Top Bloggers Rights this month go to Alison Rodwell, Technical Specialist – Paper and Packaging at James Cropper.

One of her blogs, “Mapping The Geography Of Colour“ has been showcased on Quick Print Pro's Best Blogs In Print website.

The stats add up to Alison Rodwell being awarded the print industry top blogger of the month accolade.

Mapping The Geography Of Colour

From the White Cliffs of Dover on the south coast to the weathered sandstone of the Old Man of Hoy in Orkney, and everything in between, the colour palette of our green and pleasant land is deceptively diverse. Each hue tells a story. And each story tells us something valuable about our past, present, or future.



There’s value in colour. That value comes from meaning. While each shade can be categorised down to the most minute difference in Delta E, there will always be something special to someone about a particular colour. It might be impossible to fully describe, but it is always there. And it’s impossible to separate from our feelings and memories about the place in which we live.

This means its value exists both in emotional and commercial terms. Even the most convincing salespeople in the business can’t compete with a simple flash of colour that reminds you of home, because we can’t choose the colours that surround us, but we can absorb them and make them part of our identities.

That unique power is what is driving us to map out the country’s colour identity, travelling to trade shows and engaging in conversations with people from all walks of life. Because the true value of a colour doesn’t come from what it looks like, but from what it means.

From Landscape To Legacy

This kind of approach is fundamental to our colour expertise, as while colours can be analysed in scientific detail, there’s also a special element that can’t be quantified. Call it subjectivity, call it magic, call it soul. Whatever it is, you know it when you see it.

James Cropper sits at this intersection between art, science, nostalgia, and revolution, giving us a unique perspective on colour production. Our own geography. and the rolling Lake District hills that define it, means the awesome power of colour is inescapable. Green fields weathered grey stone buildings, and the reflections of golden sunlight speckled across the surface of the River Kent are constant sources of inspiration.

And yet, as beautiful as these natural landscapes are, the colour of the landscape is just one small part of the way people link palette and place. History and culture play a part. The pale, earthy Kendal Green or the royal blue of the famous Kendal Mint Cake wrapper are just two historical shades from our mill’s surrounding area. Travel just 50 miles south down the M6 to Blackpool, and you’ll find a completely different palette – one defined by its sandy beaches and white-foamed ocean, the neon rainbow of its famous illuminations, or perhaps by the tangerine of its historic football team.

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