Exciting news for photography lovers—Emma Davis is back with a fresh, creative workshop that’s designed to reignite your love for photography. This workshop is centered around a 30-day photo-a-day project with a strong focus on colour. It’s called 30 Days of Colour, and it offers you a reason to pick up your camera every single day for an entire month.
Colour is one of the most powerful elements in visual storytelling. This workshop will help you explore how to use it intentionally and creatively to enhance your photography skills. Whether you're a beginner or seasoned photographer, this project allows you to slow down, see your surroundings in a new way, and discover the extraordinary in the everyday. Throughout the month, you'll learn how to spot vibrant hues, use complementary colour theory, and compose eye-catching shots that pop with emotion and meaning.
The Power of Colour in Photography
Colour is one of the most accessible and effective tools in photography. It’s everywhere, waiting to be captured and appreciated. When used thoughtfully, colour can be the subject of an image or a compositional device that directs the viewer’s attention. Whether you're subtly enhancing colours in post-processing or making bold decisions in-camera, understanding how colour influences perception can transform your work.
This project encourages you to dive deeper into your colour awareness. By committing to a photo each day, you're training your eye to notice how colours interact in natural and man-made environments. You'll start to observe things you've never paid attention to before—how a red umbrella stands out on a rainy day or how the golden light at sunset casts warm tones on the streets.
One powerful technique that is emphasized in this workshop is the use of complementary colours. These are colours found opposite each other on the colour wheel, and when paired together in a photograph, they create dynamic contrast and vibrancy. When you learn to spot these combinations naturally occurring in the world around you, your photography will become more intentional and impactful.
Complementary Colour in Nature
Mother Nature is a master of colour theory. Once you start looking for complementary colours in the natural world, you’ll see them everywhere. The pairing of purple and yellow flowers, the contrast of blue skies against orange leaves, or the interplay of green grass with pink blossoms—these are just a few examples of how the natural world uses colour contrast beautifully.
As you walk through a garden or a forest, or even a nearby park, start observing how colours complement one another. It’s not just about capturing what’s in front of you—it’s about understanding how colours interact to produce emotional responses. Photographing nature with this mindset will elevate your compositions and sharpen your eye for detail.
Take time to observe the seasonal changes around you. In spring, you may notice pastel blossoms against fresh green leaves. In autumn, oranges and reds contrast with the fading greens and browns of the earth. This project encourages you to become more aware of your environment and use that awareness to create stunning photographs.
Food and Colour Harmony
Another everyday source of rich, complementary colour is food. Fruits and vegetables, in particular, offer vibrant hues that make for deliciously dynamic images. Consider photographing a bowl of strawberries with green mint leaves, or pairing blueberries with a golden crusted tart. The possibilities are endless, and you don’t have to leave your kitchen to find inspiration.
This exercise isn’t just about creating pretty food pictures. It’s about understanding how everyday objects can become artistic tools. Play with shapes, textures, and backdrops. Fill the frame. Get close. Use soft natural light from a window or harsh directional light for contrast. Every element becomes a decision that impacts how your viewer feels when they see your photo.
Set up a small food styling corner at home and try shooting ingredients before cooking. Think in terms of storytelling—what mood are you trying to evoke? Is it cozy and warm? Bright and energetic? Let colour be your guide.
Using the Sky as a Contrasting Backdrop
The sky offers one of the simplest yet most striking ways to use colour in photography. When used as a backdrop, it naturally enhances whatever is placed in front of it. Think of a child holding a red balloon against a deep blue sky or yellow flowers photographed from below. This technique creates dramatic visuals and brings attention to your subject through contrast.
To explore this idea, try getting down low and shooting upwards. Position your subject—whether it’s a person, object, or tree—against the wide expanse of sky. Use sunrise and sunset light to add warmth, or shoot on a clear day to emphasize brightness and clarity.
Don’t be afraid of overexposing the sky slightly to create a glowing halo effect. Alternatively, use silhouettes by underexposing your subject and allowing the background to shine. The sky is your canvas, and your subject is the brushstroke that tells a story.
Colour in Clothing and Wardrobe Choices
One of the easiest ways to apply complementary colour theory is through clothing. Whether you’re photographing your children, friends, or even taking a self-portrait, choosing outfits with contrast in mind can make your images sing. A purple dress against a yellow wall or a blue coat in a field of orange wildflowers instantly grabs the viewer’s attention.
