The Color Thread...add your own color

[beckstra]

Green

Marshlands
Sticky between the toes
Slimy under fingernails
Drop your head under the smiley serpents
Kiss the frogs
Tap your hip
Melancholy and molasses falling
Katydids and banjos sing from the trees
Smear mud on your cheek and talk to the swamp
Gators are docile
Mosquitoes listen better when the sun shines on the swamp
The air is tasty
Cattails toast well in the sun
Being green is swell

[amanda]

deep.
unadulterated.
purple.

throwing down the gauntlet between the calm sweet coolness of blue the lifebloodfire of red, turning one another inside out, through and over again.

power. knowledge. wisdom.

rarity.

gives flight to birds of paradise,
mingles with the destinies of royalty
gives quiet notice of forthcoming zodiacal light.

profane and regal. tropical and frostbiten. bravado and depth.

purple.

[zefrank]

brown.

not shit.

dirt.

it smells good.

tall grass looks more comfortable than it really is.

dirt looks meaner.

and look at all that comes out of it.

shit too, for that matter.

[nycwriters]

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[rapscalious rob]

Black:
is it a color? Is it the absence of color?
emits no wavelengths. It absorbs the entire rainbow, swallowing it whole, expunging it.
represents a new beginning: a dark room before the lights are turned on, a dark sun before the beginnings of thermonuclear activity.
licorice.
is the color we wear at funerals. Thus we associate it with death. Other cultures associate white with death, because of the white of bones.
tuxedos and limosines, patent leather shoes and Baldwin grand pianos.
stealth bombers, or helicopters.
car tires.
ink.
Black.

[lapietra]

tart and golden
piss and vinegar
buttercups and old teeth
(mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmbeer)
sunflower smiling beaming gleaming
g l o w i n g
friendly cowardly custard moon, awheelofcheese
and a bee's fuzzy bum
banana candy dissolves like soft sweet chalk
cuidado, mas lento...
lemonhead

[malina]

deep
shallow
light
heavy
silver and shiny
dark and gloomy
passive
actively
searching black
looking for white
longing for red
remembering blue
finding that comfortable place without a name
criticized
dreaded
misunderstood
frowned upon

loved

[moel]

blue.
simple.
and electric.
of earth and life.
both dejected and renewing.
a wide open sky; a vast ocean.
of mountains and of moons.
bright and deep.
light and dark.
primary.
life.

[malina]

BOOM!

[dalang]

pink bubbadink swink swank
soft bubbalicious candy cotton baby cheeks
bunny noses, love roses, strike-a-pose
prima donna, prime cut, princess
little lips, sinking ships, flirting with the reds,
tickles their chins, leaning much too far over...
a wink, a kiss and a smile
button up dear, cute as
bunny slippers

[rapscalious rob]

Shades of Orange.
Tangerines or oranges, the rind
artfully peeled with thumbnail, the rind pulp
gathers in the fold between nail and skin, the bitter
citrus smell wafts upwards.
Tracters and bulldozers, men in hardhats, bright flourescent vests of Caltrans workers. Hard work, the smell of asphalt, the deadly rush of cars, the sun.
Highlighters. Late nights spent proofreading in the office, or at school, Roget’s and Websters close at hand. Endless textbooks with lines of words; following the subtle thread of reasoning and teasing out the faults, allowing the mind to digest the mass of information and spit out a conclusion
Wet floor signs, mop buckets, mop handles. Late nights spent sweeping and mopping; being on call for the spilled sodas.
imacs. The dukes of hazard.
zefrank.com.

[rapscalious rob]

nyc
nothing rhymes with
try doorhinge. Well, it’s pretty close, at least.

[malina]

sugar
snow
peace of mind
clean laundry smell
sensitive innocence
infinite
pure

[Audreyvgs]

peuceandfuscia
fusciaandpeuce

[Audreyvgs]

I'm really this color:
http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/sakuran2.gif

[malina]

oh is this supposed to be about 'us' ? ( ... i'm slow :rolleyes: )

[moel]

i didn't think so either, malina. but yer still slow:p

[malina]

love ya! :p

[Audreyvgs]

Yer not slow, I'm an artist, not a poet, so the color has to be graphic rather than verbal, personal rather than objective. eeeuuuuuww. Too many words.

[malina]

here's another one..

glittering prize
you are
true
hard and heavy
in the sky
yours and mine
ours
timeless
priceless
dense
in your mind
in your soul
gold

[BusyRich]

It's already been done, but green's my favourite...

Grass, Trees
Jets and Seas
Chinese teas
mouldy cheese (sometimes)

Fields, leaves
Pears and peas
Trendy T's
drugs, please?



http://www.busyrich.com/glasto2.html

[malina]

the bottom of the pool
glistening in the sunlight

alice in wonderland
happy go crazy

little girls in cotton bikinis
playing with black dogs on the beach

babies in bathtubs
memories

[Coffee]

Dark Blue

Deep,

. Ocean
. Sad eyes
. song of longing

High,

. Sky from a mountain top
. flashing wings
. hippie jeans

[Klynne]

Teal

Taffetta, silk, and lace
Old lady shirts
80's mini skirts
Ugly bridesmaid dress

[malina]

cracked and broken china, lace and linen, paper forgotten on a desk
my favourite plate, clean nails, stucco ceilings, a summer dress
making oranges brighter, browns creamier and reds softer
warmer than white, cleaner than yellow, gracious
giving colour to everything and nothing at all
more timid than mother of pearl
luxurious wedding cakes
plastic appliances
eggs

[nycwriters]

.

