Brisbane - well its a creme, it's some kind of blue based pink fuschia colour that I really dislike. The only reason I can think B decided to give this to Brisbane is that we have an arbour of bouganvillea in South Bank, one of our "premiere" tourist sites... except that bouganvillea has a much prettier colour. When discussing this with friends, we felt that Brisbane should really be something like beige or concrete. We have been through a major revamp stage with public spaces, and it tends to be all steel and concrete construction. Beige would be because we have a lot of staid workers here who stick to the rules. If Melbourne is black and Sydney is chocolate, we are definitely beige.
Casablanca - Who would have thought Casablance be a hot violet? But it is what it is. And its a creme.
Shanghai - ok, agreeable, the orchid of the east. Shanghai conjures up prostitute dens, luxury and excess, and velvet passions. Also a creme. Pink orchid.
New York - creme purple, that is what I would call this.Its a very middle of the paint rack purple. Not light, not dark, not red, not blue. Actually, it's probably the colour Yahoo uses in their logo!
Mykonos - dark blue shot with violet pearl. I compared this with the Modelista version of Mykonos and they felt it was better represented as a bold electric blue pearl. Either way, Mykonos is about blue. Blue blue blue blue. If you're an island surrounded by water, and offset by solid white buildings... then I guess blue is the most obvious choice.
Dubai - An electric pearl violet. It has all the lush appearance of silk satin glimmering in light, smooth and rich.
Beijing - There are two dark blues, the other being Moscow. I think Moscow is the darker. Now, if they were thinking that this is like the "workers blue" then it needs to be a bit lighter. But in comparison to Shanghai, yep, spot on. Shanghai is party town and Beijing is officious duty. Hand me the rubber stamp. It's so dark in the bottle it is almost black.
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