Chromamagnitude

visual perception of light This is my blog. This is my passion for colour. Maybe you'd like to share that passion, too. Some of these photos are mine or taken by me. The rest inspires me and I don't claim ownership. If you are the copyright owner and would like your photo removed or credited, please do contact me.

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The (secret / hidden) King’s Cross Light Tunnel in London. 

https://www.kingscross.co.uk/kings-cross-tunnel

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Enjoy getting lost in the rabbit hole of ‘how to make your own artisan soap’  some ideas from https://www.instagram.com/sweet_home_soaps/

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S. Splendidus The Mandarin Fish – the most colourful one of all!? via https://timswww.com.au/the-mandarin-fish-the-most-colourful-fish-in-the-ocean/

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Yayoi Kusama at TATE Modern, London. ~ Infinity mirror rooms.  https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/yayoi-kusama-infinity-mirror-rooms

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Galaxy ombre hair by Jenny Holliday. Do or Dye Hair Studio in Concord, CA.  

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China: Rainbow Mountains at Zhangye Danxia National Geologic Park Image credit: imaginechina.com ‘Geology: sandstone and siltstones. Deposited before the Himalayas were formed. Sand and slit contains iron and trace minerals that are largely responsible for the colouring. Process: Collision of tectonic plates (Indian and Eurasian, 55mio years ago) uplifted mountains and exposed sedimentary rocks. Weathering and erosion removed the overlying layers of continental siliciclastic rocks and exposed underlying formations with different mineralogy and chemistry. Precipitated groundwater and trace minerals. The primary colour is a deep red sandstone, iron oxide coating and cementation between the sandstone grains. Like rust on metal. Weathering, mixed with water and oxygen oxidises elemental iron into iron oxide, which is notable for its dark red colouring. The Rainbow Mountains are largely characterised by iron oxide staining of its sandstone. Oxidised limonite or goethite will produce brown or yellow staining of sandstones, magnetite can form black staining of sandstones. If there is iron sulfide present, you will get a metallic yellow colour imparted by the sulfur. Meanwhile, green colouring is often due to chlorite or iron silicate clays.’ ~ Forbes

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Cosmic wings of the Butterfly Nebula by NASA Hubble. ‘This nebula formed after a star like our Sun used up most of its fuel and shed its outer layers of material. Planetary nebulae really have nothing to do with planets! They were misnamed by early astronomers looking through small telescopes when they thought that these objects looked like planets.’ Image credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/RIT/J.Kastner; Optical: NASA/ESA/AURA/STScI

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By NASA Hubble: Supernova remnant Cassiopeia A in multiple wavelengths of light. Image credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/STScI; Radio: NSF/NRAO/VLA

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Rainbow mille-feuille by Japanese architect Emmanuelle Moureaux.

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Exploring the nature of human perception. Slow-motion shadow in color by Olafur Eliasson at Kanazwa Museum

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LightRails by Bill FitzGibbons. Art Deco railroad underpass. LED light installation – pedestrian friendly. 

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Chocolate with edible crayon colour splashes by Unelefante

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A hurricane nearly 1,250 miles wide on the surface of Saturn / Photographed by Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera, NOV'12

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High speed photography of water colour / by Alberto Seveso

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Shoes & Legs for Breuninger / by John Breed

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'Poetic Cosmos of the Breath' by Tomás Saraceno. A solar dome foil membrane. Once the conditions are right, it fully extend to reveal its glory. Stunning.

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Stunning alpine sky / Switzerland / White Line Hotels