Electrifying Neon Food Colors Brighten Baskets and Baked Goods

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Combine one-half cup boiling water, one teaspoon vinegar and about
10 drops of food color. The relative light-source colors run from cool to
warm.)
DeBat notes that electronic flash and bright daylight are the same
color.
The stores not displaying the color palette still have the capability to mix
the paint colors.
Founded in 1978, The Home Depot (R) is the world's largest home improvement
specialty retailer and the second largest retailer in the United States, with
fiscal 2004 sales of $73.

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The company employs approximately 325 ,000
associates and has 1,945 stores in 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico.

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Dip eggs in dye as
you would normally. Remove stickers once eggs have dried to reveal perfectly
"drawn" designs.

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Marketing Association International(R), "There is no way for a digital
camera to produce accurate colors in subjects, if the color of the
source light is not taken into account. DeBat points out these settings are usually:

Auto - Allows the camera sensor to determine the white balance
automatically on its own."

Fluorescent - Attempts to adjust for hard-to-match fluorescent
bulbs.

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Transfer the egg to a second color mixture, and
repeat the process.

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The color palette is the first of its kind
and was created after research demonstrated that consumers would welcome a
paint line that reflects Hispanic culture, with Spanish names to provide
inspiration through a collection of shades they can relate to visually.
The Home Depot partnered with Behr Process Corporation, the largest
provider of premium paints and stains to the North American do-it -yourself
(DIY) home improvement market, to create the innovative, new line of colors.

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Paint the Egg Neon
For hand-painted neon designs, combine 10 drops of one color, one-half
teaspoon water, and one-half teaspoon vinegar in a small container.

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Personalize your family's eggs by using a white or light colored crayon to
write names on them before dipping them in the dye.

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Go wild with
stripes, polka dots and zigzags.com or call 1 -800-MEAL-TIP (1-800-632-5847) for more egg
dyeing ideas, directions for preparing hard-cooked eggs and clean-up tips. Psychologically, the brain adjusts
colors so that they seem to be correct under any light source. That is
the reason shoppers often take a fabric out of a showroom in order to
look at it under natural daylight. The most extreme situation found by digital photographers
is the difference between bright sunlight outdoors and artificial
light bulbs indoors.

The Home Depot Celebrates Hispanic Culture Through Color and Paint With Colores Origenes

The Home Depot has an increasing focus on serving and marketing to the
rapidly growing Hispanic community with initiatives such as a national hiring
partnership with four of the country's leading national Hispanic
organizations, bilingual signage and how-to clinics in select stores,
bilingual advertising, and community service projects . Hispanics are the
fastest-growing consumer segment in the nation, representing 14 percent of the
U.S. Customers can call the BEHR customer care line at (800) 854-
0133 ext.

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Use a slotted spoon or tongs to add or remove eggs from dye. (All of this information should be in your
camera manual . Its stock is traded on the
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones industrial
average and Standard + Poor's 500 index.

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Dip hard-cooked eggs in dye for about 5 minutes or until desired
color. For variety, try dipping the top half in one color and the
bottom half in another, or leaving the egg in the dye for different
lengths of time, creating different shades of a particular color.

Marbleize and Surprise
For neon marbled eggs, combine one-quarter cup boiling water, one teaspoon
vinegar, one-eighth teaspoon oil, and four to eight drops of food color in a
shallow bowl.
The problem is that different light sources themselves produce
different colors, and human vision attempts to adjust for the
difference.

Some camera models even allow users to save several different
Custom white-balance settings. You can take flash shots in sunlight, which is a good way
to remove heavy shadows from faces under hat brims.
Origenes , which means the origin of one's roots, will be sold exclusively at
The Home Depot in select stores beginning Monday, Sept. "It was a natural
fit for us to create a color palette that would celebrate the richness of
Hispanic culture as well as to further demonstrate our ongoing commitment to
being the company of choice for Hispanics.
GDP.

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and cool blue daylight from a northern sky is 8,000 K.
According to Alfred DeBat, senior editor of
Prints-are-Memories. When you take
flash shots indoors, you'll see the orange glow from tungsten light
bulbs in the picture, because the camera automatically switches to the
daylight/flash white-balance setting.

