Colourway Names

Oh how quickly the Giant Gauge knitting progresses, even in midterm week:



Now, this is being whipped up out of Colinette's "Giotto," in the colorway "Raphael."

Why?

I mean, specifically, why "Raphael"?

The last "Giotto" pullover I did was in "Monet," and this I can see:



The reference seems pretty clear to me here. But I'm lost on this "Raphael" reference. In what piece, exactly, did Raphael dwell in these colors? None that I'm familiar with.

I love these colors; I'm looking forward to wearing the pullover, which, at this rate, ought to be done in about a week and a half. I just don't think it should be called "Raphael." I think "Vermeer" would be better. One of those dark Dutch things with flashes of meaningful light.

The colorway reminds me very much of an afternoon I spent in a nearby state park with my mom -- she was hunting mushrooms and I was sitting on a log looking at birds. The forest floor was created out of EXACTLY these shades -- if I were to wear the soon-too-be-finished pullover and lie down on a mushroomy forest floor, I would be invisible except for my jeans.

A useful sort of garment.