
Update on my "
Spooky Pagoda" color palette:
The artist
Reverbe explains how "Spooky Pagoda" inspired the "
Spooky Xmas Tree" palette:
Prof. Oddfellow's excellent Spooky Pagoda palette lit a fire in my brain as I struggled to remember a spooky pagoda I've seen before. Then I remembered: there's always a fantastic light display in the local botanical garden at Christmastime; unfortunately, in the Japanese themed garden, they forgo the Christmas lights and use large red and green floodlights instead. The result is creepy as all get out. Seeing a bare-limbed Japanese maple under blinding red light gives one the idea what the shrubbery in hell must be like. Anyway, thanks to Prof. Oddfellow for reminding me that interesting colors can be found in creepy photos and not just the "beauty shots."
Re: the "Spooky Pagoda" palette, moonlight and lanterns illuminate the tiles, woods, and metal work of the oldest structure in Los Angeles—the pagoda at the pool of the
Hollywood Hills Hotel below the
Yamashiro restaurant. This
night shot I took inspired the
Spooky Pagoda color palette at
ColourLovers.com.