Wednesday, August 29, 2012

I've made it a habit to collect some songs that have had an impact on me throughout the year. I've called it different things over the years but the name "JSR CD" has resurfaced again this year, with the affixation of "2012."

So here's the track list. You should be able to click the link and it will open up iTunes.


  1. God Yu Tekem Laef Blong Mi by Hans Zimmer
  2. Light & Day / Reach For The Sun by The Polyphonic Spree
  3. Hard To Concentrate by Red Hot Chili Peppers
  4. 'Unfinished Symphony' No. 8 In B Minor by Franz Schubert
  5. I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow by The Soggy Bottom Boys
  6. Our Truth by Lacuna Coil
  7. Love of the Loveless by Eels
  8. Home by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes
  9. Waiting for My Real Life to Begin by Colin Hay
  10. Without You by David Guetta
  11. Cruel To Be Kind by Nick Lowe
  12. No Woman No Cry by Bob Marley

Here's some songs that didn't make the cut. They're all good, especially the first on the list, but it seemed like too much, literally and figuratively.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Clothing Color Schemes

From time to time I get a compliment on my color scheme of the suit I am wearing. Other times I get a weird look and I know they think my colors don't match. If you have ever thought this then rest assured that it does go together, it is just a rather dangerous combination.

I thought I would share my color schemes, for hose of you who are curious. I've told several I use this tool and they have asked for it, so here it is.



I use a six-part color wheel which consists of Yellow (Y), Orange (O), Red (R), Violet (V), Blue (B), and Green (G). I negate any shades or tints (adding black or white, respectively).

I also make use of the neutral colors. Obviously the neutrals all go together, but white tends to go well with the cool colors (V, B, G) and Black goes well with warm colors (Y, O, R) while Grey goes with all. You can also switch: put white with warm and black with cool, but that is often too bold or hard to round out with a jacket.


Schemes

In standard practice there are complementary colors and analogous colors. Monochrome is a scheme too, but gets boring if you do it too often. Conversely, it can become a very bold statement if you rarely wear a monochrome scheme. You can spice these up with a triad, a double, or a split. Thus there are eight schemes: Complementary, Analogous, Triad, Split, Split Triad, Double, Split Analogous, Split Complementary.

Complementary

Complementary means the colors are directly across from each other on the wheel. That means there are exactly three complementary color combinations.
  • Y/P
  • G/R
  • B/O

Analogous

Analogous means the colors are right next to each other on the wheel. That means there are exactly six analogous color combinations (you can also make it an analogous triad).
  • G/B/(V)
  • B/V/(R)
  • V/R/(O)
  • R/O/(Y)
  • O/Y/(G)
  • Y/G/(B)

Triad

Triad means choose the colors that make a "Y" shape on the wheel. That means there are exactly two triad color combinations.
  • Y/B/R
  • G/O/V

Split

Split means you take out the middle color from the triad. That means there are exactly six split color combinations
  • B/R
  • G/O
  • O/V
  • V/G
  • Y/B
  • Y/R

Split Triad

Split Triad means you take out the middle color from the triad and add the color that is one step warmer or one step cooler. That means there are exactly six split color combinations. BUT once you venture outside of the complementary, analogous, triad combinations, you start getting repeats. SO, then, there are only four split color combinations that cannot be classified any other way.
  • B/R/O
  • G/R/O
  • Y/V/B
  • Y/R/V

Double

Double means you combine two complementary colors with one analogous color. That means there are four double color combinations that are not able to classified another way.
  • B/O/G
  • G/R/B
  • G/R/Y
  • Y/V/O

Split Analogous and Split Complementary

These are the categories where the above combinations found their repeats. Split Analogous means you take your split triad and remove the last color and replace with the original middle color from the triad. Split Complementary means you take two complementary colors and add one analogous color. There are four Split Analogous or Split Complementary colors that cannot be classified any other way.
  • B/O/V (Split Analogous)
  • V/G/Y (Split Analogous)
  • B/O/Y (Split Complementary)
  • G/R/V (Split Complementary)

Danger

I mentioned earlier how you can be bold with a color scheme, but you could also be too flamboyant with colors, which makes others feel uncomfortable. In order from least dangerous color scheme to most dangerous they are:
  • Monochrome (B/B/B)
  • Split (B/R)
  • Triad (Y/B/R)
  • Complementary (G/R)
  • Split Complementary (B/O/Y)
  • Analogous (Y/G/B)
  • Double (B/O/G)
  • Split Triad (B/R/O)
  • Split Analogous (V/G/Y)
Obviously you can pull off a very dangerous V/G/Y split analogous combination by changing the tints and shades.

Table

Here is a quick-reference table to all the schemes and combinations. I also have given all the combinations a name. They are sorted by danger rather than by scheme.

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Scheme Combination Danger Name
Complementary BO 1 Boot
Complementary GR 1 Great
Complementary YV 1 Wavy
Split BR 1 Cold
Split GO 1 Go
Split OV 1 Done
Split VG 1 Lady
Split YB 1 Bib
Split YR 1 Rye
Analagous OYG 2 Goya
Analagous VRO 2 Rover
Analagous ROY 2 Roy
Analagous YGB 2 Big
Split Complementary BOY 2 Boy
Split Complementary GRV 2 Hard
Triad BYR 2 Bird
Triad GVO 2 Grover
Analagous BVR 3 Brave
Analagous GBV 3 Bum
Double  BOG 3 Bog
Double  GRB 3 Grab
Double  GRY 3 Gravy
Double  YVO 3 Mom
Split Analagous BOV 3 Bye
Split Analagous VGY 3 Girl
Split Triad BRO 3 Bro
Split Triad GRO 3 Grow
Split Triad YVB 3 Mad
Split Triad YRV 3 Hot
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