{"id":29344,"date":"2015-12-11T05:00:52","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/?p=29344"},"modified":"2024-04-10T02:51:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T09:51:30","slug":"20-everyday-struggles-when-youre-a-color-addict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/20-everyday-struggles-when-youre-a-color-addict","title":{"rendered":"20 Everyday Struggles When You're a Color Addict"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Any piece you create slowly migrates towards your favorite color.\"orange_crush_by_timemit-d6rig0w\"“Think it’s orange enough, or do I need to fill in the whites?”
\nBy Zotya Docs<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

2. You find yourself obsessed with new ways to generate palettes and swatches, and with downloading and playing around with other peoples’.<\/h2>\n

\"adventageouslizard_s_640_color_palette_compilation_by_adventageouslizards-d8qs381\"[Breathing intensifies]
\nBy “AdvantageousLizards”<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

<\/span>3. You’ve used so many colors for a design it ended up looking like Lisa Frank took over your screen.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"EsOriginals_HunterBanner<\/p>\n

<\/span>4. Or, you put way too many design elements into your work just so you have an excuse to pick colors for them all. <\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Ling's\"When you look at this site<\/a>, all of your design training tells you to hate it. You want so desperately to hate it. But deep down, you envy Ling for having the guts to make it.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/span>5. You’re very particular about specific color names. To you, it actually is <\/i>sage, not green. It is<\/i> blood orange, not red.<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

\"enhanced-buzz-29587-1379429\"This one is kind of a paradox.
\nFrom Buzzfeed<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

<\/span>6. And it bothers you way more than it should when you can’t think of the name for a particular shade. (It’s Cerulean. You’re welcome<\/i>.)<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"IMG_5012-web\"From the Wetcanvas forums<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

<\/span>7. You’ve sat through some terrible movies just because the use of color in the cinematography was so good.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"constantine-poster\"Enough said.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/span>8. Getting emotional over a corporate redesign logo makes you feel horrifically lame, but you’ve done it anyway.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"spotify[1]\"Are you OK? You’re breathing weird.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/span>9. …To the point where you’re running out of friends willing to listen to it.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"STAHP\"<\/p>\n

<\/span>10. For you, the biggest pack of Copic markers is a need, not a want.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"3034269_orig\"From Colour with Claire<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/span>11. You own more coloring books than your children.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"AdultColoring04kc\"To be fair, the adult ones are pretty awesome.
\nFrom The419.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

<\/span>12. You’ve spent too much time thinking about the specific colors your current mood would be. <\/span><\/h2>\n

\nIs tranquility a pale blue, or a deep, rich purple? Is hunger red? Green? Does it depend on if you’re a vegetarian?
\n\"ministryofpress_mop_emotone_chart
\n“Yeah, but what about “ennui-born indignance?”
\nFrom Ministry of Press<\/a><\/em>\n<\/p>\n

<\/span>13. For you, the hardest part of moving is deciding what to paint each room.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Rainbow-Room-in-Germany-1\"“Let’s do them all like this.”
\nFrom Strangeline.net<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

<\/span>14. And the most intimidating part of getting a tattoo isn’t the commitment, but knowing the colors will eventually<\/i> fade.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"tattoo-gasta-tempoYou were too good for this wretched Earth.<\/em>From Nerdartt<\/a>
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/span>15. Your natural hair color is a long-buried secret. <\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Ramona's_hairstyles_animation\"By Bryan Lee O’Malley<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

<\/span>16. You don’t get why people say your clothing’s “loud†like it’s a bad thing. Or why tie-dye would ever fall out of fashion.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"vivienne-westwood-red-label-29-738a-022111\"You would if you could.<\/em>From HuffPost Style<\/a>
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/span>17. You’ve been tempted to “Office Space” a printer that couldn’t replicate the colors on your screen.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"1429641257-officespaceprinterscene\"<\/p>\n

<\/span>18. Likewise, knowing that almost all paintings have faded over time, so you’ll never know just how vivid they originally were. <\/span><\/h2>\n

\"talentfreie-hobby-restauratorin-spanien-verunstaltet-christus\"Sometimes that’s for the best.
\nFrom the New York Daily News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

<\/span>19. You don’t have the free time to do this.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Screens1-1024x455\"Mmmmmmmmnnnyeahthatrightthere<\/em>From Fast Horse<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/span>20. Some people still need you to explain why the chameleon is your spirit animal.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"il_570xN.697018441_4tve\"“…Does it help if I wear this?”
\nBy Paint Your World Rainbow<\/a><\/em><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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