Name that Colourway
Here are all the incarnations of cosy, fierce and dirty in the orange realm that Steph and I played with on our “my perfect orange” dye play day. These are the ones that I know I want to keep. Also the ones I know that I can repeat. Because finally after years and years of doing this I’ve finally learned my lesson and religiously take notes whenever I walk into that barn and pick up dye.
You’ll notice that there are a few yellows here also. What? I ask you what is yellow if not a very pale orange? Mostly they’re here because I am colour curious and wanted to see what would happen if we added a pinch more of this yellow and maybe a dab of the other one. I could envision this cosy little orange of ours was going to also yield us some pretty fierce yellows. Personally I think these two yellows are pretty hot stuff.
Anyway, here are our final six. Truly it is six, as you can see if you really look. I had a bit of a post-it debaucle and didn’t notice until my photo session was complete and the rain had started. The #5 post-it was really clingy to it’s friend #4 and well you see what happened. This is an error we are going to choose to embrace.
These lovelies need names.
Please put your names ideas in the comments. I’ll choose what tickles my fancy and if your colourway name is one of the lucky winners we’ll send you the original skein that Steph and I dyed.
For clarity let’s call that last post it with no number, Mr. Blank.
So we have colourway 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and Mr.Blank who need their tonal essence captured in a word or very short phrase. You know how this rolls.
You have until Tuesday the 14th.
ps. Please put the number of the skein you’re choosing the name for next to your suggestion.
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1. “Merrygold”
3 “Divali Marigold” (Divali is a big Hindu festival with lots of marigolds.)
6 “Salmon Dave”
Mr. Blank “She’s a Brick. . .House”
How about ‘ Noon to Sunset’ Pinks to Orange to yellow could be ‘Sunrise to Noon’
1. Lemon Meringue
2. Goldenrod
3. Carrot
4. Butternut Squash
6. Coral Reef
Mr Blank. Embers
1: Lemon Drop
2: Shortbread
3: Orange Dream Pie
4: Snickerdoodle
6: Apricot Cobbler
Mr. Blank: Cinnamon Twist
(Single-track mind? Can’t imagine why you’d think that…)
1. Narcissist (as in the latin name for daffodils. Which I guess is narcissus, which is ok too)
2. Yellabellied
3. Orange you glad I didn’t dye banana?
4. Citric
6. “Anemone” is hard to say
Blank- Boudoir
1. Lemon sky
2. Lemonysnicket
3. Orangesickle
4. Vanilla orange swirl
6. Terracotta Warrior
Mr. Blank: Burning Briquette
1. She loves me, she loves me not
2. Squash blossom
3. Marmalade
4. Fall foliage
6. Peach schnapps
blank. Campfire embers
1) Squee
2) Grin
3) Yowsa
4) Hrmphhh
6) Yikes
Mr. B) Bruised Battered and Torn
1. Crayon Sunshine
2. Limoncello
3. Tangello
4. Pastel Autumn
Mr. Blank – Amaretto Flame
1. Jaune safran
2. Fading Sunshine
3. Rhyme-less
4. Mango
5. Roasting Carrots
Mr. Blank: Rusty Cosmos
1 – Lemon Zest
Mr. Blank – Jessica Rabbit
1. Daffodils
2. Summer squash
3. Pumpkin
4. Irish Eyes Rose
6. Lobster salad
Mr Blank. Smell of fallen leaves
1 Tonka Truck
2 Postit Yellow
3 Tang
4 Strawberry Blond
6 Orange Cosmo
Mr Blank: Blood Orange Marmelade
Mr. Blank: jumped right out at me and insisted on “Orangatango”
the others are strangely silent.
1. Meyer Lemon Pie
2. Dandelion Wine
3. What’s that Squash?
4. Chanterelle Dreamin’
6. Mallory Square Sunset
Mr. Blank: Redwall Limestone
1: I’m walkin’ on sunshine
2: they call me mellow yellow
3: orange popsicle
4: Orange you glad I didn’t say banana
6: tomato cream sauce
Mr. Blank: brick house
1) Narcissus (Yes, I know… already mentioned but I love it!)
