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title: >
  Shingai Shoniwa’s socks
date: 2007-10-09 18:24
status: published
tags: colours, socks, the Friday Fetch-it

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I just noticed how similar the colour scheme at <a href="/thefridayfetchit">the Friday Fetch-it</a> is to that of <a href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/">BrooklynVegan</a>—this wasn't intentional. I actually picked the colour from <a href="http://www.thenoisettes.com/" title="Warning: includes obnoxiously automatically playing music">Shingai Shoniwa</a>'s socks:
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<img src="/shingaishoniwassocks/shingaishoniwa.png" alt="In a picture I found of her crouching on a kitchen work surface (probably for a good reason), her socks are primarily green.">
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I already wanted a roughly-green colour, and this allowed me to title that particular shade “Shingai Shoniwa’s Socks” Green—which is nicely absurd.
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