This technique is especially useful in portraiture. Plan and think about the environment where your subject will be. If you know your location has a dominant green background, consider dressing your subject in pinks or reds. These thoughtful decisions take your photography from casual to intentional.
You don’t always have to go for high saturation either. Soft pastels and muted tones work beautifully as long as the contrast is there. Mix and match layers, textures, and patterns, but always think in terms of how they interact with the background.
Block Coloured Backgrounds
Simplicity can be incredibly powerful in photography, and one way to harness this is by using block coloured backgrounds. These are single-colour backdrops that help isolate your subject and draw the viewer’s eye directly to the important details. Whether it’s a coloured wall in your neighborhood, a sheet of project paper, or a carefully chosen fabric, block colours provide clean contrast.
You can create still life setups at home with household objects placed on colourful surfaces. Try placing a white teacup on a red backdrop, or photographing yellow daisies on a purple tablecloth. This helps develop your compositional eye and teaches you how to control elements within your frame.
Block coloured backgrounds are also perfect for product photography or minimalist storytelling. The idea is to remove distractions and allow colour to do the talking. Use natural light from a window or create your soft lighting setup with lamps and diffusers to shape shadows and highlights.
Colour in the Environment
The world around us is filled with colour—much of it carefully designed by humans and shaped by nature. As photographers, one of our most powerful tools is the ability to notice this colour. When you start paying attention to colour in the built environment, your world opens up in entirely new ways. This includes vibrant building facades, graffiti, road signs, vehicles, shopfronts, and even littered objects. All of them become part of a colourful story.
Look for repeating patterns of colour or instances where a single vibrant object stands out in a muted landscape. A red post box on a grey street, a yellow bicycle against a brick wall, or neon signage against a rainy night sky—all offer powerful visual statements. Try exploring these themes during different times of day. The mood of colour changes with light. A blue wall may appear serene in the morning light but feel heavy and intense at dusk. Experiment with how different light sources—sun, street lamp, or even indoor lighting—affect your image.
Beyond man-made structures, colour in the environment can also include natural formations. Rocks, oceans, soil, and plants come in a variety of hues. Visit parks, gardens, or countryside areas and look beyond the obvious. Moss on a stone, reflections in puddles, or the colour shift in leaves throughout the seasons all provide great photographic opportunities. Use colour not just to decorate your frame, but to compose your story. Where does your eye go first? Where do you want your viewer to linger?
Using Colour to Evoke Emotion
Every colour tells a story, and each one carries with it an emotional weight. When we begin to understand the psychology of colour, our photography becomes more powerful and intentional. Warm colours such as red, orange, and yellow are energising, passionate, and joyful. Cool tones like blue, green, and violet often evoke calm, sadness, or introspection.
Spend a few days within the project focused on a single colour, and try to capture how it makes you feel. What stories does blue tell in your world? What memories do reds stir up? You might photograph a cool-toned quiet alley for a sense of solitude or capture sunlight filtering through a yellow curtain to create warmth and nostalgia. Make the connection between colour and emotion as strong as the connection between subject and story.
One useful method is to keep a colour diary. Write down what you felt before and after taking a photo. Compare your colour choices and how they affected your mood. Over time, you’ll notice personal patterns emerge. Perhaps green landscapes bring you peace, while urban reds create tension. These insights will help shape your voice as an artist.
Don’t limit yourself to literal colours either. Emotions can be layered. Combine tones. Let your viewer sense multiple feelings from one frame. The real magic happens when your photo creates a mood that lingers in the viewer’s mind long after they’ve seen it.
Urban Colour Stories
Cities offer a dazzling array of colours, often overlooked in the rush of daily life. Urban environments present a rich playground for exploring contrast, structure, light, and mood. Within concrete and steel lie pockets of vivid expression—graffiti walls, flashing signage, painted doors, patterned tiles, and market stalls overflowing with produce.
Start walking through your neighborhood with a colour-focused eye. Scan your surroundings for splashes of red in an otherwise monotone alley. Discover how painted shutters, cafe chairs, or even reflections in puddles can create leading lines or focal points in your image. Use architecture to frame colour. A row of neutral grey buildings interrupted by a turquoise balcony creates visual surprise and excitement.
Pay attention to timing. The golden hour bathes cities in warm light, deepening reds and softening harsh tones. After sunset, neon signs and streetlights take over, casting wild, unpredictable hues that change the entire atmosphere of a street corner. Explore colour during different weather conditions. Rainy days turn concrete into mirrors. Fog mutes colour but brings mystery and subtlety.
