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May 16, 2014 7:24 AM Subscribe
For everyone out there who is calmed by organization and minimalist things, I present to you: Tiny PMS Match.
Delightful.
posted by Faintdreams at 7:30 AM on May 16, 2014
posted by Faintdreams at 7:30 AM on May 16, 2014
So am I the only person who expected something premenstrual there? No?
posted by jeather at 7:34 AM on May 16, 2014 [15 favorites]
posted by jeather at 7:34 AM on May 16, 2014 [15 favorites]
I love this idea, and thanks so much for posting it.
I'm pretty colorblind, so with that in mind... do these really match? Perhaps it's just my eyes/brain playing tricks on me, but this one seems a lot lighter than the background color behind it and this seems a lot darker than the background. Am I wrong?
posted by zarq at 7:41 AM on May 16, 2014
I'm pretty colorblind, so with that in mind... do these really match? Perhaps it's just my eyes/brain playing tricks on me, but this one seems a lot lighter than the background color behind it and this seems a lot darker than the background. Am I wrong?
posted by zarq at 7:41 AM on May 16, 2014
I hear Marcel the Shell's voice reading all of these.
posted by gladly at 7:46 AM on May 16, 2014 [5 favorites]
posted by gladly at 7:46 AM on May 16, 2014 [5 favorites]
I think it's interesting to see the difference between things that are manufactured, and thus stand a good chance of actually having a direct Pantone match, and things that are found in nature, and which at best you can sort of match parts of them because they're not precisely one solid color.
It's also interesting how much variation light and shadow adds even to things that are relatively monotone.
Overall, I can say I was interested in this!
posted by jacquilynne at 7:47 AM on May 16, 2014 [2 favorites]
It's also interesting how much variation light and shadow adds even to things that are relatively monotone.
Overall, I can say I was interested in this!
posted by jacquilynne at 7:47 AM on May 16, 2014 [2 favorites]
There is something very soothing about these. So tiny. So neat. I like!
posted by chatongriffes at 7:48 AM on May 16, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by chatongriffes at 7:48 AM on May 16, 2014 [1 favorite]
I'm pretty colorblind, so with that in mind... do these really match? Perhaps it's just my eyes/brain playing tricks on me, but this one seems a lot lighter than the background color behind it and this seems a lot darker than the background. Am I wrong?
You're not wrong, Walter... (Just kidding!)
Like jacquilynne said, the natural objects display an array of colors that dance around the pantone color. Some small portions might match closely, or if you kind of average the color out in your head it seems to work.
Every one I've seen so far clicks and works immediately for me; I "see" the match even though clearly large parts of some of the objects aren't a direct fit.
posted by jsturgill at 8:09 AM on May 16, 2014
You're not wrong, Walter... (Just kidding!)
Like jacquilynne said, the natural objects display an array of colors that dance around the pantone color. Some small portions might match closely, or if you kind of average the color out in your head it seems to work.
Every one I've seen so far clicks and works immediately for me; I "see" the match even though clearly large parts of some of the objects aren't a direct fit.
posted by jsturgill at 8:09 AM on May 16, 2014
Totally lovely. And one of the funnest things about authoring this blog (I imagine) is that all your friends and admirers give you tiny interesting things to Pantone-match.
Or maybe it's actually somewhat irritating. But as an optimist, I'm going to go with "fun."
posted by taz at 8:34 AM on May 16, 2014 [1 favorite]
Or maybe it's actually somewhat irritating. But as an optimist, I'm going to go with "fun."
posted by taz at 8:34 AM on May 16, 2014 [1 favorite]
And oh, wow, Magnolia seeds! I had no idea they look like this, and I used to live in a place with magnolias.
posted by taz at 8:42 AM on May 16, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by taz at 8:42 AM on May 16, 2014 [1 favorite]
"One of my Tiny PMS Match shots was featured on Pantone’s Instagram page today. Sweet!"
Good for her, these are lovely!
posted by Room 641-A at 9:22 AM on May 16, 2014
Good for her, these are lovely!
posted by Room 641-A at 9:22 AM on May 16, 2014
How can anyone find this soothing when the pencil match was SO SO WRONG?
posted by mittens at 9:42 AM on May 16, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by mittens at 9:42 AM on May 16, 2014 [1 favorite]
How can anyone find this soothing when the pencil match was SO SO WRONG?
The two thin yellow stripes on the metal bit are wrong, but the paint on the wood is just about right.
posted by jsturgill at 1:22 PM on May 16, 2014
The two thin yellow stripes on the metal bit are wrong, but the paint on the wood is just about right.
posted by jsturgill at 1:22 PM on May 16, 2014
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