I think it’s the requisite number of days for aches [three days, usually, for an injury to be at its sorest] since I tried to do a downhill faceplant with the pond filter in hand. There is not a place I don’t ache. Only one small bruise…but one hip is outraged, the shin hurts to touch, and the rest of me is jangled. I dived into bed for a couple of hours with 3 Advil and am a little better, but owie!
Jane meanwhile is working on the windows. When an artist decides to put in a window, there will be no paint splashes, no overpaints, no drips, and the tiniest holes will be caulked or puttied, as appropriate. I only fear the window may explode from air pressure if the front door slams with the bathroom door open. 😉 [Kidding, Jane, but the thing could withstand outer space and not leak.]
It is pretty. I have one quirk in decorating, however: I absolutely detest the combination of red and white, not universally, but on a house I happen to be living in—don’t ask me why: I was probably frightened by red and white woodwork as a child—so I’m pretty sure we’re going to paint the white siding that frames the now-red windows and soon-to-be red door. We have an idea, however, to borrow some paint from Joan, who has just painted her windows in a terracotta and redwood combination, and see whether or not doing the frame in one of those might be an interesting intermediate tone from our brickwork, which is one of those mottled medium-tone color combos that leans toward sandstone hues. We shall see. It’s amazing how that brilliant red can fit into an environment of evergreen and water.
Pale turquoise might work. I read recently (see the wiki article on Color) that Chinese and Japanese use a single color name for blue and green. IIRC, it’s “ao” in Japanese. When they need to make distinctions, they use other, more specific color words. After contact with the West, they sometimes make the distinction, but it’s not built into either language. Wiki’s “List of Colors” article claims “AO” is a dark green, but how true that is could vary. I get the impression “AO” is something like viridian or a little brighter. So, a tint of viridian or phthalo green might suit against the red. Maybe-maybe.
If the terra cotta and redwood colors don’t suit the red and black, then possibly a light to pale golden yellow, around the yellow-sandy tones of adobe or old stucco might suit. — Terra cotta and redwood should look great together, but either might not suit next to that primary red. (I currently have a thing for terra cotta and red ochre and copper, but with a bright red primary, hmmm….)
Hmm, Asian influence, but avoiding white….
Bamboo color, again, towards pale golden brown?
Sakura cherry blossom pink, probably not what you’re after in home exterior décor. Thought it might be good for amusement value.
A greyish tone or grey-brown / taupe, something about like the rocks around the water garden?
A color picked up from the koi?
The red you’re using is likely near Cadmium Red Light or that plus a bit of black so it isn’t full-on bright, exactly. A scarlet red or Chinese red like you’d find often used in Asian art.
That’s why I’m tending towards something that opposes or complements or has a triad ot tetrad relationship with the red, plus a contrast in lightness.
If you want a contrast also in saturation (gray versus strong color) then… grayed blue or blue-green or green, or a neutral sandy yellow-gold?
Hah, it’s going to have to suit you both. I’d suggest a trip to the paint aisle. You might have to restrain Jane and yourself, 😉 heh-heh.
You might paint a little bit terra cotta and live with it a while.
I vote for black or a dark grey. Seen it done on Victorians and it looks pretty good.