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Challenge: Red And Green Images Dec. 10-12 2020
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Dec 9, 2020 20:30:33   #
Photogirl17 Loc: Glenwood, Ark.
 
It's hard to imagine a time when red and green weren't synonymous with Christmas, but they haven't always been the holiday's go-to colors. Arielle Eckstut, co-author of Secret Language of Color, attributes the palette's rise to two things: holly and Coca-Cola.
"Holly has played a huge part in this red and green association," Eckstut tells NPR's Ari Shapiro. "And it dates back to winter solstice celebrations with the Romans, and maybe beyond. ... And also, holly is associated with the crown of thorns of Jesus. And just those beautiful bright red berries and those deep green leaves are the exact colors that we really come to think about when we think about Christmas"
But it took a while for red and green to rise to the top. Eckstut says Victorian Christmas cards used a lot of different palettes (red and green, red and blue, blue and green, blue and white) and they often put Santa in blue, green or red robes. All that changed in 1931.
"Coca-Cola hired an artist to create a Santa Claus," Eckstut says. "They had done this before, but this particular artist created a Santa Claus that we associate with the Santa Claus today in many ways: He was fat and jolly — whereas before he was often thin and elf-like — and he had red robes. ... And so the fact that all these things came together — this friendly, fat Santa in these bright red robes, which, I don't think is a coincidence, match the color of the Coke logo — this really took hold in American culture.
"The artist was Haddon Sundblom, and his ads were such a hit that Coke continued working with him for decades.
Eckstut says, "It solidified in our collective imaginations the red of Santa's robes with the green of fir trees and holly and pointsettia that we already had in our minds. ... This particular shade of red and green came to signify Christmas."

This Challenge is all about images that are predominately Red and Green they don't have to be Christmas Images, But the Main Colors in the Images should be Red and Green Both colors in the same Image..

Lets see your Red & Green Images..


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Dec 9, 2020 20:39:07   #
PAToGraphy Loc: Portland ME area
 
Photogirl17 wrote:
It's hard to imagine a time when red and green weren't synonymous with Christmas, but they haven't always been the holiday's go-to colors. Arielle Eckstut, co-author of Secret Language of Color, attributes the palette's rise to two things: holly and Coca-Cola.
"Holly has played a huge part in this red and green association," Eckstut tells NPR's Ari Shapiro. "And it dates back to winter solstice celebrations with the Romans, and maybe beyond. ... And also, holly is associated with the crown of thorns of Jesus. And just those beautiful bright red berries and those deep green leaves are the exact colors that we really come to think about when we think about Christmas"
But it took a while for red and green to rise to the top. Eckstut says Victorian Christmas cards used a lot of different palettes (red and green, red and blue, blue and green, blue and white) and they often put Santa in blue, green or red robes. All that changed in 1931.
"Coca-Cola hired an artist to create a Santa Claus," Eckstut says. "They had done this before, but this particular artist created a Santa Claus that we associate with the Santa Claus today in many ways: He was fat and jolly — whereas before he was often thin and elf-like — and he had red robes. ... And so the fact that all these things came together — this friendly, fat Santa in these bright red robes, which, I don't think is a coincidence, match the color of the Coke logo — this really took hold in American culture.
"The artist was Haddon Sundblom, and his ads were such a hit that Coke continued working with him for decades.
Eckstut says, "It solidified in our collective imaginations the red of Santa's robes with the green of fir trees and holly and pointsettia that we already had in our minds. ... This particular shade of red and green came to signify Christmas."

This Challenge is all about images that are predominately Red and Green they don't have to be Christmas Images, But the Main Colors in the Images should be Red and Green Both colors in the same Image..

Lets see your Red & Green Images..
It's hard to imagine a time when red and green wer... (show quote)


This will be fun, Lesley!

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Dec 9, 2020 20:45:26   #
Photogirl17 Loc: Glenwood, Ark.
 
PAToGraphy wrote:
This will be fun, Lesley!


I hope so Pat..

