breetheflea
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Post by breetheflea on Oct 20, 2022 16:45:41 GMT
So why is every sheet of sand/beach related scrapbook paper I own brown? Or bright pink and aqua. Yes, I am trying to scrap a picture of my kids wearing gray clothes, standing on gray sand, with a gray ocean, and gray skies and I can't find a paper that works... Maybe we need a new beach  ETA: and maybe sand is brown everywhere but on the Washington coast? |
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Post by tampascrapper on Oct 20, 2022 17:05:29 GMT
I’m used to the light brown or tan I guess sand in Florida. Never really thought about sand being different colors except black sand of course
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Post by honeypea on Oct 20, 2022 17:11:21 GMT
I’ve never thought of sand as gray.
It’s beige/tan/ivory in my experience. Maybe a bit of gray on a granular level, but still warm tones overall. 🤷🏻♀️
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Post by grammadee on Oct 20, 2022 17:11:52 GMT
Sand around our local lakes is grey b/c of vegetation that grows right up to the edge of the lake. I use a really light tan pp, and then add some grit with liquid adhesive and earthy glitter mixes.
I do struggle with water papers b/c photos of the lake water is often grey or some other dull colour definitely not Caribbean blue.
If everything in your photo is grey, maybe you can sneak in some brighter summer colours in your papers?
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Post by melanieg on Oct 20, 2022 17:16:35 GMT
The sand at our resort in Costa Rica was almost black. Yet almost white in Cancun area.
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Post by don on Oct 20, 2022 17:43:30 GMT
Our sands are 50 shades of gray in the Pacific Northwest.
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Post by lanena on Oct 20, 2022 18:11:44 GMT
I've never thought of sand as gray. I grew up in Southern California and now I live in North Carolina. The sand on the west coast is lighter than the sand here on the east coast, but they are both different shades of tan. It makes sense that it would be different from place to place depending on the vegetation and minerals available. I would love to see the sand in Costa Rica--that's one of my bucket list places!
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Post by 950nancy on Oct 20, 2022 18:40:07 GMT
I haven't been to the Washington coast, but I've seen it from white to black and all of the tan shades in between. When it is really wet, it looks darker, but I don't think of it as grey.
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Post by deekaye on Oct 20, 2022 20:25:42 GMT
Our sands are 50 shades of gray in the Pacific Northwest.  |
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pantsonfire
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Post by pantsonfire on Oct 20, 2022 20:34:27 GMT
Brown to tan here. I am in southern Ca.
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Elsabelle
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Post by Elsabelle on Oct 20, 2022 21:10:30 GMT
This reminds me of the scene in Nacho Libre when Encarnacion says her favorite color is light tan. The sand that I've always seen is light tan.
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Post by myboysnme on Oct 20, 2022 23:53:20 GMT
This is where some grey ink or chalk would come in handy to darken the sand.
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Post by joblackford on Oct 21, 2022 0:07:39 GMT
Our sands are 50 shades of gray in the Pacific Northwest. Maybe we need a new beach ETA: and maybe sand is brown everywhere but on the Washington coast? Everything is grey in Washington! I think of sand as being light brown/tan but actually most of the sand I've experienced has been a different color than the color it is in my mind. I don't have any advice on the scrapbooking, sorry, I would get a new beach. |
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Post by don on Oct 21, 2022 0:49:10 GMT
Everything is grey in Washington! I think of sand as being light brown/tan but actually most of the sand I've experienced has been a different color than the color it is in my mind. I don't have any advice on the scrapbooking, sorry, I would get a new beach. We are color coordinated if nothing else. |
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Post by Embri on Oct 21, 2022 1:10:41 GMT
Depends where you live.
Around here, most sand is cream-brown-tan. But sand can be almost any colour, based on what's making it up - silica / rock / coral / shells / other inclusions.
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Post by CardBoxer on Oct 21, 2022 2:24:23 GMT
Sand in the beaches in Marylad was tan.
There’s pink sand in one of the beaches in Bonaire..
There’s a beach on the gulf coast of Florida with white sand so fine and soft it feels like talcum powder. They have or had signs warning not to wear a watch since the sand could get in it. Every beach on the gulf coast had a different type of sand and what could be found in it—like one had lots of sharks teeth.
“The sand is made from pure white quartz crystal, which came from the Appalachian Mountains at the end of the last Ice Age and was deposited into the Gulf of Mexico.”
