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I’m working on a feature for a local community magazine and one of the items that’s become quite significant is the choice of colours for the artwork. Alex<\/a> sent me a link to the color in motion<\/a> site, which describes itself as an animated and interactive experience of colour communication and colour symbolism. The use of colour is equally applicable to print and web work and this site is worth a look if you have five minutes – in my opinion, it’s one of the few sites where the exclusive use of animation is worthwhile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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