thumb
Runtime: Short
Seed: 636507964
Overall Prompt Weight: 50%
Sampling method: K_LMS

Result:
I feel that the diffusion software took my words and transformed them into magical scenes.

Bomomo

Bomomo is an online drawing software that produces abstract art. The unique drawing tools provide a set of specific patterns. Colors change on different moves of the drawing tool. Images such as lines, circles, triangles, diagrams, hexagons, and other patterns you can combine into one drawing are available.

Nvidia Gaugan

Nvidia Gaugan is a generative art program. On a blank canvas, you can draw beautiful landscapes in any form you wish. Elements such as water, sky, trees, clouds, and mountains can be produced with the tools provided. With the upgraded version, can now utilize text prompts.