[malina]

muddy earth
pucci
indian valley
ogres
spanish steps
confusion
seashells and mammoths
layers
of stuff

[Goot]

Bronze

Sweat on strength.
Glittering against black, pounded into purpose.
Power held from time,
winning is still mine,
the tip of a spear,
a gleam against your ear.
beauty on strength.
The real man’s gold.
Ageless and old.

[malina]

kitsch
kitsch
kitsch
silk ribbons
aids
kitsch
pixies
secrets
kitsch
potpourri
kitsch
chintz
kitsch
kitsch

[ambo]

leave me pink inside
pink like the rim of the sunrise
pink like a little girl's bows
pink like a 70's flower
a pink balloon
on the wind
i'm all pink where you cannot see
spread me open
find the pink

[malina]

the bottom of the forest
endless night
thick, drenched velvet
cover all
slowly spreading, absolute
just playground
sadness openly displayed
infinite space
doleful, elegant solace
eternal fascination

[lapietra]

apple green
or is it chartreuse?

crisp and juicy
tart and tangy
wakes me up and makes me happy

spring leaves, tender shoots
and velvety soft grass

martians and sugar snap peas

a memory of his eyes...
challenging bright, sensuous light

slightly rebellious, uncontainable
and very good

[malina]

~
~glittery
~~jittery
~~~fragile
~~~~docile
~~~~~mobile
~~~~~~agile
~~~~~~~sparkle
~~~~~~~~twinkle
~~~~~~~~~yestereve
~

[beckstra]

pink

eyeing aureola
peeking above her shirtline
an accident
blush at catching it
she blushes that you caught it
walk into a strawberry
and pucker up

[malina]

gives flight to birds of paradise
song of longing
of earth and life
glistening in the sunlight
ugly bridesmaid dress
kiss the frogs
spring leaves, tender shoots
tart and golden
the bitter citrus smell wafts upwards
boom!

[rapscalious rob]

Noncommitted
unopinionated
unassuming
bland
flavorless
empty
fits in anywhere
as a computer should

[malina]

black
white
silver
beige
peach
brown
white

[rapscalious rob]

jumps out at the page
pointing out the points that hold the paragraphs together
or perhaps
making your mistakes glare out at you
and yell:
“Hey!! Don’t forget about me!
I need to be revised!”
Sometimes it is a way of conveying something to a client,
for instance, in a publication proof,
“this is supposed to be in color,”
on a black & white ad printout.
Lemongrass is a pretty bright yellow.
Not quite fluorescent, but
I still remember those long summer days when I was a kid,
nibbling on it.

[malina]

gold
orange
red yellow
yellow gold red
orange black yellow
black gold orange red
red orange gold red yellow
black orange red orange yellow
orange red black orange red black yellow
gold yellow orange red orange black gold black orange yellow red

[malina]

**white
*****

**************gold
****************
*******silver
*********


*gold
***
*************************silver
***************************

***********white
**************

[rapscalious rob]

black, gray and white constellation of tar, pitch, gravel
Yellow trails of paint, the yellow road, your destination
little shiney black patches of run-over chewing gum
dried blood from the roadkill, a stray feather from
a run-over owl. Black, caked asphalt, cracked
beneath the pressure of truck tires moving goods
from the Long Beach Harbor, paper, gasoline, soda
a million billion commuters rolling through each day,
cracks in the asphalt

[daverbee]

Brown:

Pine needles covering the trail on a winter hike in Little Talbot State Park.
Ferns covering a long dead oak tree waiting for Spring rains to wake them up.
A mare and foal I found had spent the night behind my tent on Cumberland Island. Her ribs were showing as it had been a dry winter.
Old bull gator gliding through the tannin stained water in the Okefenokee.
Cypress trees along Billy's Lake, paddling towards Billy's Island.
My wood canoe paddle dipping into and out of the water.
Thrashers flying overhead as I toss the ball for my big dog, Kodi, so named because he is brown like a Kodiak Grizzly.
Brown and white like my little dog Fred. Not so much that as brown and gray. Fred and dirty are synonymous.
A brown blur as Kodi and Fred play Alpha Dog Smackdown in the back yard. They take turns winning.
Cabinet grade plywood as I rip it on the table saw. Even richer brown when I cover it with contact cement before covering brown plywood with black laminate for another countertop.
Vickie's eyes as she reaches for me in the morning light.
Corn flakes in the morning while we watch Scooby-Doo.

[No_Face]

cautious
approach
de-rail, fragment
Red.
visible
violence
Shame

Regret.
Red.

[sparticle]

azure

cool

throat chakra

calling me

in cerulean dreams

of a beloved blue velvet voice

the blues

are not always sad

sometimes they're liquid joy