Urban spaces also offer the opportunity to capture colour in motion. People walking with umbrellas, buses rushing by, cyclists crossing the street—all provide fleeting chances to frame your subject against a backdrop of deliberate tones. Experiment with longer shutter speeds to blur movement or go tight and still to focus on specific details. Cities are constantly changing, and your photos can reflect that energy through careful use of colour.
Telling Stories with Colour
Once you’ve spent time exploring complementary colours, environmental tones, food, and urban scenes, you’ll begin to develop a sense of how colour functions as a narrative device. Rather than just seeking beauty, now you’re seeking meaning. This shift is powerful. Suddenly, your photography is no longer just about what you see but about what you feel and what you wish to communicate.
Start asking yourself: What do I want this photograph to say? What colour will best support that message? Imagine a story of a child’s playful day at the park. You might use the primary colours of their toys to emphasize innocence and joy. Or consider the story of an early morning walk. Muted greys, deep greens, and soft blues may speak of reflection and solitude. Let colour guide the emotional direction of your photo.
Also, begin to layer your storytelling. Use clothing, light, setting, and even expression to build a complete scene. Use repetition or pattern in colours to unify a group of photos. Perhaps over a week, you document the life of a neighbourhood, focusing on one dominant colour each day. This becomes more than a project—it becomes a body of work that tells a layered story through colour.
This kind of visual storytelling also enhances your ability to sequence images. When curating your shots, look for emotional flow as well as tonal harmony. Sequence images with colour transitions in mind. Move from warm to cool, dark to light, or soft to bold. Each image should enhance the next, creating a rhythm and narrative arc that speaks beyond the frame.
Exploring Colour Through Portraiture
Portraits are a natural and compelling way to explore colour. Through portraiture, you can experiment not only with the colour of your subject’s clothing but also their background, props, and the light that falls on them. Colour in portraits is more than aesthetic—it’s a visual language that expresses personality, emotion, and connection.
Use colour to support your subject’s mood. A teenager lost in thought might be framed in cool blues and greys. A child bursting with energy may be surrounded by bright yellows or oranges. Ask your subjects to wear clothes that contrast or harmonize with the setting. Scout locations with colour in mind. Walls, gardens, cafes, and even home interiors can serve as expressive backdrops.
Don’t be afraid to stylize. Use props, fabrics, or even coloured gels on your lighting if you have access. Add colour elements with intention. A single red scarf can draw attention. A pair of green boots in an otherwise neutral frame tells a story. Let each portrait speak through tone and shade, not just expression and pose.
Shoot portraits at different times of day to explore how colour shifts with light. Early morning may bring cooler skin tones. Late afternoon warms everything. Indoor lighting can cast yellow or orange glows. Make a habit of observing how these changes affect your portraits, and use them to shape your style.
Discovering Your Colour Voice
As you explore colour daily over 30 days, patterns will begin to emerge. You may notice a tendency to seek out certain tones or create images with a particular mood. These are clues to your voice. Your colour voice is not about copying trends but discovering what speaks to you—what feels natural, intuitive, and emotionally honest.
Look back at your photos weekly and ask yourself what’s standing out. Are you drawn to warm or cool tones? Do you prefer soft transitions or bold contrasts? Are your images quiet and contemplative or loud and joyful? Do you use colour to soothe, provoke, or surprise?
Use these reflections to guide your choices moving forward. Don’t be afraid to lean into what you love. Your unique use of colour is a signature. It tells the world how you see. Let your instincts develop and deepen through repetition and experimentation.
Experiment with editing as well. Use post-processing not to fix mistakes but to enhance your colour storytelling. Shift hues, change saturation, and try black and white versions. Understand how each adjustment affects the emotional impact of your photo. There’s no right or wrong—only what feels true to your voice.
Capturing Colour in Motion
So far, many of the concepts in this project have focused on static subjects, but colour in motion can be just as inspiring. Movement adds life, urgency, and spontaneity to colour. It can also add complexity and challenge, which helps you grow as a photographer.
Begin with simple motions like wind blowing fabric, a dress twirling, or ripples in water reflecting light. Observe how colours blur, blend, or distort as things move. Try longer shutter speeds to capture that blur intentionally. Or use fast shutter speeds to freeze motion and contrast it with static colour elements.
Photograph crowds, dancers, animals, or vehicles in action. Choose a strong background and wait for the subject to pass through it. A red jacket against a blue wall. A yellow taxi crosses a shadowy street. Let motion and colour combine to create drama and vibrance.
