Water's Color II

Blue is a one of a kind color. However, there is a whole rainbow of other colors out there. Technically speaking, there is an infinite number of colors. Light is a spectrum, and only a small part of this spectrum (wavelengths between 390 - 750 nanometers) can be seen with the eye. Having bought a pack of food coloring containing blue, but also green, red and yellow colors, I just could not resist myself from expanding my water's color project.

Let me first give another shout out to my girl The Container Store. I was able to get these amazing (at least in the eyes of a pack rat -- thanks Dad) acrylic boxes in varying shapes and sizes. While I was at it, I figured I would make two rainbows. So I bought two different petite boxes, 7 of each. As for the colors, I had 4 already taken care of, as denoted by the capitols: RoYGBiv. This left me needing to concoct orange, indigo and violet. Orange was pretty straight forward. Indigo and violet were a little harder, particularly in deducing the ambiguity between the two. I discovered that indigo is purple with a tinge of blue, while violet is purple with a tinge of red. As far as I was concerned, a  'tinge' meant a fraction of a drop of food coloring.

Without further ado (more like I-do, or Idid), Rainbow I:

Rainbow II:

And the whole family of water's color:

I hope you found this project enjoyable, educational and inspirational.


Until next time, all the best,
-PabLowe

Water's Color

My years of youth taught me a lot about life; at the same time, my years of juvenile joviality filled me up with many useless facts. One such fact: a singular drop of blue food coloring in 250ml of a transparent liquid (i.e.: water) will exactly match the color of Listerine. 

In what manner did I stumble across this discovery? Simply to save my mother any more rolling of her eyes, I plead the fifth. Anyhow, my discovery sparked a creative inspiration that has been swishing for the past 6 years.

Pure water's color is a pale blue. Small amounts of water appear transparent. The larger the body of water, the easier it is to see water's true blue color. Depending on the atmospheric conditions and other factors, water's color can vary from a dull blue to a vibrant blue. Lately, I have been attracted to the color blue and its hues. This is one of the driving forces behind me finally undertaking this project, not to mention the fact that I love water. Quite frankly (and again, spare my mother the details), I'm addicted to the stuff!

The first step was to find the right container to house my water works. I was picky with this because I have been sitting on an ingrained envisage for years. I needed to fulfill my vision. For the first time ever, Michael's hobby shop failed me. I always checked the glassware isle during my frequent visits, and not once did I find what I was looking for. Just as I was getting desperate, The Container Store stepped in to save the day. Blue food coloring was easy to find. Water - even easier.

Now, finally fully equipped, it took me about an hour to complete my project. During the process I got side tracked at the beauty of a singular drop of food coloring in still water.

I also discovered that the water's temperature changes the way the coloring disperses itself. For those of you more savvy than I with cameras and editing, feast yourself (and share with me your results :-).

Finally, my finished project.

I hope you enjoyed. Part II is in the works...