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Dec 9, 2020 21:08:28   #
PAToGraphy Loc: Portland ME area
 
A couple red and greens



Buoys
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Antigue store window.
Antigue store window....

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Dec 9, 2020 21:23:50   #
Photogirl17 Loc: Glenwood, Ark.
 
PAToGraphy wrote:
A couple red and greens


Love Bruce Lee's quote in the first Image..Nice set Pat..

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Dec 9, 2020 21:52:01   #
Max Bottomtime Loc: Torrance, California
 
Here's a couple of underwater green and red shots.


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Dec 9, 2020 22:00:12   #
Photogirl17 Loc: Glenwood, Ark.
 
Max Bottomtime wrote:
Here's a couple of underwater green and red shots.


Great to view Max as always..

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Dec 9, 2020 22:20:27   #
Transbuff1985 Loc: east central Iowa
 
Photogirl17 wrote:
It's hard to imagine a time when red and green weren't synonymous with Christmas, but they haven't always been the holiday's go-to colors. Arielle Eckstut, co-author of Secret Language of Color, attributes the palette's rise to two things: holly and Coca-Cola.
"Holly has played a huge part in this red and green association," Eckstut tells NPR's Ari Shapiro. "And it dates back to winter solstice celebrations with the Romans, and maybe beyond. ... And also, holly is associated with the crown of thorns of Jesus. And just those beautiful bright red berries and those deep green leaves are the exact colors that we really come to think about when we think about Christmas"
But it took a while for red and green to rise to the top. Eckstut says Victorian Christmas cards used a lot of different palettes (red and green, red and blue, blue and green, blue and white) and they often put Santa in blue, green or red robes. All that changed in 1931.
"Coca-Cola hired an artist to create a Santa Claus," Eckstut says. "They had done this before, but this particular artist created a Santa Claus that we associate with the Santa Claus today in many ways: He was fat and jolly — whereas before he was often thin and elf-like — and he had red robes. ... And so the fact that all these things came together — this friendly, fat Santa in these bright red robes, which, I don't think is a coincidence, match the color of the Coke logo — this really took hold in American culture.
"The artist was Haddon Sundblom, and his ads were such a hit that Coke continued working with him for decades.
Eckstut says, "It solidified in our collective imaginations the red of Santa's robes with the green of fir trees and holly and pointsettia that we already had in our minds. ... This particular shade of red and green came to signify Christmas."

This Challenge is all about images that are predominately Red and Green they don't have to be Christmas Images, But the Main Colors in the Images should be Red and Green Both colors in the same Image..

Lets see your Red & Green Images..
It's hard to imagine a time when red and green wer... (show quote)


Thanks Lesley for hosting luv the socks!! And for the background and info for the red/green colors with Christmas.

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Dec 9, 2020 22:26:29   #
Photogirl17 Loc: Glenwood, Ark.
 
Transbuff1985 wrote:
Thanks Lesley for hosting luv the socks!! And for the background and info for the red/green colors with Christmas.


Glad you enjoyed Bob..

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Dec 10, 2020 07:25:01   #
Fred Ann Loc: New Brunswick, Canada
 
Looking for red and green in nature,
Ruby throated hummingbirds And two kinds of cardinals: a cardinal flower and a Northern Cardinal

















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Dec 10, 2020 07:36:37   #
Fred Ann Loc: New Brunswick, Canada
 
The lovely green head and the red eye of a handsome male Wood Duck.



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Dec 10, 2020 08:12:43   #
Fred Ann Loc: New Brunswick, Canada
 
Ripening tomatoes in my garden.





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Dec 10, 2020 08:20:26   #
Roadrunner Loc: Quebec, Canada
 
A bit of red, a bit of green, but a whole lot of pleasure. These logs are the smallest ones


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Dec 10, 2020 08:44:10   #
susieq26
 
Fun contest.. love the colors of the holiday!


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Dec 10, 2020 08:57:32   #
PAToGraphy Loc: Portland ME area
 
Photogirl17 wrote:
Love Bruce Lee's quote in the first Image..Nice set Pat..


Me too.

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