Play with panning—following a moving subject with your camera while using a slower shutter speed. This technique keeps your subject sharp while creating a colourful, streaked background. It takes practice but creates stunning results.
Use motion to suggest time, energy, change, or chaos. Let your images feel alive. Motion makes colour feel urgent and fluid. It challenges your technique and deepens your understanding of how to make moments more powerful.
Minimalism and the Art of Simplicity
One of the most effective ways to highlight colour in photography is through simplicity. When the frame is uncluttered, every element is intentional, and colour becomes the hero. Minimalism in photography doesn’t mean empty or dull. It means focused, deliberate, and powerful. It means using less to say more. Through minimalism, you can create calm, elegance, and clarity in your work.
Start by stripping down your compositions. Eliminate distractions. Look for clean backgrounds, isolated subjects, or strong negative space. Try photographing a single red leaf on a white sidewalk, or a blue cup against a neutral wall. When you remove visual noise, the viewer’s eye is immediately drawn to colour and shape. This simplicity invites deeper observation.
Use minimalism to train your eye. Ask yourself what the essence of your subject is. What do you want the viewer to notice first? Use leading lines, soft shadows, or reflections to point to the subject. Let colour do the talking. A minimalistic approach is not just about aesthetics. It teaches discipline. It demands you consider every part of the frame. You begin to notice the space between things as much as the things themselves.
Try composing using the rule of thirds, but break it when it feels right. Experiment with symmetry or centered subjects if the colour impact is strong. Use natural elements—light and shadow, smooth and rough textures—to guide the eye. Minimalist colour photography encourages mindfulness, patience, and observation.
Exploring Colour Through Texture and Tone
While colour often grabs attention through vibrancy, its power becomes even more profound when paired with texture and tone. Texture adds dimension to colour, transforming it from flat to tangible. Tone—the lightness or darkness of a hue—adds emotional depth and subtlety. Understanding how colour interacts with surface and lighting takes your work to a new level.
Start by exploring natural textures. Think about the roughness of tree bark, the smooth surface of a stone, the softness of petals, or the layered surface of peeling paint. All of these interact with light and colour differently. Photograph them in various lighting conditions. A golden sunrise will bring out the warmth in a wood grain. Overcast light will soften the folds in a curtain. Each texture reveals something new.
Pay attention to tonal shifts. A single colour can express multiple emotions depending on its tone. Pale pink feels delicate and gentle. Deep magenta feels bold and assertive. Try photographing the same colour in different lighting scenarios. Observe how the tone changes and how that affects your emotional response.
Use shadows to add contrast and shape. Side light emphasizes texture. Backlight softens it. Use your editing tools to enhance textures subtly without overdoing it. Avoid filters that flatten or obscure natural details. Let the tactile quality of the subject come through the image.
Texture and tone combined with colour can tell compelling stories. A weathered blue door tells of age and history. A smooth white plate with vibrant berries tells of freshness and precision. The more layers your image has—visually and emotionally—the more immersive it becomes.
Thematic Colour Series
As you move deeper into your 30-day journey, you might find yourself drawn to certain patterns or themes. This is a natural part of creative exploration and an opportunity to build a series. A colour series involves photographing multiple images that share a common colour, mood, subject, or concept. It gives your project continuity and depth, and it allows you to build a cohesive story.
Begin by selecting a theme. It could be as simple as "red in the everyday" or as complex as "melancholy blues of the city." Collect images that fit your theme over several days. This gives you time to refine your eye and go beyond the obvious. The first few red objects might be stop signs and flowers. But the longer you look, the more interesting your finds will become—perhaps a red thread on pavement, a book spine, or lipstick on a coffee mug.
Organize your series with a sense of progression. Think about how one image flows into the next. Is there a mood shift? A rhythm? Can you use shape or texture to unify the photos beyond just colour? When you look at the series as a whole, it should feel like a poem made of pictures.
Creating a thematic colour series also teaches editing discipline. Not every photo belongs. Some might be beautiful on their own, but disrupt the flow of your story. Learn to curate with intention. This practice is valuable for creating albums, exhibitions, or even social media stories.
A strong colour series is more than a collection—it’s a narrative. It shows your viewer how you see the world, what you value, and what you’re trying to say. It speaks with visual consistency and emotional resonance.
Exploring the Seasons Through Colour
The natural world offers a ready-made palette that changes throughout the year. Each season carries its mood, light, and hue. Photographing seasonal colour is not only beautiful but deeply grounding. It connects you to the rhythm of time and the world around you. It encourages you to notice small changes and embrace impermanence.