Advertising for the new color palette
will be featured in Spanish while signage and promotional materials in The
Home Depot stores will be bilingual.

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3 to receive a Colores Origenes color card that they can take to
their local store to match the paint color they have selected.1 billion. HDG

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3. ATLANTA, The Home Depot(R), the world's
largest home improvement retailer, today announced the launch of a new
Hispanic color palette named Colores Origenes. 19.
In addition to the research that revealed painting is one of the most
popular home improvement projects among Hispanics, it also demonstrated that
59 percent of Hispanics speak Spanish all the time and are more likely to
purchase brands advertised in Spanish.

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When decorating your bunny-shaped sugar
cookies, tie-dyed muffins and rainbow-frosted cupcakes, think neon.) scale, whereby warm studio floodlights are
3,200 K., sunny daylight at noon and electronic flash are 5,500 K.newscom.

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Tungsten - Adjusts the white balance as a general setting for
the color of indoor light bulbs, which are usually classified
as "tungsten bulbs. Flash units are engineered that way, so there is no color
difference.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030502/HOMEDEPOTLOGO )
"Research shows that painting is one of the most common home improvement
projects undertaken by Hispanic consumers," said Tom Taylor , executive vice
president of Merchandising + Marketing at The Home Depot. population. It is estimated that by 2008, Hispanics will have an
approximate annual purchasing power of $1 trillion or 9.

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, You may have to break out the
sunglasses this Easter! McCormick(R) Neon Food Colors and Egg Dye are the
hottest way to dress up Easter in electric shades of pink, purple, blue, and
green.com/cgi -bin/prnh/20050308/NYFNSH06 )

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Snap a photo of the card in the "difficult" lighting situation.

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Setting the 'white-balance '
adjustment on a digital camera for different lighting situations
before taking photographs solves this problem.

Shade - Adjusts for an even cooler, bluer lighting situation."
The use of international style themes is popular in home decor today. With
Spanish names like Azul Cielito Lindo (Lovely Blue Sky) and Chayote (Chayote
Squash), the colors will help create visuals of Latin America and serve to
inspire consumers who are looking to capture that culture in their home decor. The company has announced plans for
retail expansion into China.

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Gently roll each egg in the mixture for 30 seconds, or until
the egg is the desired shade. Allow the egg to dry completely, and wipe away excess oil
with a paper towel. Professional photographers measure this difference in lighting
color using the Kelvin (K.

Custom or Manual - Probably produces the most accurate white
balance; however, this requires additional work by the
photographer.
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Simple Sticker Art
Before dyeing eggs, apply stickers - such as chicks , rabbits, flowers, or
other springtime favorites - to create the desired images.mccormick. Capturing the richness of
colors influenced from Latin America and the Caribbean, the vibrant palette
will feature more than 70 colors.

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McCormick(R) Adds Egg-Citement To Easter

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The new color palette will be available in select stores across the country.

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McCormick(R) Neon Food Colors and Egg Dye will also add a colorful splash
to your favorite baked goods.----When trying to
match neutral white under different kinds of light, the human eye does
not accurately perceive colors."
Therefore, digital camera menus offer users a list of
white-balance settings for lighting conditions that best match the
illumination of a scene.

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This is the first time these hues have been available to jazz up
Easter celebrations. Then,
paint hard-cooked eggs with a paintbrush or a cotton swab. Look for
McCormick Neon and Assorted Food Colors in your grocer's spice aisle. Visit
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(Some cameras have two Fluorescent settings on the menu
to adjust for cool or warm fluorescent tubes. Next,
save the setting as your Manual or Custom option and the camera will
adjust to that neutral hue. The Home Depot has been recognized by Fortune as
the No. 1 Most Admired Specialty Retailer for 2005.

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Daylight - Selects the sunny daylight at noon color setting .)

Cloudy - Provides for a cooler daylight setting found under
cloudy skies. Here's what you have to do: Carry a
small white card with you when you want to use the Manual setting.