<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/bf6082a7-5874-49ae-8fec-348d8c059118/0C19B023-CD6C-4D37-B7BD-E4F49D0785E0/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians" href="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians" style="font-size: 11px;">www.colourlovers.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.colourlovers.com/img/A74A5991-E17C-4F94-B656-B0F9ADE6D63B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><P>Long before the United States was red, white and blue there use to be a whole different palette of colors that represented these great hills, plains and valleys. All across North America the culturally rich tribes of the <A target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States">American Indians</A> lived to keep the upper world of the sky and lower world of the water in balance, and color was an important part of their art and design which is deep with symbolism of complex philosophical ideas.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.colourlovers.com/img/1CF4C790-D843-4280-883F-676CBAF7ABCA" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><H2>Traditions of Color</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><P><STRONG>Color Symbolism</STRONG></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG>Blue</STRONG>: North, sky, water, female, clouds, lightning, moon, thunder, sadness</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG>Black</STRONG>: West, night, underworld, male, cold, disease, death</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><STRONG>White</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG>Red</STRONG>: East, wounds, sunset, thunder, blood, earth, war, day</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><STRONG>Green</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><STRONG>Yellow</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><STRONG>Natural Dyes</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG>Blues</STRONG>: larkspur petals, alfalfa flowers, sunflower seeds</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG>Blacks</STRONG>: wild grapes, hickory bark, alder bark, dogwood bark, mountain mahogany bark</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><STRONG>Yellows</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><H2>Art & Design</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.colourlovers.com/img/BF8F48EA-4F83-4F84-AB64-CE1F4AF4393C" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.colourlovers.com/img/B860C13F-B122-4582-82E5-B001B19E6076" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.colourlovers.com/img/694B1439-C623-40F0-AD6A-EB146F22BDF7" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.colourlovers.com/img/84CE937D-AE65-499B-8245-FC5B54D0307A" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.colourlovers.com/img/1B7B8A12-5DCA-424C-847A-49CC37425416" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.colourlovers.com/img/3261ADC3-304D-42FA-AE64-225B1F6170D7" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.colourlovers.com/img/72876DA6-539C-48DD-8F9B-1054D56C345B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.colourlovers.com/img/DE37A3A5-0BDB-4A0B-A82F-1DD19EF3A5AB" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.colourlovers.com/img/5F9BB274-2F96-4E14-A6B9-CFE2DE848CDC" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.colourlovers.com/img/522C5968-FD9C-40C5-A591-48F54951027A" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.colourlovers.com/img/9E98ED2B-371E-409A-A72F-15748E0E8429" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/26/color-design-american-indians"><P><A target="_blank" href="http://www.dia.org/collections/aonwc/nativeamericanart/nativeamericanart.html">Header image</A> from the <A target="_blank" href="http://www.dia.org/">Detroit Institute of Arts</A></P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dia.org/collections/aonwc/nativeamericanart/nativeamericanart.html" href="http://www.dia.org/collections/aonwc/nativeamericanart/nativeamericanart.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dia.org/collections/aonwc/nativeamericanart/nativeamericanart.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dia.org/img/DD16A567-FDD6-4C65-AB87-53128DC7902E" alt="Native American Art" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dia.org/search.asp" href="http://www.dia.org/search.asp" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dia.org/search.asp"><P class="text">Search results for <B><A href="http://www.dia.org/search.asp?searchwords=Native">Native</A> <A href="http://www.dia.org/search.asp?searchwords=American">American</A></B><BR /></P><P class="text"><A href="http://www.dia.org/asp/search/ExecuteSearch.asp?kw=Native+American">197 found</A> in <B>The Collection</B></P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dia.org/the_collection/overview/full.asp?objectID=60481&image=1" href="http://www.dia.org/the_collection/overview/full.asp?objectID=60481&image=1" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dia.org/the_collection/overview/full.asp?objectID=60481&image=1"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dia.org/img/84B389AC-7D7F-4D37-B412-4CCFB5842EB5" alt="Skirt (81.314.jpg)" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dia.org/the_collection/overview/full.asp?objectID=41638&image=1" href="http://www.dia.org/the_collection/overview/full.asp?objectID=41638&image=1" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dia.org/the_collection/overview/full.asp?objectID=41638&image=1"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dia.org/img/5A9FB3F8-2259-4977-931D-5360B8244EE6" alt="Shoulder Bag (1988.29.jpg)" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dia.org/the_collection/overview/full.asp?objectID=37678&image=1" href="http://www.dia.org/the_collection/overview/full.asp?objectID=37678&image=1" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dia.org/the_collection/overview/full.asp?objectID=37678&image=1"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dia.org/img/875AEB6A-0F60-41FC-92D2-934463B181B9" alt="Garter (81.51.jpg)" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dia.org/the_collection/overview/full.asp?objectID=57618&image=1" href="http://www.dia.org/the_collection/overview/full.asp?objectID=57618&image=1" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dia.org/the_collection/overview/full.asp?objectID=57618&image=1"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dia.org/img/2C47259C-50BC-465F-963B-6DD78741C406" alt="Storage Bag (81.376.jpg)" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0C19B023-CD6C-4D37-B7BD-E4F49D0785E0/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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