Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Neons are in! Street level matching colors, No. 1

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April 20, 2012, outside the Rose Garden Arena, I noticed a colorful sight, this young woman on her Day-Glo orange bicycle which has buttery yellow sidewall tires and even brighter orange wheels. There's even a narrow, swooping orange stripe on her creamy white-colored bicycle seat. She's wearing a bright chartreuse green safety vest. Her bicycle helmet has a matching orange stripe, a matching green stripe, and a soft blue stripe on its creamy white surface.

I saw her outside the Rose Garden Arena, pedaling north at through the intersection of NE Wheeler and NE Multnomah. Just to the right of the street lamp, up that slope, lies I-5, the southbound side of it. NE Multnomah crosses beneath the interstate.

I had a good time looking photo, noticing street level matching colors. Shades of orange--a streak at the base of the street lamp, rust on the fence poles, some sort of flaking sherbet-colored paint on the concrete wall. Shades of green--the new grass, the trees and shrubs, the flaking mint-colored paint on the concrete wall. I can't get myself to count the green on the street signs, though--it's just too different to count.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great photo! I'm also pretty sure that I have seen this gal on this very bicycle before. Good capture. Happy Tuesday!

Paul in Powell River said...

My gawd! No trouble picking her out of a crowd! I'd have to close my eyes against the glare to get on that thing in the morning! :)

Chattahoochee Valley Daily said...

She can certainly be seen.

alex said...

well, one would always be able to find one's bike in a crowded bike rack or corral with this color.

Jack said...

I love this one, Lynette. Placing the bike low works.

Randy said...

Touches of orange all over.

Jim Klenke said...

yep, guy in blue was out.

I love this, I would have a grin from ear to ear riding that bike. I like her posture too.

Gunn said...

Easy to spot!
Colorful and solid.

VP said...

You are definitely showing us what I usually call (not so seriously) bicycle art!