Spring is about soft greens, pastel blossoms, and fresh beginnings. Summer offers bold contrast, vibrant blues and yellows, and warm golden light. Autumn bursts with reds, oranges, and golds—inviting themes of change, nostalgia, and harvest. Winter softens the world with whites, blues, greys, and deep shadows. It’s a palette of quiet and reflection.
Plan a week of your project around seasonal colour. Go outdoors. Visit gardens, woods, beaches, or just walk your neighborhood. Observe how the light falls during different times of day. Notice how shadows stretch longer in autumn or how morning frost adds sparkle to leaves.
Use these colours to reflect your personal feelings. Let your emotions be part of the season. Are you feeling hopeful like spring? Restless like summer? Contemplative like winter? This connection between nature’s palette and your inner world adds emotional weight to your images.
Don’t worry if you live in a city or a region without strong seasonal changes. Colour is still there—in shop displays, decorations, fashion choices, or light quality. Even small shifts matter. Learn to see them.
Self-Portraits with Colour
One of the most powerful and personal exercises in this project is using colour in self-portraiture. Photographing yourself with colour in mind helps you explore identity, emotion, and presence. It can be confronting at first, but it’s also a form of self-expression and creative discovery.
You don’t have to appear in every photo fully. A hand, a foot, a shadow, or a reflection can all be part of your self-portrait. Use coloured fabrics, clothing, backdrops, or props to tell your story. Choose colours that reflect your mood or message. Blue for calm. Red for courage. Yellow for vulnerability. Let colour speak for you.
Explore different lighting and angles. Backlight to create mystery. Side light for drama. Soft light for intimacy. Use mirrors, windows, or even water surfaces to play with reflections. This adds layers to your image, both visually and symbolically.
This process can be deeply therapeutic. It allows you to see yourself with new eyes. It invites honesty and creativity. You begin to notice how you move, how you occupy space, and how your mood affects your posture and gaze. The colours you choose become part of your self-narrative.
As you become more comfortable, begin creating a series. A colour diary of your inner world. Each image becomes a journal entry, written not with words but with light, shape, and tone. This is where photography becomes more than a visual craft—it becomes a mirror for your life.
Still Life and Colour Composition
Still life photography is an ideal medium for exploring colour composition. It allows full control over elements, lighting, and placement. Through still life, you learn to orchestrate colours intentionally, to balance them, contrast them, or unify them for specific effects.
Begin by choosing a dominant colour for your image. Then build your setup around that. Use objects from your home—books, fruit, fabrics, ceramics, flowers. Think in terms of shape and texture as well. Combine round with linear, shiny with matte, soft with hard. This contrast makes your colour combinations more dynamic.
Light your scene carefully. Natural window light works well. Side light creates depth and shadow. Backlight adds glow and mystery. Use reflectors to soften harsh shadows or introduce warmth. Small changes in angle can drastically affect how your colours interact.
Compose your image with balance in mind. Use the rule of thirds, negative space, or central framing based on what suits your story. Pay attention to how colours lead the eye. A strong primary colour can anchor your composition. Secondary and tertiary colours support the mood.
Try monochrome still lifes too. Using variations of a single colour forces you to focus on tone, texture, and form. This strengthens your understanding of subtlety and nuance. Still life teaches patience and precision. It’s a quiet practice with powerful results.
Combining Colour and Light
Light is inseparable from colour. The two work together in every photograph. Understanding how different types of light affect colour helps you create more intentional and emotive images. Warm light intensifies reds, oranges, and yellows. Cool light enhances blues, purples, and greens. Shadows desaturate, while direct light boosts intensity.
Observe how colour changes throughout the day. A white wall at sunrise glows with gold. The same wall at noon feels sterile and stark. At dusk, it turns soft and pink. Use this knowledge to plan your shoots. Let the light support your colour narrative.
Artificial light also changes colour. Fluorescents add a green tint. Incandescents warm everything up. LED light can vary depending on temperature. Learn to read and adjust for these shifts. Use white balance creatively, not just for correction but for expression. Warm tones for nostalgia. Cool tones for detachment.
Use light direction to shape colour. Side light adds dimension. Backlight adds a halo. Front light flattens but can create bold graphic results. Light modifiers like curtains, reflectors, or lampshades let you sculpt your scene.
