Color Archives - Youth Are Awesome https://youthareawesome.com/tag/color/ Sun, 29 Jun 2025 02:13:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 2025’s Colour of The Year: Trend or Dead End? https://youthareawesome.com/2025s-colour-of-the-year-trend-or-dead-end/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2025s-colour-of-the-year-trend-or-dead-end https://youthareawesome.com/2025s-colour-of-the-year-trend-or-dead-end/#respond Sun, 29 Jun 2025 02:13:04 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=116665 Pantone Picked It, But Did Anyone Actually Stick With It? For the last 25 years, 26 different colors have received the prestigious title of Pantone Color of the Year. But are these titles self-proclaimed? Does being crowned the Color of the Year actually mean anything? And how, if at all, do these colors influence trends […]

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What is it like to have synesthesia? https://youthareawesome.com/synesthesia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=synesthesia Thu, 19 Feb 2015 18:25:29 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=67353 Colours are often associated with emotions — it’s not uncommon to feel “blue” or be “green with envy”. For a small percentage of the population, however, links between colours and emotions are just the beginning. Synesthesia, a neurological trait that is estimated to be present in 2-4% of people, is defined as “the production of a […]

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How to use chalk to temporarily highlight hair https://youthareawesome.com/chalk-temporarily-highlight-hair/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chalk-temporarily-highlight-hair Thu, 25 Sep 2014 14:34:34 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=63041 Chalking hair is a great way to temporarily dye hair. It doesn’t take much time to chalk hair, and it’s easy to do. For those of us who prefer to change styles frequently, chalking is perfect as it isn’t permanent. Additionally, chalking hair is cheap and doesn’t damage your hair, so don’t worry!  You can […]

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Youth Week 2014 early bird events https://youthareawesome.com/youth-week-2014-early-bird-events/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=youth-week-2014-early-bird-events Thu, 10 Apr 2014 15:40:23 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=56853 Youth Week 2014 is fast approaching! Starting on April 20, 2014, the 16th Annual Youth Week Calgary (a program of Youth Central) will kick off! So gather around, and get your early stampede fever on, because Youth Week is going to be a blast! In this edition, I will be covering “early bird” Youth Week […]

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A story about colors, emotions, creativity, education, smoking, and toilet paper? https://youthareawesome.com/a-story-about-colors-emotions-creativity-education-smoking-and-toilet-paper/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-story-about-colors-emotions-creativity-education-smoking-and-toilet-paper Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:00:02 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=56576 We have changed the way we gather our information. We have changed the way we process information, enjoy entertainment, and go about our daily lives. Most notably, technology has become an instrumental part of all of our lives. So, instead of writing a blog post with only about 500 words, I’ll aim for about 10,000. […]

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How well do you see colour? https://youthareawesome.com/how-well-do-you-see-colour/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-well-do-you-see-colour Thu, 23 Jan 2014 17:00:21 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=54047 While “studying” for exams, I came across a very interesting test on the Internet; the Online Color Test. In this test, you are given four rows of different coloured squares and asked to arrange them according to hue. Seemingly easy, I thought that I would for sure get a flawless score (after seeing several comments […]

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How to make natural face paint https://youthareawesome.com/how-to-make-natural-face-paint/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-make-natural-face-paint Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:10:57 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=50918 OMG! Halloween is around the corner and you are still unsure about your Halloween costume. No worries! Face painting is just what you need. Splash some color onto your face and play with it. And now here comes the most awesome part… you don’t need to care about an allergic reaction, because you can make […]

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Getting RAD at Colour Me Rad Calgary 2013 https://youthareawesome.com/color-me-rad-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=color-me-rad-2013 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 16:33:07 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=47797 Saturday August 3rd was the annual Calgary Color Me Rad event at the WinSport’s Canada Olympic Park. It was a day to transform and add some sparkle into everyone’s lives. Volunteering there, I had the opportunity to see the color stations set up around the park to splash runners. The actual “color” is actually cornstarch […]

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What’s your Calgary? Mayor’s Youth Council Art Contest https://youthareawesome.com/calgary-mayors-youth-council-art-contest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=calgary-mayors-youth-council-art-contest Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:23:35 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=41827 Feeling artsy? Calling all aspiring artists and passionate doodlers, the Mayor’s Youth Council wants to see what makes Calgary your home. You can show us with pencils, paints, in color or in black and white, we just want to see your artistic expression. We also want to know what your art means to you, so […]

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Quick and dirty: poster design https://youthareawesome.com/quick-dirty-poster-design/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=quick-dirty-poster-design Thu, 04 Apr 2013 04:06:51 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=41316 During the spring break, I was charged with the daunting task of creating a poster for the school play, Dorothy Meets Alice. I was stumped. How do you create something that is both aesthetically pleasing, and will get your message across? I spent a lot of time researching effective poster design and general art composition, […]

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Chalking it up: A new way to colour hair https://youthareawesome.com/chalking-up-colour-hair/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chalking-up-colour-hair Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:40:40 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=36505 Hair-chalking, a relatively new way to colour your hair. What is hair chalking? It is literally temporarily colouring your hair, with soft chalk/pastel and is an excellent way to get that bright and vibrant colour you’re looking for, but without the worry of having to have purple highlights at your next business meeting.   So who […]

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Poetry: A Color of the Sky https://youthareawesome.com/color-sky-tony-hoagland/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=color-sky-tony-hoagland https://youthareawesome.com/color-sky-tony-hoagland/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 14:16:23 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=31836 This is one of my favourite poems, taken out of the poetry collection “What Narcissism Means to Me” by Tony Hoagland. Credit to the Poetry Foundation for a copy of the poem. The poem is accompanied by a fitting picture of Boston University, which I took. Windy today and I feel less than brilliant, driving over […]

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