2) First Green (From Robert Frost
1. Sunny Sally
2. Balm
3. Flame
4. Peach Melon
6. Sleepyhead Red
Mr Blank: Mine. or BBQ or Bar-B-Que
1. Finch
2. Buttercream
3. Mimosa
4. Batik
6. Pamplemousse
Mr. Blank. Conflagration
1.Summer Sunshine
2.Tarnished Gold
3.Saffron Chiffon
4.Burmuda Sunset
6. October in Vermont
Mr. Blank: Cherry Caramel
3. Peachy Keen
4. Mango Tango
6. Cardamom Yum
1. Vitamin D is a Fat Soluble Vitamin
2. Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Let Down Your Hair
3. You’re Such a Cutie
4. Orange You Glad I Didn’t Say Banana [HA! Just saw Alex’s suggestion for #3. Great minds… ]
6. Autumn Oughta’ Wear It
Mr. Blank. Rusty Pickup Truck
Overall Theme Name: Andalucia
I was there on a college tour when the Expo was on in 1992 and those colours just bring me straight back to the sights, sounds, smells and flavours of that trip
Individual Colour Names:
1. Fino (the dry sherry, nothing more refreshing under a hot Spanish Sun!)
2. Torre del Oro (Tower of Gold, a land mark in Seville)
3. Seville (that’s the exact colour of the oranges on the orange tree-lined streets)
4. La Mezquita (in Cordoba: two-tone moorish arches)
6. Alhambra (in Granada: a place of refuge to replenish the soul – as this colour does)
Mr Blank. Jerez or Oloroso Sherry (hmm, yes, it was college… there was a lot of sherry!)
Thanks for the trip down memory lane for me at least! Best of luck naming your yarns.
1. Lemon Sherbet
2. Leprechaun’s Gold
3. Marmalade
4. Orange you a dream
6. Port Ludlow Sunrise
Mr. Blank Burning Desire
1 Meyer Lemon
2 Creamed Corn or Corn Chowder
3 Carrot soup
4 Citrus squeeze
6 Mango strawberry
Blank: Russian Borsht or Tiger Lily
Hmm. Looks like I’m hungry!
1. That Canary Can Sing
or
1. Big Bird’s Feathers
2. Soft & Buttery Yellow
3. Perfect Tree Leaf Orange
4. Grapefruity Pink and Yellow
5. Arizona Mesa
6. Late November Leaves
1.) Sunshine, Daisies, Butter Mellow
2.) Midas Touch
3.) Orange you glad I didn’t say banana?
4.) Om
6.) Peachy Perfect
Mr. Blank) Snow White’s Demise
1. Pika-who?
2. She’s just mad about me (as in “Mellow Yellow”)
3. Sleepy Hollow
4. Let’s twist again
6. Like clockwork
Blank – Sailor’s delight
1: Blinded
2: Yummystucky
3: Schubert
4: Tosies
6: Sushi
Blank: Hunka Hunka
Those are some beautiful colours! Here are my suggestions:
1 – Lemony
2 – Sunglow
3 – Tiger Lily
4 – Chinese Lantern
6 – Bittersweet
Mr. Blank – Rusted
Yellow is my favorite color, and as soon as I saw #1, I started hearing the song “It’s gonna be a bright, bright, sunshiney day.” So no matter what you call color #1, I’m going to call it Bright Sunshiney Day.
Mr. Blank–fire-engine orange
3–chanterelle
1. Just Ducky
2. Smooth as Buttah
3. Tangerine Twist
6. Tigerlily
Mr. Blank – Rust In Peace
1. Phoenix (That’s the very golden color I imagine these golden birds to be.)
2. Rudbeckia Sunshine
3. Habaneroism
4. Calendulas, My Dear (http://www.vicpastel.com.au/prodimages/paintings/calendulas2(l).jpg)
6. Copper-bottom Pot (Homey and warm, and bright and comforting, that one.)
Mr. Blank: Gumbo Aftermath
(The color I think my mouth must feel like when I eat it….yummmm)
I seriously <3 ALL of those. They would make a fantastic colorwork piece . . . whether a Bauhaus-inspired pullover, or a more bold gradation in larger blocks of color. Those are just gorgeous, and perfect for fall . . .
1: Sunshine
2: Fall Ginkgo
3: Pumpkin
4: Day Lily
6: Autumn
Mr Blank: Toasty Caramel
1) Walking on sunhine
2) Peach fuzz
3) Pumpkin guts
4) Tequila Sunrise
6) Sam’n’Ella
Mr Blank) Embers
I can only think of three:
Mr B – Shepherd’s Delight
2 – What’s up buttercup?
