while Bali may have more artistic use of colour, India has no doubt the boldest and most provocative palette.
occasional colour is real big. fabrics that run wild – bright greens that turn to a bitter mud grey after a quick wash. a bright red bindie on the forehead of Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper for the duration of his Taj Mahal photo op. colour fountains in palace courtyards that last as long as a bag of dye. Diwali colour baths – the human as canvas.
we too can be colourful. permission is granted to be outrageous in one’s choice of fabric and fashion. both sadhus and stuffwallahs can make statements. I bought a whack of bright glass bangles and adorned my wrists in Delhi one year – a little cross dressing goes a long way here.
Tibetan prayer flags provided a nice line of colour on a luna like Zanaskar landscape. we will find a plastic soft drink bottle imitation at the royal centre in Hampi
like Bali India green is so green ... living ... shading ... sprouting from the desert ... leafing talis ... reflecting sunlight ... impossibly green ... i needed to use the colour enricher in my “faststone” image viewer – it really does work fast - to tone down the green ... and as dave pointed out it also helps to pull a little red out of the dark indian faces ...
