Paris In The Pink!

Looking at the Pink Eiffel Tower cake that we made for our current "Pink Week" Collection (on eBay until Sun 12 July...), we wondered what would happen if we could change the brownish-gray colour of the real thing and slap on a coat of pink paint?

Realising that painting the real thing was going to require between 50 and 60 tonnes of paint, we decided against doing it for real. At 324 metres high, vertigo would have been a major problem too...

So we did it the easy way - in Photoshop!

Oooh la la! It certainly adds a splash of colour to a dull Parisian sky, but I think I prefer the true colour!

Hmmm, but what about other famous Parisian landmarks? The Arc de Triomphe for example?

Oh no! That'll never do! There's so much traffic whizzing round the thing that giving those crazy Parisian drivers the added distraction of a bright pink landmark to look at instead of the road will only end in trouble and another smashed tail light...!

What about somewhere more calm? Somewhere where one can relax and contemplate life and be alone with one's thoughts. A church maybe? What about Sacré Coeur? Swapping its bright whiteness might add a dash of colour to the highest point in Paris, but could you contemplate anything other than the shocking colour if it was repainted in pink? (edit: this is growing on me...!)

So our "scientific" research concludes that the only Parisian landmark that should be offered in pink is the Eiffel Tower....

...and then only when it's in miniature!

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