4 – Rubharb & Custard
1- Pucker Up
2 – Glow
3- Safety First
4-Squeeze
6 – Campfire
blank – Roasted Pumpkin (I like to also call it mine)
1. Charleston Chew
2. Jamaica Jive
3. Corkers
4. Summit
6. Clark
Mr. Blank Twin Bing
All vintage candy wrappers. Mmmm…
3 – Tigers and Tangerines
Mr. Blank – Scab
2. Buttered Corn
6. Blood Orange Mimosa
1. Tiger Swallowtail
2. Golden Raspberry
3. Candied Kumquat
4. Papaya Parfait
6. Tattered Upholstery
Mr. Blank: Wild Pomegranate
1. Limencello/Lemoncello
2. Goldenrod
3. Heirloom (as in “Heirloom Tomato”)
4. Snapdragon(s)
6. Apricot Melba
7. Vermilion Velvet
1. Sticks full of happiness
2. Cake Batter
3. Oren
4. Mixed peel
6. Summer Sunset
Mr. Blank – I must not tell lies
I feel the need to explain Mr. Blank – it’s a Harry Potter reference. In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry is made to write lines (specifically, the phrase ‘I must not tell lies’) with a blood quill that carves the words into the back of his hand and magically uses his blood as ink. The colorway reminds me of a letter written in blood. Hence, Harry’s lines.
Fun! FYI – coming to you via the Harlot on twitter…
1. Lemon Lollie
2. Cr
I’m not usually a huge fan of orange, but some of these guys really caught my eye…
1 – Tweety
2 – Banana Cream Pie
3 – Hello, Gorgeous!
4 (or 6, depending on the day) – Prairie Sunset
Mr Blank – Cherry Chocolate Bombshell
1. Solar Daffodil
2. 30 Minutes After Sunrise
3. Molten Dreamsicle
4. 30 Minutes to Sunset
6. Sunburnt Redhead
Mr. Blank: Georgia Red Dirt
1. Lemon Drops Keep Fallin’ On My Head
2.
3. orange ya’ hungry?
4. peaches roasted in the sun
6. worn out hydrangea
blank. eye of the storm
1- Walkin’ on Sunshine
2-Merry Gold
3-Pumpkin ‘Ween
4-Peachy Keen Jelly Bean
6-Fallin’ for You
Mr Blank-Candy Apple
Awesome colors!
1. Saffron
2. Ginger
3. Tumeric
4. Cumin
5. Paprika
6. Chipotle
I got on a spice kick!! Great colors.
1. sunny side up
2. scrambled
3. mango chutney
4. mango pineapple chutney
6. strawberry mango chutney
blank. torrid
1 – Curry
2 – Turmeric
3 – Gac
4 – Marigold
6 – Flamingo
Mr. Blank – Paprika
1. Lemon Meringue
2. Golden rod
3. Glazed carrots
4. Perfect sunset
6. Rustic
Mr. Blank. Forest Floor
1- Lemon Meringue
2- Marry Me?
3- Schveeeet Potato Pie
4- Fireside
6- Cozy Mug of Tea
Mr. Blank- Hot Cocoa and Chili Powder
1: Grian
2: Baobab
3: Mango Smoothie
4: Orange Sherbert
6: Desert Sunset
Mr. Blank: Autum Leaves
1. Happy Heart
2. Squashblossom
3. Little Punkin’
4. Nasturtium
6. Copper Rose
Mr. Blank. Fireside Chat
1) Sherbert Lemon
2) Butterscotch Toffee
3) Mandarin
4) Bells of St. Clements
6) Strawberry Blonde
Mr. Blank Peach Bloom Red
1. Italian Limoncello
2. Yukon Gold Rush
3. Peachy Keen Pie
4. Spanish Fiesta Paella
5. Mango Tango Sorbet
6. Summer’s Strawberry Wine
Blank: Raspberry Trifle
1. Sunny Side Up
2. Sunshine on my shoulders
3. Tangerini
4. Pumpkin Squash
6. Blood Orange
Mr. Blank. Bloodthirsty
#1- Sunny Side Up
#2- Road to Golden
#3- Orange You Glad to See Me?
Mr.Blank-Rusted Root
7. Hunka hunka burnin’ love!
I blew up the pic and stared at it for awhile, until these came to mind.
