DaylilyNut -- My ideal blue color in a wildflower
This color is my concept of a perfect blue color. The color is found on a diminuitive woodland annual wildflower known as the Asiatic dayflower (Commelina Communis -- thanks to Sue Bergeron for providing me with the identification). This introduced species grows quite abundantly in dappled shade under moist conditions over most of the eastern half of the United States. The flower is little more than a half inch across and like the daylily, each bloom lasts only a day. The fascinatingly deep sky-blue surface of the two petals is heavily diamond dusted -- very sparkly. I wonder if gene splicing could be tried in order to capture this color in a daylily!
Above are five examples of the flower color taken in different lighting. The photo on the left is the only one taken in full sun (yellowish morning light). The others are all taken in shade with different background colors. Choices of light and background affect my camera's internal automatic color settings.
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