http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/hue-and-cry/Content?oid=15874320 Comments On: Hue and Cry by Jen Graves en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Mike Welch]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:37:01 -0800 The Stranger Posted by thePNW]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:38:39 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Ignatz Mouse]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2013 08:14:47 -0800 The Stranger
I can't paint my house because it currently has aluminum siding, but at least I painted the window frames bright red. And I am sitting in a room right now with raspberry-colored walls.
Posted by litlnemo]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:47:24 -0800 The Stranger
We painted our previously dark blue home on a corner a bright historic yellow with warm white trim and complementary red and Swedish blue doors more than ten years ago. Pretty traditional in some parts of the country, and certainly not radical.

At first, cars would stop in the middle of the intersection while the drivers had a color conniption. Then, as the freshness of the paint toned down, we had a steady stream of people knocking on the door to ask what colors we used.

Having spoken to a few people at our front door over the years about house colors, I'm convinced that people find it hard to visualize something new and are intimidated by the length of time they have to live with their choice if it doesn't work out. As a result, they end up going for what they think is a "safe" option.
Posted by Brian Murphy]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:20:49 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fnarf]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:22:03 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Jude Fawley]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:28:15 -0800 The Stranger More purple hippies please.
Posted by seandr]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:24:09 -0800 The Stranger
This whole discussion has the whiff of "Seattle Chill" rants, but projected onto house color. It may be real, but it's probably blown out of proportion.
Posted by Jude Fawley]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:21:55 -0800 The Stranger
It was the funniest thing you ever saw, unless you had to live in it -- it drained all the color out of everyone who walked in, making it look like a roomful of corpses. And it was so dark you couldn't read a book by the light of a lamp.
Posted by Fnarf]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:14:09 -0800 The Stranger Posted by aurora f]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:02:06 -0800 The Stranger Posted by undead ayn rand]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:40:41 -0800 The Stranger Posted by ejamadoodle]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:30:26 -0800 The Stranger
Posted by Max Solomon]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:45:41 -0800 The Stranger
/rant.
Posted by Reverse Polarity]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:04:12 -0800 The Stranger
If Rolon Bert Garner wants to be "anti-northwest" he is welcome to hauls his stank ass to some other part of the country, we don't want him here.
Posted by Cascadian Bacon]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:54:12 -0800 The Stranger Posted by aaaaargh]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:41:01 -0800 The Stranger
as they say: "The color that sticks out gets painted beige"
Posted by carsten coolage]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:24:00 -0800 The Stranger
Or Teal. Teal would be lovely. Right now, it's just sort of a brownish red. Nice enough, but not much pizazz.
Posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:19:48 -0800 The Stranger
And if you paint your house bright colors, take a little care; don't slop it on like you're Tom Sawyer whitewashing a fence. Seriously, I've seen hippie houses -- goddamn million-dollar hippie houses -- with paint sploshed all over the yard as well. Use some design nous. Hire a Mexican or a Dominican or something. Get a fucking clue.

You don't see that crap in San Francisco or the Netherlands. You see interesting and alive colors, artfully applied.
Posted by Fnarf]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:42:29 -0800 The Stranger
Perhaps Garner would prefer the ubiquitous beige of the suburbs?

Seattlites may choose dark colors, but they absolutely are more creative with their color choices compared to most cities I've lived in. Seattle is the first place I ever saw houses painted in dark blue or black.
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:50:09 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:47:20 -0800 The Stranger Posted by MLM]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:44:42 -0800 The Stranger Posted by undead ayn rand]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:29:47 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:22:04 -0800 The Stranger