It happened again this morning. A new daylily bloomed with an unusual color.
Its name is South Seas, but that color…
Time to pull out the cheat sheets.
I used to use my colored pencil collection, but this got rather cumbersome…
carrying around a box of pencils…holding each up to the flower…
Now, I whip out my color charts from the internet.
I happen to know that by the time it gets through my printer and the photos and the internet,
there is bound to be some change in tint, tone and hue.
I know someone is going to tell me there is a APP for that. There is an APP for everything.
I can only use “lipstick” so many times (twice) before it gets redundant.
So now you know. The FLOWER is a cheater. (Blushing scarlet.)
I’d like to think of myself as a color-reader over-achiever.
FLOW
P.S. South Seas looks candy with hints of blush and a honey throat. (i.e It’s red and yellow. )
floweralley 
You are doing much better than me. I am always buying a plant that I think is one color until I get it home and realize it doesn’t match at all.
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We have been looking for a red rhododendron. I found on with a colored tag that looked right. I was afraid to trust it. I need to see actual blooms.
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Those colour charts look really useful! Where can I download one?
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This came from digitalsynopsis.com/design/color-thesaurus
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Oh, I never knew there were so many names for color nuances. But I know the Innuit have some 58 words for different varieties of snow. That’s what poetry is about – nuances.
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I’ve resorted to matching colors too. Usually I take a photo and compare to charts online, but it’s not always easy to lock in to just the right name.
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Interesting. I’ve never thought of using a color chart. Ah, the things one learns by reading gardening blogs!
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South Seas sounds like it should be turquoise to me… 🙂
But whatever colour it is, it’s gorgeous!
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What a great idea!
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Thanks
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