Colourful Door Monday

In nature, red is a colour that puts animals on the alert and is the color that tells them to 'watch out!'. In our world, red is often used in the same way i.e. a red light at an intersection, a red Stop sign, a red blinking light that could represent an alarm, etc. When I saw this red door and what it is to, I right away went into a state of alert. It is the German Embassy and the German Embassy found it necessary to put 3 (yes, THREE) surveillance cameras on it.

I took all this as a warning sign for me to keep my distance and to not get any closer..how could I...I was too scared!! If I had had the courage, I would have gone up to the door handle and taken a picture of it. Sorry!

Colourful Monday

Last week I titled Monday's post 'Blue Monday' (even though the door was turquoise, 'blue' just sounded better in the title). Since blue is not the only colour used for painting a door, I've decided that Monday should instead be called 'Colourful Monday'!!

Since this door is neither blue nor turquoise nor green; I would say it's 'teal'. Whether teal was its original colour, I'm not sure, but I'm guessing that it very probably was painted some colour and was not left unpainted wood. Why? Because the clean-lined stained-glass work in and above the door as well as the sober wrought-iron work covering the windows on the door easily place it in the period of Art Deco...a time when it was common to have painted doors.

One thing bothers me about this door: the combination of the pale blue glass with the teal (dark and light) on the door...I don't think these colours would have been put together when this door was originally designed so either that blue glass was put there more recently (e.g. if the window was repaired), or the original colour of the door harmonised better with the stained glass work.

(Note: I'm sorry I don't have a better photograph of this door for you...though doors are not moving objects, they can be rather elusive as they have the annoying habit of hiding behind cars and sign posts!)

Blue Monday

Ok...so it's not really blue...turquoise? Blue Monday just sounds better than Turquoise Monday. Either way, what a wonderful color to start off the week with!

This lovely, respectable door is not terribly old (in comparison to other doors), but it does have good clean lines, a bit of fantasy and is clearly influenced by the Art Deco period. Sure, it has not been treated terribly well and I'm guessing that the plain windows were probably once either stained glass windows or patterned glass both on the doors themselves and in the window squares above the doors. I found this door charming and it 'spoke' to me so I wanted to introduce you it to you.