The brothers Eno have had such a good experience with Mixing Colours that they’ve expanded on it, now adding an additional seven tracks in the form of an EP titled Luminous which will be released in August.
They’ve had a lot of fun with this project, engaging listeners along the way by inviting them to submit home videos to accompany a piece and potentially be chosen to officially represent it in film. I think that interaction works really well with the whole concept – a lovely broad spectrum of allsorts - https://www.mixing-colours.com/. The new colours are:
Moss
Violet
Manganese – this one has a video assigned already - as visually ambient as it is aurally. Manganese in this instance is a sort of violet tint that was used by the impressionists to give a certain luminosity to their work, hence the title I expect - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdkb1oAeDkM
Vermilion
Marble
Pewter
Malachite
….. and I have finally found out about how house paint colours are named which sounds like a perfectly wonderful job! It’s actually a lot more strategic than one might think – not to mention competitive. They are dreamed up by teams who create word combinations that conjure up images of travel destinations, for example – Kalahari Sunset or Sail Away, or feelings of comfort - Toasted Marshmallow, Buttermilk, etc. Quite fascinating! And then I discovered that there have been experiments with AI to see whether names could be generated that way (which they can’t, in short - at least not yet), however, some are quite hilarious and oddly charming … Lemon Nose, Shy Bather, Clay Cow, Barkying White, Parp Green, Windled Waters and Spiced Rope to name a few!
They’ve had a lot of fun with this project, engaging listeners along the way by inviting them to submit home videos to accompany a piece and potentially be chosen to officially represent it in film. I think that interaction works really well with the whole concept – a lovely broad spectrum of allsorts - https://www.mixing-colours.com/. The new colours are:
Moss
Violet
Manganese – this one has a video assigned already - as visually ambient as it is aurally. Manganese in this instance is a sort of violet tint that was used by the impressionists to give a certain luminosity to their work, hence the title I expect - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdkb1oAeDkM
Vermilion
Marble
Pewter
Malachite
….. and I have finally found out about how house paint colours are named which sounds like a perfectly wonderful job! It’s actually a lot more strategic than one might think – not to mention competitive. They are dreamed up by teams who create word combinations that conjure up images of travel destinations, for example – Kalahari Sunset or Sail Away, or feelings of comfort - Toasted Marshmallow, Buttermilk, etc. Quite fascinating! And then I discovered that there have been experiments with AI to see whether names could be generated that way (which they can’t, in short - at least not yet), however, some are quite hilarious and oddly charming … Lemon Nose, Shy Bather, Clay Cow, Barkying White, Parp Green, Windled Waters and Spiced Rope to name a few!
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