The most colorful orchids I have ever shot

As you’ve seen, I collect orchids, visit orchid shops, and like to spot orchids in the wild. And I shoot them, a lot. I share with you here a selection of shots of orchids with the most vivid colors… And in a future article, I will analyze their colors so that you, fellow artists, can use them in your paintings and art.

While you can see some of the original photos in my previous publications, here I’ve zoomed deeply into the flowers to minimize any contribution from objects other than the flowers themselves. So the flowers will look huge, and my subsequent analysis of the colors will focus mainly on those of the flowers themselves.

Let’s begin with a classical but giant pink phalaenopsis:

It’s deep pink in various hues grading from nearly white at the center to deep pink at the edges. Let’s see what the color analysis will then say.

The lead photo is also a phalaenopsis, of a deeper pink. And also this one, but in this case mottled with fine spots of dark pink onto a white background in the outer petals and onto a pale yellow in its center:

Let’s continue with this purple beauty:

which actually seems to have two main tones of purple, one of them almost blue and another that approaches white inside the regular 4-sided patterns.

This next one is not pure color but actually a dense pattern of dark pink spots sprayed onto a white-pinkish background:

The red parts of the flower above are of a quite special hue. And so is the red of this flower:

One more flower that is mainly white but has a nice touch of vivid colors inside:

This one is actually a white flower that has been injected with blue ink, similar to what I tested with other flowers:

Whatever, the result is stunning, don’t you think?:

Last two mottled beauties. First purple-white:

And finally this weird mix of yellow and red:

Now tell me, which one is your favorite?

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