Don’t be afraid to experiment with shadows. They create contrast, mystery, and mood. Shadow is not the absence of colour—it’s the deepening of it. It adds weight and drama to your composition. Learning to harness light and colour together is one of the most advanced and rewarding parts of photography.
Rediscovering the Everyday Through Colour
By the time you reach the final week of your 30-Day Colour Project, something subtle but profound begins to shift. You start seeing the world not just as a series of tasks, routines, or destinations, but as moments steeped in colour, light, and emotion. That red mug on your desk? Suddenly, it radiates warmth and familiarity. The overcast sky that once felt dull now reveals layers of soft greys and blues with depth and personality.
This isn’t about becoming a professional photographer or artist. It’s about changing the lens through which you see your life. As you observe the interplay of colour in your surroundings, your appreciation for the mundane grows deeper. The everyday becomes more than tolerable—it becomes beautiful. And that beauty begins to ground you in the present.
Your camera or phone no longer serves only a technical purpose. It becomes an extension of your curiosity. A tool to slow down time. Each click, each snapshot, is now infused with intention. You are no longer capturing images for likes or validation. You're documenting a feeling, a pattern, a memory that might have otherwise gone unnoticed.
This shift in perspective builds more than visual awareness—it builds gratitude. And with gratitude comes peace.
From Practice to Presence
The repetition of a 30-day project helps you develop more than visual skill—it cultivates presence. At first, you may find yourself scrambling to find the perfect subject, stressing over composition, lighting, or technique. But as the days pass, your approach softens. You start noticing colour without trying. You find beauty without seeking.
This process mirrors mindfulness itself. By training your eye to look for colour, you naturally slow your pace. You begin to see before you react. You pause, observe, feel, and then photograph. The pressure to perform dissolves, replaced by a quiet attentiveness. This is where the transformation truly begins.
Soon, moments you used to pass by become subjects of fascination: the soft yellow glow from your bedside lamp, the bold orange of a street sign at dusk, the faded blue of your favourite book cover. They all become reminders of how much richness surrounds you when you take time to notice.
The more you practice, the less you seek perfection. You start leaning into imperfection as a form of authenticity. You begin choosing meaning over polish, emotion over technique. And in doing so, you permit yourself to show up—not just in your photography, but in your life.
Sharing With Intention
Whether you share your daily images or keep them for yourself, the act of choosing what to show teaches you something powerful: curation is a form of storytelling. The colours you highlight, the frames you favour, the tones you soften or intensify—all of these choices are reflections of your inner world.
Some people may find that sharing their images brings connection and conversation. Others might feel a deeper intimacy in keeping them private. Both are valid. What matters most is that each image carries a part of your evolving perception.
By the end of your project, you may look back and notice a surprising visual diary. A timeline not just of colours, but of moods, reflections, and small moments that made up a full month of your life. You’ll see the day it rained and your world turned grey and peaceful. You’ll remember the sun-drenched afternoon filled with joy. You’ll relive the cozy evening when warm tones surround you like a blanket.
This record becomes more than a collection of images. It becomes a reminder of who you were, how you saw, and what mattered to you at that time.
What Comes Next?
The end of your 30-Day Colour Project isn’t an end. It’s a doorway. A portal to a new way of seeing. You may return to your regular routines, but your vision will never be quite the same.
You might find yourself pausing more often. Reaching for your camera even when there’s no “perfect” subject in sight. You’ll continue to notice how light shifts through the day. How colours blend or clash. How your environment influences your emotions.
Many who finish a project like this choose to start another. Some begin a new 30-day theme—shadows, reflections, lines, texture. Others shift to a weekly project or seasonal series. The structure may change, but the spark remains the same: a desire to be present, to create, to connect.
And some participants let go of the structure altogether, but carry the habit of noticing. They no longer need the container of a project to find colour in their days. They live it.
Conclusion:
A 30-Day Colour Project is more than a creative challenge. It’s an invitation. An invitation to look closer, feel deeper, and experience life through a new, more vibrant lens.
It begins as a playful exploration. It evolves into a daily meditation. And by the end, it becomes a quiet practice of presence and appreciation.
When you step into a world of intentional seeing, you are no longer a passive participant in your surroundings. You become a storyteller. A witness to beauty. A collector of colour.
Through your eyes, the world becomes more than it was. And in turn, so do you.
So, whether you’re starting your first colour project or reflecting on one you’ve completed, remember this: every colour you notice is a moment you didn’t miss. And in a world moving ever faster, that is no small thing.