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Post by refugeepea on Oct 21, 2022 2:29:45 GMT
What are these beaches you speak of?  |
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Post by scrappyrabbit on Oct 21, 2022 2:51:23 GMT
If it is a new beach you are looking for, you are welcome to come to me in SoCal and we can take pictures and scrapbook our light tan sand. 😍
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scrapnnana
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Post by scrapnnana on Oct 21, 2022 4:04:22 GMT
On Grand Bahama Island, the sand is pink because it is mostly crushed shell. It feels like you are walking in flour, until your bare feet find the occasional rock.
Sand can be a variety of colors. The Mudd Puddles company has sand of various colors, each color in a jar.
It is frustrating to be trying to match photos and paper, though, especially if the sand on the paper isn’t the right color.
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dawnnikol
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Post by dawnnikol on Oct 21, 2022 11:25:10 GMT
So why is every sheet of sand/beach related scrapbook paper I own brown? Or bright pink and aqua. Yes, I am trying to scrap a picture of my kids wearing gray clothes, standing on gray sand, with a gray ocean, and gray skies and I can't find a paper that works... Maybe we need a new beach ETA: and maybe sand is brown everywhere but on the Washington coast? The other thing is that your photo's white balance and the light all change the shades, too. I, literally, just went through our beach photos from in Gulf Shores, AL / Orange Beach / Pensacola, FL. I tend to swap between my dSLR and cell phone and the same shot from my dSLR is much warmer than my iphone. But, yes, all the sands are different, too.  |
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Post by paget on Oct 21, 2022 11:46:20 GMT
As I life long Washingtonian, WA beaches are definitely gray sand. And Rocky. Lol We spend most Of our beach time on the Oregon coast and I was Looking at those pictures and some the sand looks tan and others it’s also gray - depends on the dampness and sun, it seems, according to my pictures. |
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Post by CardBoxer on Oct 21, 2022 14:20:42 GMT
As I life long Washingtonian, WA beaches are definitely gray sand. And Rocky. Lol We spend most Of our beach time on the Oregon coast and I was Looking at those pictures and some the sand looks tan and others it’s also gray - depends on the dampness and sun, it seems, according to my pictures. Is it always the same beach? If not, beaches right next to each other separated by a channel or land can look/feel different depending on the rock that created the sand. Some beaches are so close together you can wade or swim between them and they’re still different. (Nerd question/comment.) |
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Post by paget on Oct 21, 2022 14:28:53 GMT
As I life long Washingtonian, WA beaches are definitely gray sand. And Rocky. Lol We spend most Of our beach time on the Oregon coast and I was Looking at those pictures and some the sand looks tan and others it’s also gray - depends on the dampness and sun, it seems, according to my pictures. Is it always the same beach? If not, beaches right next to each other separated by a channel or land can look/feel different depending on the rock that created the sand. Some beaches are so close together you can wade or swim between them and they’re still different. (Nerd question/comment.) Interesting! The beach/sand I am referring to in Oregon seems brown but occasionally gray is always the same one. I’d say it’s typically tan, though. |
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Post by lisacharlotte on Oct 21, 2022 21:49:39 GMT
I grew up in Los Angeles where the sand is coarse and yellow/tan. I moved to North Carolina and was surprised that the sand is completely different. It was much whiter and finer. I’ve also been to beaches with no sand, just rocks.
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Post by KikiPea on Oct 22, 2022 3:12:42 GMT
So why is every sheet of sand/beach related scrapbook paper I own brown? Or bright pink and aqua. Yes, I am trying to scrap a picture of my kids wearing gray clothes, standing on gray sand, with a gray ocean, and gray skies and I can't find a paper that works... Maybe we need a new beach ETA: and maybe sand is brown everywhere but on the Washington coast? Most of the sand colors I’ve seen are tan/brown, pink or black. |
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Post by disneypal on Oct 22, 2022 23:23:41 GMT
This sand on the beaches I go to is white…in fact, they often say “sugar-white beaches” - Gulf of Mexico - Florida Panhandle  |
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Post by gina on Oct 23, 2022 2:37:23 GMT
Sand is tan on the beaches in NY.
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Post by joblackford on Oct 23, 2022 18:22:33 GMT
I had to check some photos to see... Werewolf/sparkly vampire coast of WA  Grey by jo.blackford, on Flickr |
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Post by Skellinton on Oct 23, 2022 20:30:58 GMT
As I life long Washingtonian, WA beaches are definitely gray sand. And Rocky. Lol We spend most Of our beach time on the Oregon coast and I was Looking at those pictures and some the sand looks tan and others it’s also gray - depends on the dampness and sun, it seems, according to my pictures. Yes, Oregon beaches are primarily tan. The beaches on one side of Prince Edward Island are the most glorious orange red color. Some beaches there were white as well. The only Washington beach I have been is the one with Jake the Alligator Man. I don't remember the sand color though. |
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