Oil Colour and Marbling on Canvas

Itir Orcun demonstrating marbling and oil colour on canvas.

For more information, please visit http://www.itir.net/ LINK: Youtube

Aerosol Amoeba

Aerosol Amoeba from Pahnl Whatnow on Vimeo.

“Breathing life into spray paint.”

Aerosol Amoeba, by Pahnl Whatnow, is simply beautiful and hypnotic. What a way to celebrate colors!

Mimic Octopus

Octopuses are thought to be one of the most intelligent invertebrates and can change the color and texture of their skin to blend in with rocks, algae, or coral to avoid predators. But until now, an octopus with the ability to actually assume the appearance of another animal had never been observed.

"Having studied many octopus species in the wild, I am never surprised by the color and shape change capacities of these animals," said Mark Norman of the Melbourne Museum in Australia. "However, this animal stood out as it was the only one we've encountered that goes beyond camouflage to take on the guise of dangerous animals."

Norman and fellow researchers Julian Finn of the University of Tasmania in Australia and Tom Tregenza of the University of Leeds in England describe the octopus mimic in the September 7 issue of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.

"This," Tregenza said, "is a rather dramatic animal."

Talented Impersonator

Mimicry is a fairly common survival strategy in nature. Certain flies, for example, assume the black and yellow stripes of bees as a warning to potential predators. But the adaptable octopus is the first known species that can assume multiple guises. LINK: Youtube

Speakers that Change Shape with the Volume

Carson Leong designed computer speakers that bellow out as the volume increases:

To turn the volume down, simple squeeze the skin to the desired volume. This creates a more tactile and visual experience for the user, where functions do not have to be operated by simply pressing buttons.

Link, Via: DVICE | Designer’s Website, Via: Neatorama

White tiger turning black

A white tiger cub born at the Vandalur zoo in Chennai, India is turning black. From The Telegraph:

Biologists believe a large presence of melanin, the dark skin pigment, is the likely reason for its unusual colouring.
Tigers' skin colour is determined by the presence of black and yellow pigments. In most tigers, the colour yellow dominates over black to give them their characteristic colouring.

"In this cub, the reverse has happened — black is the dominant colour," senior zoo biologist Dr Manimozhi told The Times of India.

"It is the dominance of yellow pigment that enables tigers to survive in the wild," he added. "In fact, this is the reason why most white tigers are found only in zoos and not in the wild," Dr Manimozhi said. LINK, Via: Youtube

"White tiger cub in Indian zoo turns black"

Super Giant Rainbow Bubbles

Morphing, weaving in and out of reality, dressed in a most psychedelic array of colors - these are short-lived creations, super big monster bubbles, blown at Nye beach in Newport, Oregon. LINK, Via: Youtube

ALLIGATOR TURNS BLUE

“This alligator could be excused for being snappy – she is clearly feeling blue. The large gator looks a stunning shade of blue as the bright morning sky reflects off her wet back. She appeared to change from her usual dark brown to black, grey and blue over the space of just a few minutes as the sun rose over the lake at 7am. But unlike a chameleon, the change of colour was not a conscious decision. It was purely down to the sky reflecting off her shiny scales. Biology professor Louis Guillette, 55, took the picture on a lake next to his home in Gainesville, Florida, United States.” LINK

Overhead Projector as a Musical Instrument

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Blair Neal turned an overhead projector into a musical instrument. As he scrolls the transparency, a camera reads the placement and color of marks as musical notes. The project is called “Color a Sound.”

Via: Make, Via: Neatorama

The Most Spectacular, Precious, and Magical Beauty of Stones: The Magnificent Opal

Opal, a stone of ill omen. Associated with death, as this gemstone reacts to body temperature and becomes dull when life passes from the body!

The opal is a gem of magical beauty; in its depths flash brilliant sparks of constantly changing colors that have entranced and fascinated people for centuries. Considered by many to be the most precious of stones, the opal is also the most fragile, and it’s sensitively to light, atmosphere, and temperature has given it an air of unpredictable that has added to its appeal.
But despite its unique properties – or perhaps because of them – the opal, more than any other stone, has inspired bigotry and superstition. Over the centuries it has waxed and waned in public favor, being viewed alternately as a charm for good luck and as an object of fear and dread.

Link, Via: Neatorama

The Hooded Pitohui - a Poisonous Bird

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Jack Dumbacher, an ornithologist at the California Academy of Science, describes the discovery of and studies of a neurotoxin produced by this bird from New Guinea. The batrachotoxin that the bird produces is a sodium-channel blocker that is chemically identical to the neurotoxin used by poison dart frogs, and it is potentially lethal in higher doses. One assumes that this evolved as a deterrent to predation, so it’s interesting that like monarchs and other toxic butterflies, this bird exhibits a strikingly bright warning coloration. LINK: Neatorama

40 Vibrant and Colorful Reflections

There is another category of photography focusing on reflections. It is interesting where photographers capture both objects and their reflections as a whole piece of art. Hope you will enjoy seeing the vibrant colors of these reflections. LINK

Shady Optical Illusion

Watch what happens with these 4 shades of blue. LINK, Via: Youtube

Color Sense Game

The Color Sense Game from Pittsburgh Paints finds your “color personality” based on your five senses, your interests, and your style. Each resulting personality gives you lots of colors to work with. LINK, Via: The Presurfer, Via: Neatorama

A Collection of 18 Beautiful Butterflies & Their Color Palettes

Swallowtails again:



One particular place to find amazing colors in nature is the Butterfly and lucky for us there are 17,500 species of butterflies in the world.

They use their bright colors to ward of predators by tricking them into thinking they are poisonous (some actually are) or by camouflaging themselves into plants or bigger insects. LINK