A few years ago, I did a sweet little series of blog posts that I affectionately referred to as Color Scheming. I took each of the MINI factory colors and paired well-designed products with them by color. It was a ton of fun.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6uS5blsv_CMVKDvR1RZq3ZjFCV6G5KuV1fRPLoQNaxhyphenhyphenhDl3IzAiE6m1oTEX9FfhF3OnR84jeouLE2KnJKDFw-d6pqVU6PrKv0of3YpnJy1u8tm6quHP-qri8iK-v9upfa4xV/s640/mellow_yellow.jpg)
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For a while now, I've been thinking it'd be cool to do this for a client dynamically. Well, leave it to Nike to do it first. Nike PhotoiD is a tight little web app designed to analyze the colors of an Instagram of your choice. It then applies the colors to a sneaker and beautifully overlays the custom kicks on your pic. It then allows you to share the image and even purchase the shoes.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVOjyMrESkoS3h4JmwS9M4hlmfmUbPR4Pl43PKuaMgT4ry6vCDt4KkyS3E0td6xdJq3CMZsiHaGKtc0j6B0p9bCYJRsTv8ew3VhFKbOGUl_1kRcXH6CsKLW4Uwa1a2G4fcWvd/s640/0493ab81fc67c7ec22209255b2bd2293.jpg)
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In discussing the notion of color scheming at work, @magicspoon turned me onto a cool experiment called Matchbook. In this somewhat sassy study, book cover designs are paired with, well swimsuits… primarily bikinis. It's honestly pretty inspiring and definitely not hard to look at.
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All this color scheming has inspired me to start a new pinboard dedicated to the art of color pairing. I'll be loading it up over next few weeks, so enjoy!
2 comments:
nice. always think it is too much work. miss moss do it very nice and jamie mclellan does it subtly in his tumblr.
http://jamiemclellan.tumblr.com/archive
didn't know the one matching bikinis and books. :)
Thanks for sharing that link. Very cool Tumblr, no doubt. I attempt a simliar color tie-in form post to post on Tumblr as well, but that guy does that fantastic job.
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