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	<title>Color Conversations with Cristina</title>
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	<description>Color does more than convey a mood or set off a room. Color is a language that continually evolves with the cultures that contribute the shades and tones of meaning each of us sees. Artist and Color Consultant, Cristina Acosta, shares her insights and expertise about the colors in your life - your home - your business.</description>
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		<title>Creating with Colors from the Landscape</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I've been thinking a lot about color and culture, and have been exploring that theme in my fine art for many years. The landscape around us effects how we perceive color. This week I painted this silk scarf directly from the inspiration of some recent travels.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cristinaacosta.com/blog/2010/03/creating-with-colors-from-the-landscape/</link>
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		<title>Modern Metallics Meld Traditional Surfaces with Contemporary Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mixing metallics into your home design can give a small space a stylish vibe. Put the metallic accents on existing cabinetry and your small space can remain clear and uncluttered - both practically and visually. And when those metallics come in a coppery pink tone, the result is gorgeous! Metallic finishes can play up modern architecture like this master bath at the same time they link traditional materials like marble with the contemporary shapes of the home design.
The perfect wall paint color brings together the variety of surfaces with a unified color. With that in mind, choosing the color that works with every color in the bathroom is very important. Helping my clients choose the best color for the room meant first determining a few basic concepts.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cristinaacosta.com/blog/2010/03/modern-metallics-meld-traditional-surfaces-with-contemporary-design/</link>
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		<title>Cooking Up a Color Story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With color on my mind, this past weekend I cooked up a dinner party and menu with a color theme - the red, white and green of the Mexican flag. Inspired by the cookbook, Frida's Fiesta's - Recipes and Reminiscences of Life with Frida Kahlo by Marie-Pierre Colle and Guadalupe Rivera, I've been experimenting with the recipes and themes in the book. A very beautiful cookbook, the photos and stories are inspiring. The recipes. . . well, they remind me of my abuelita's (grandmother's) recipes, something very important is missing from most of them. The missing item is usually an ingredient, amount or technique that ranges between  crucial to the success of the recipe to a minor taste problem. Maybe the recipe editor had more to do with this than Frida did, but nonetheless, reading her cookbook reminds me of my abuelita's passionate artistic temperament (she was a concert pianist and gifted chef). The recipes that my abuelita  gave me were always more of a suggestion than a solution.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cristinaacosta.com/blog/2010/02/cooking-up-a-color-story/</link>
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		<title>See Clearly When the Clutter is Gone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If winter weather is keeping you  home more than usual, you may find yourself looking around your house and mentally remodeling or repainting. Before you do anything drastic (and expensive), began with clearing the clutter in closets, cupboards and storage spaces.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cristinaacosta.com/blog/2010/01/see-clearly-when-the-clutter-is-gone/</link>
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		<title>When the Color Yellow isn&#8217;t Sunny</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the unexpected changes that can happen to the aging eye includes the color yellow. For some people the lens of the eye becomes increasingly dense and more yellow with age. With that change, contrast sensitivity declines and dark colors can be difficult to distinguish from each other.
The yellowing effect may not be affecting you personally, but if you are a retailer or manufacturer selling products, how your products are being perceived by the older customer with this condition affects your sales.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cristinaacosta.com/blog/2010/01/when-the-color-yellow-isnt-sunny/</link>
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		<title>Matching Pantone Colors to House Paint Colors &#8211; Is a Color Match as Good as Buying the Real Thing?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When color consulting clients look at paint color samples the most common question I get from them (after they choose their colors) is this: Do I have to buy "this" brand of paint to get the color I want, or can I buy something cheaper? The answer isn't simple. There are at least 3 parts to how a latex house paint color looks: Base tint, pigment and sheen. House paint isn't just white paint with colors added. Depending upon the color, the paint store selling the brand uses a particular (there can be several choices) tinted base color to which  they then add measured amounts of their color pigments.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cristinaacosta.com/blog/2009/12/house-paint-color-match/</link>
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		<title>Feeling a Color or Tasting a Sound isn&#8217;t Crazy, it&#8217;s Synesthesia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you every noticed that a color can feel heavy (even if it's a light color)? Or tight, or smooth, or have a flavor? If the colors you see register as tastes, sounds or physical sensations, then you might have synesthesia. When I walk through a client's home, the colors, shapes and textures speak to me kinesthetically  as well as visually. And sometimes I get the sensation of a taste or sound, depending upon how the colors in the room interact. I never gave much thought to this ability until I read Ramachandran and Hubbard's work. Then a way of experiencing the world that I had considered a personal idiosyncrasy  was suddenly something with a name that I now know is experienced by others. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cristinaacosta.com/blog/2009/11/feeling-a-color-or-tasting-a-sound-isnt-crazy-its-synesthesia/</link>
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		<title>Choosing Room Colors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Creating a paint color scheme blending good color design with the architecture of your home is like putting together a 3-D puzzle. One part of that puzzle changes and everything changes. And change can be complicated. If you've ever felt overwhelmed by color, you're not alone. Putting together entire interior design color schemes can be a lot to think about. But, mixing colors around your home gets a little simpler if you think about those color combinations as a master color plan.
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		<link>http://www.cristinaacosta.com/blog/2009/11/choosing-room-colors/</link>
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		<title>The Colors of Dia de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brilliant colors and stark value contrasts between dark and light with the addition of warm earthen tones make up the complex palette of colors associated the Mexican Celebration of Dia de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead). Not only are these colors seen among the flowers and decorations that make up the various ofrendas  (altars), foods and decor that are part of the celebration, the colors metaphorically and symbolically mirror the mystical underpinnings of the Dia de los Muertos celebration.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cristinaacosta.com/blog/2009/10/the-colors-of-dia-de-los-muertos-the-day-of-the-dead/</link>
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		<title>Nature&#8217;s Lovers are Colors &#8211; Purple and Green Together</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Landscape artists often refer to the color combination of violet/purple and green as "Nature's Lovers". Not only do purple and green look good together on an artist's canvas, they can look amazing together in your home. From soft gray violet to deep amethyst purples, painting your walls your favorite shade of purple will go with more colors than you might think. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cristinaacosta.com/blog/2009/10/natures-lovers-are-colors-purple-and-green-together/</link>
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