1. Yellow Submarine
2. School Bus
3. Bunny Broth (since Carrot Soup’s already been said)
4. Mandarin Lemon
6. Pumpkin Pie
Mr. Blank: Cherry Cola
1. Sunshine came softly
3. Orange you glad I didn’t say banana?
Mr. Blank: Redeye gravy
Oooh fun! I’ve always wanted to name colors. How about
1) Yellow Submarine
2) Ella’s Yellow Basket (a tisket and all that)
3) Harvest Moon Festival
4) Bittersweet
6) Sockeye (get it, sock-eye
mb) Visceral
Thanks!
1. You light up my life
2. Afterglow
3. Orange you beautiful?
4. Come on baby light my fire
6. Nectar of the gods
Monsieur Blank. Red sky at night sailor’s delight or “sailor’s delight”
BTW, Beautiful colors!
1. PEEPS (yellow)
2. Goldenrod Unleaving
3. Marmalade Skies
4. Tropical Fruit Salad
6. Sunrise, Sunset
Mr. Blank. Into the (South)West
1) Capri
2)Meyer Lemon
3)Aranciata
4)Orange Swirl
6) Aranciata
Blank) Morcea
1. Good Morning Sunshine
2. Mr. Fantastic
3. Happy-go-orangey
4. Gold with a Twist
6. Be Still My Love
Mr. Blank. Autumn Comes Once a Year
1. Sunshine, lollypops and rainbows………….
2. Sour Fruit
3. Sweet Potato
4. Turnups and Parsnips
6. Bisque
Mr. Blank. Harvest
Brillant colors!
1) Rapunzel in the Field
2) Reinheitsgebot (sometimes called the “German Beer Purity Law” or the “Bavarian Purity Law” in English, is a regulation concerning the production of beer in Germany.)
3) Creamsicle Traffic (This color is so beautiful I really had a had time thinking up a name.)
4) Orange you glad I wasn’t called Banana
6) Sakkonet
Mr. Blank) Dracula’s Paprika (This one I want to knit with the most. Gorgeous!)
Thanks for the opportunity to name a colorway. What fun!
1: I Love Buttercups
2: Hair as Yellow as Corn, A Slipper as Pure as Gold
3: Darlin’ Clementine
4: Strawberry Blonde
6: Both Sides Now
Mr. Blank: Wishniak <or> Bing Cherry
I am also reminded of a scene in the classic movie “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House” in which Myrna Loy chooses paint colors for her new home:
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Muriel Blandings: I want it to be a soft green, not as blue-green as a robin’s egg, but not as yellow-green as daffodil buds. Now, the only sample I could get is a little too yellow, but don’t let whoever does it go to the other extreme and get it too blue. It should just be a sort of grayish-yellow-green. Now, the dining room. I’d like yellow. Not just yellow; a very gay yellow. Something bright and sunshine-y. I tell you, Mr. PeDelford, if you’ll send one of your men to the grocer for a pound of their best butter, and match that exactly, you can’t go wrong! Now, this is the paper we’re going to use in the hall. It’s flowered, but I don’t want the ceiling to match any of the colors of the flowers. There’s some little dots in the background, and it’s these dots I want you to match. Not the little greenish dot near the hollyhock leaf, but the little bluish dot between the rosebud and the delphinium blossom. Is that clear? Now the kitchen is to be white. Not a cold, antiseptic hospital white. A little warmer, but still, not to suggest any other color but white. Now for the powder room – in here – I want you to match this thread, and don’t lose it. It’s the only spool I have and I had an awful time finding it! As you can see, it’s practically an apple red. Somewhere between a healthy winesap and an unripened Jonathan. Oh, excuse me…
Mr. PeDelford: You got that Charlie?
Charlie (Painter): Red, green, blue, yellow, white.
Mr. PeDelford: Check.
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But obviously that’s too long for the yarn labels.
1 Here Comes The Sun
2 Sweet Canary
3 Orange you Glad your Not Banana
4 Sunset Twist
6 Make My Day
Mr. Blank Sangria
1. Yellow Submarine
2. Banana Smoothie
3. Fresh Squeezed Morning
4. Dawn of a New Day
6. Just a Touch of Naughty
Mr Blank: The Seduction of Mr Blank.
