I find maps with all the blue (that represents water) difficult to work with, but the addition of a pastel wire edged ribbon softened the bright red roads, which visually mixed with the white background to make more of a co-ordinating pastel.

map, silk flowers, ribbon. Feb 28, 2015 Sony rx100, photoflood lighting.

In short, I was pleasantly surprised at how well the colors worked in this.

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