Welcome to Color Week. I love color and for the next seven days I will explore color and how it exists in my life and my design.

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Bright and sunny, yellow for me is exciting. It's not a color I like to wear, but it is a color I love to see and use. Yellow brings feelings of excitement and happiness.

Like my cheery candlesticks that lit up the night for a late dinner on the deck:

In nature, its used for attraction. Bold bright flowers tell the bees and hummingbirds, "Come over here! Get the good stuff."

I love to plant yellow flowers in the garden because one placed strategically can draw the eye to a new point all the way across the yard. Using the principles of basic color theory, analogous or contrasting colors provide the most impact. I planted a bed with seven sets of three plants. 18 of the 21 plants have purple flowers, but three are yellow. Without fail, the yellow Kangaroo paw are the first plants guests talk about when the see the garden.

One of my favorite pieces of art uses the same concepts. The bright yellow moon brings Starry Night to life showing the viewer the village below.