1 Lemoncello
2 Sunflower Field
3 Blame
4 Peach Sangria
6 Anise
Mr Blank Tawny Port
1. Yellow Brick Road
2. Sunflower Fields Forever
3. Pumpkin Spice
4. Sunset Twist
6. Sailor Take Warning
Mr. Blank – Autumn Leaves
After posting, I looked at what others suggested (I didn’t want to be influenced so I didn’t look before) and noticed that a couple of my suggestions are the same as others for the same yarn! I swear, I didn’t copy! LOL. It must be the intuitive name for that color!
Beautiful yarns, by the way.
1)Daffy Down Dilly
2) Jonquillity
3) Desert Sunset
4) Citrus Serenade
6) Indian Paintbrush
Blank) Embers in the Night
Love them all, but Embers is the one I lust for.
2. Lemon Curd
Mr. Blank: Autumn Campfire
I love 3,4,6 and Mr Blank. I like 1 and 2. No good with thinking up names. Please bring some 3,4,6, and Mr. Blank to OFF
#4 – Citrus Sangria
Now, of course, I want some (citrus sangria, and yarn).
Love these!
1) Solymar
2) Mello-Yellow
3) Cornucopia
4) Breaking Dawn
6) Rise and Chai
Blank) Sweet Potato Pie
1- Race car yellow
2 – Late Summer Leaves
3 – Citrus Punch
4 – Fandango
5 – Coral Crush
6–Candied Yams
Hmmm maybe # 1 should be Mirasol hahahahaha… Spanish for Sunflower!
#4 is Candy Corn! But that’s all I’ve got.
Lovely, whatever you decide!
1-Roaring ‘50s
2-Sunsets and Moondust
3-Tickle Me Orange
4-Fruity Partnership
5-Oh Peachy
Blank-Ginger Snaps
1. Happiness
2. Harvest Moon
3. Caution
4. Orange Juice
6. Wet Paint
Blank – Woman
#3 Frost on the Pumpkin
#3 Tangerine Dream
1. Safflower
2. Vanilla Sun
3. Zesty
4. Danger Pay
6. Papaya Dance
Mr. Blank – Bleating Heart (like, when a sheep bleats… har har)
1 – Dandy Lion
2 – Mares Eat Oats
3 – Orange Crush Float
4 – Bait-A Carrot-teen
6 – Sizzling Bacon – I’m just so sorry to all the vegetarians out there.
Mr. Blank – Ogre’s Ochre
Clearly I didn’t get enough sleep last night.
1) ‘Day Glo’
2) ‘Cowardy Custard’
3) ‘Suspiciously Chemical Orange’
4) ‘Impeached’
6) ‘Salmon King’
Mr. Blank) ‘Blankity Blank’
No overall theme, but a few of the colours reminded me of things that have happened…like the chemical orange…at University there was an Indian food stall that sold ButterChicken that had that very shade of orange lol
Mr. Blank–Burning Bush.
(I really don’t care what you name him, I can hardly wait for the opportunity to buy and knit with him.)
1. Saffron Sensation
2. Congrats, You’re Pregnant!
3. Drenched in Dreamsicle
4. Citrus Salad
6. Spessartine
Mr. Blank – Bronze Age
1. Diamond Sunbursts
2. Moonstruck Madness
3. Plum puffs
4. Soaring through a Sunset
6. Raspberry Cordial
Mr. Blank. Picking Apples
1. Sunny Sun
2. Dirty Honey
3. Tangerine
4. Orange Lemonade
6. Tickles My Fancy
Blank Down n Dirty
1. Chick Lit
2. Scarecrow Junior or Baby Scarecrow
3. Tangerine Dream
4. Friendly Merger
6. Flirt
Mr. Blank: Rusty Buffalo
I really love ALL of these!
1. Mmm, Cornbread
2. Rainy Day Antidote
3. I’m So Excited!
4. Mango & Papaya, Sittin’ in a Tree
6. Rhubarbara Jean
Mr. Blank. I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1) Forsythia
2) Butter ‘n Eggs
3) Orange Marmalade
4) Orange Tiger Cat
6) Orange hair is called red?
Blank) Fire on the Mountain
1. Happyellow
2. Lemon Zing
3. Sunset boulevard
4. St Clements
6. Taracco
Blank. Ruby blood
First of all, They’re all beautiful!
1. Slicker
2. Scrambled, Not Fried
3. A Lusty Thirst
4. With a Twist
6. Squinting at the Sun
Mr. Blank: Darkly Dreaming (Yeah, I really love Dexter)
Take Care!