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The Sun
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
I was convinced my chair was blue for 7 years – I listed it, now people are saying GREY… I don't know what to believe
A WOMAN has been left baffled after discovering that after seven years, the armchair she thought was blue is actually grey. Kristin was originally made aware of the discrepancy when she listed the chair online for free, with the person interested in taking it pointing out its actual colour. 6 6 6 She then took to TikTok to ask for advice, as she questioned whether she'd been wrong for all this time. "Is this chair grey or blue?" she asked. "Cause I'm giving it away to someone and I'm sending pictures and I'm like, it's a blue chair and they're like, that's grey. "And I'm like, I'm pretty sure it's blue. "And she's like, can you get more pictures? It's grey. And I'm like, okay, but my couch and my chair have always been blue. "But now she's gaslighting me and I'm starting to believe it!" She showed the sofa and chair in the video, as she wondered if it was her phone playing tricks on her. "Also I shouldn't be stressing this much over a free chair," Kristin continued. "You either want it or you don't, but is it blue or is it grey? So I can tell her the truth!" "What colour is this chair?" she asked in the video caption. I furnished my ENTIRE home with Facebook Marketplace finds - my stools were free & I saved £1k on a farmhouse table set And pretty overwhelmingly, the consensus was that it is, in fact, grey. "I wasn't prepared for how grey it would be," one gasped. "I was prepared for it to be like a blueish grey, not full on gravestone of a child who died of tuberculosis in the 1800s GREY," another joked. "I wasn't expecting it to be the oxford dictionary definition of grey," a third commented. "That is so very grey. I'm so sorry this is how you're finding out," someone else said. To which Kristin replied: "I am actually crashing out!" What is colour analysis? Colour analysis is a tool you can use to determine which colours flatter you most. It's based on your overall appearance and particularly the colouring of your eyes, hair and skin. You are then assigned one of twelve colour seasons. Each colour season comes with a colour palette, specifically designed to harmonise with your natural colouring. According to a British study, there is evidence that suggests that the colours worn by a person can affect how they are perceived by others. For example: red and pink are thought to signal sexual attractiveness, particularly when worn by women, while dark colours like black or navy may convey the impression of authority - in turn making the wearer seem less approachable. The theories of colour analysis also teach that certain colours are capable of emphasising or, conversely, de-emphasising an individuals attractiveness to others. Unflattering colours may make a person look pale, for instance, or draw attention to such "flaws" as wrinkles or uneven skin tone. Flattering colours are thought to have the opposite effect. "Is the blue in the room with us?" another asked. "Your grey-dar is off hunny. It's grey," someone else said. "Bestie if you think that is blue, what colour is the sky to you?" another questioned. While someone else said: "Are you colour blind by chance?" "If I am I am only finding out now," Kristin responded. "That chair is so grey I forgot what blue is!" another laughed. As someone else said it could be that Kristin has a condition called Tritanopia, a blue-yellow colour blindness where individuals experience a reduced sensitivity to blue light, and therefore struggle to distinguish between blue and gree, as well as yellow and red. "Specifically, grey may appear as a very pale blue or blue-green to someone with tritanopia," they added. Kristin tried to prove herself right by laying blue colouring pencils and blue clothing on top of the armchair, before taking some colour blindness tests online and referring herself to the doctor. "The butterfly effect is crazy because if the Facebook lady never questioned me on this chair colour, I'd have a millennial grey living room for the rest of my life," she wrote over the top of another video. 6 6
Vogue
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Vogue
They Grew Up Together in the Hamptons. Now, They're Reshaping the Local Art Scene
The de Kooning Clan 'I just started using color in my drawings,' says Lucy de Kooning Villeneuve, 29, as she leads me through the living room of her childhood home in Springs, the woodsy, low-profile hamlet of East Hampton, New York. She gestures to a stack of pastel watercolors on the coffee table. 'Color is always more fun.' Lucy de Kooning Villeneuve Photo: Alessandra Schade I haven't seen Lucy in over a decade; her white-blond hair, once long and tangled from daily ocean swims, is now straight and cropped at the chin. Her raspy laugh is endearingly familiar, as is the buzz of guests drifting through the open kitchen. It's a cloudless day in May, and she's set up a makeshift studio on the patio: two easels and a low wooden table with bubbling paint tubes and brushes. Lucy is part of a long line of de Koonings who have made art in or around this backyard. Her grandfather Willem de Kooning bought the land in 1963, building a house and studio on a few wild acres off Springs Fireplace Road. On the opposite end of the oak-dotted lawn, his two-story studio still stands, filled with paintings cloaked in plastic wrap. His wife and artistic counterpart, Elaine de Kooning, kept a studio across the narrow harbor in the North West Woods; and Lucy's mother, Lisa de Kooning, sculpted bronze-cast animals—elephants, cows, rams—many of which still keep watch over the house. And then, in high school, it was us—a scruffier coalition of local teen artists who worked across various mediums at the de Kooning residence: sculpture (constructing launch ramps for our skateboards), interior design (holding Lucy upside down to stamp painted footprints on the ceiling), and performance art (how many times could one listen to Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe'?). Growing up, the de Kooning home became an unofficial meeting ground for creative tomfoolery: Lisa de Kooning was a firm believer in play. 'With my mom, there was always paint, art, animals, and fun,' she says. Lisa adopted all kinds of animals for the property: Sara and Joe, the mini ponies; pigs (Peter, Wilbur, Daisy, and Dude); a Clydesdale named Bubba; and Lulu, a white cockatoo. She also helped turn Lucy's bedroom into what we all called 'the neon room,' a UV-lit sanctuary where friends had free reign to paint on the walls, so long as they didn't tag their names, which was deemed 'boring' by the de Kooning clan.
Wall Street Journal
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
Guys, Give Navy a Rest. A Skeptic's Guide to Wearing Color (and White Jeans) in 2025
When it comes to donning color, men tend to be boring, rarely venturing beyond gray, navy or maybe (gasp!) a lilac button-up. But lately, that timidity seems to be ebbing. On the recent fall menswear runways, royal purple and 'Brat'-lime green made a splash—and store owners report that style-conscious shoppers are more regularly branching out into subtle shades like olive green and ochre. 'We've definitely seen a shift toward more guys buying color,' said Justin Felizzari, owner of New York menswear store Cueva, which sells pieces such as terracotta-hued tailoring by Studio Nicholson. At Canoe Club in Boulder, Colo., the shop's co-founder Timothy Grindle says Japanese brand Auralee's punchy red designs are in high demand. 'Most men aren't looking for a bright head-to-toe look,' said Felizzari. 'They just want one piece that adds something special to their closet.'
Daily Mail
21-05-2025
- Lifestyle
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE The different colors men and women MUST wear for first date success... plus a huge red flag no one ever dares talk about: by expert matchmaker
Trust me - there's one color above all you should wear on your first dates. I've been teaching this tried-and-true theory since 2012.
Harpers Bazaar Arabia
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Harpers Bazaar Arabia
The Most Colourful Beauty Products To Bring Joy To Your Make-Up Bag
Put tints to the test this summer with powerful pigments, intense tinctures and colour-codes that a pack a serious punch
