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Robin Eggs Palette

Last Saturday, my family and I spent the whole day cleaning up the yard. And by family I mean hubby and me, and occasionally the kids would pull a weed or two. They have short attention spans, and frankly I just wanted to get the job done, not spend time making it a “teaching moment.”

So now the allergies are properly fired up, the yard is starting to turn vaguely green again, and it’s beginning to feel more like spring, although we opened the day here in New Mexico with snow flurries.

In the spirit of spring, I wanted to do a lighter palette today, and found this beautiful picture of robin’s eggs. (If you look at these and determine they are in fact some other kind of bird’s eggs, please don’t tell me. It will ruin my impression of them.)

I wish I could tell you we found these in our backyard while cleaning up, but it’s probably better for the baby robins-to-be that they were found by some kind and conscientious photographer and not my curious daughters.

 Robin eggs palette with Blues and Browns

The Valspar colors are as follows from top to bottom:

  • Warm Buff
  • Crystalline
  • Encounter
  • Buffalo Prairie

This palette would be fun in a bathroom or even better, a sunny front porch, with fun pillows on the outdoor furniture. So welcome, Spring! And good luck, baby robins, wherever you are…

Photo credit: Michiel Thomas / Foter / Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

simplysherryl

Saturday 12th of April 2014

I would love my office in these colors. Warm and inviting..what a beautiful combination.

Meredith

Sunday 13th of April 2014

Thanks Sherryl, that's a great idea! It would be a happy worskpace.

andleeb

Saturday 12th of April 2014

This is very nice to look nature and find your own combinations. I have never tried these colors before but next time I will use your color palette. It looks very nice. It is nice that color is refreshing, soothing and light. Thank you for a nice Idea.

Meredith

Sunday 13th of April 2014

Thanks Andleeb. Nature is full of beautiful color combinations, especially this time of year!

theJenWeaver

Friday 11th of April 2014

Beautiful! Love that color palette! Now to find a place to apply it in my home. :)

Meredith

Sunday 13th of April 2014

Thanks Jen! :)

niekkamcdonald

Thursday 10th of April 2014

I was going to say this is a great color palette for the bathroom. So pretty and perfect for Spring.

Meredith

Sunday 13th of April 2014

Thanks Niekka - I'm so ready for Spring!

Paul Graham

Thursday 10th of April 2014

Great Palette Meredith. Not one of my personal favorites but that's why there is chocolate and vanilla and it is beautifully balanced and very flexible. Of all the natural tags that are applied to various colours I find this one of the most evocative because of the freshness and delicacy

Meredith

Sunday 13th of April 2014

Thanks Paul. That's what I love about color - something for everyone!

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