[madasacutsnake]

Peach and Blue


My mother's house is painted peach and blue.

Psycho colours says my friend.

I agree


And think of gravel crunching

Which was her car arriving

And Dad putting down his violin

He knew he could play no more.



And the tango for two,

Aztec stripes of brightness and joy,

Became for three

And turned to peach and blue.

[Abby Normal]

Taupe

"They say Taupe is very soothing"
Why must hallways always be painted this color?
Why not blue?
Orange?
Red?
Why this "almost-color"
that makes one think of hospitals
of government buildings
and the principal's office.
I swear, Mr. Principal, I didn't mean
to TP your house
just like you didn't mean
to paint your walls
Taupe.

[ally]

Indigo
Transition between blue & violet.
The colour of my soul.
Favorite nail varnish.
Hypnotising.
Sumptuous.
Wouldn't it be nice to have Indigo eyes?
I had indigo hair once.
And a cat called indigo, but she was tabby.

[malina]

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[Stamp]

dark grey

the light in my eyes
mirror of future
were are the bright light?
:confused:

[rapscalious rob]

deep purple
like exotic undersea creatures,
or the darkening sky at the cusp of night
bruises and flowers
and bitter slices of eggplant.

[lady sphinx]

arizona turquoise
like an accent on a cowgirl's loopy belt
or a sliver of a spectral bahaman beach
how i delight in thee

[Gatsby]

smooth wood floors in a smoky bar
bay horse after a long ride
Nag Champa incense
garden fingertips
watery tea
sisal rug
dust
we

[straymonk]

Teal

is a woman with long, long legs
raven hair in waves
and grey eyes
that water
at beauty

[Clytie]

my sig fits in this thread quite well....

[Levi]

Grey

Peace, rest, and resignation. The calm before the storm. Grey cannot be destroyed, suppressed, only covered for a while. You can only drink coffe for so long. Eventually, sleep will come. Death will come. Tears in rain. We all have our trials. We all fall down.
Ring-around-the-rosey. Hush-a, hush-a. Peace, and rest in resignation. The colour of the innevitable.

Grey

[Coffee]

Yellow
Hidden here.
Jealousy held inside.
Joyfull in the center of a daisy.
Corny at times.
Buttery and smooth on a special person's skin
or Jaundiced in a sick child.
Relief in a porcelan piss pot.
Hidden here.

[Clytie]

burnt orange
sunflowers open to the sky
freshly squeezed tangerines
the sun in its brightest at noonday
outter edges of the hottest flame
tight wool sweaters
dangly scarfs

[rapscalious rob]

That color
As in Goth lady
Alaric and the fall of Roma
Absinthe and red eyeliner
Tight leather outifits
Marilyn Manson
Hearses

[Coffee]

Walking the fence between Black and White
a friend in a box to small for his legacy
shadows at noon on a white street
background as I type this
ashen look of despair
PMS 429C
Gray.

[12"razormix]

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[zero]

CI = B - V (4.9)

CI = 4.22 - 3.50
∴ CI = 0.72

[Clytie]

"black and white"
old fashioned tv
leave it to beaver
andy griffith
classics at its best
checkerboards
with a stark differance for each square
the laid back comfortable feeling
of lines defined definate
relaxed in strictness

[joppa.gal]

Alyzarin Crimson
Deep as my veins
I bite my lip to reveal
The roots of blood rose petals
The Universal Vamp

[Clytie]

golden wheat
waves in the field
with corn rows ajesent
robust eggplant
among the dark green leaves
vines finger toward large ripe pumpkins
mellow with age perfect
for harvest

[joppa.gal]

Cerulean Blue
What a tropical Hue
Let it fly in the sky
ever neigh and I sigh,
"In thy colour Clouds rest as on cue."

[Gatsby]

grey

fireplace ashes
January dawn
winter winds
slushy snow
sweatpants
pencil lead
sleek cat
kohl &
cold

[12"razormix]

gloriously icy
chilled delicious slice
shivery slivers and chips

freshwater changeling
lank slender fish
glamorous frosted glass dish

[zero]

breathing the colour thought is
before language into still air

[12"razormix]

drizzle
drip
drop

plish

drip
drip
drip

drop

plish

drip
drop

drip


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[zero]

red like jungle
burning bright

[trisherina]

blue
number two billiard balls
nineteen sixties era Volkswagens
your eyes when wondering

[bealeblues]

red

symmetry of form
goodness like velvet swimming underneath
its liquid, stinging warmth takes hold and cradles to sleep
to dream

goddess

[Spicy Jack]

green

reclusive
bitter stinging air
a taste of desiccated atrophy
lying in my mouth
again

[zero]

slate

more grey than grey would ever try to be
less black than black, does funny things to me.

[Odbe]

your colour
is
deeper than black
and
colder than white
yet
it
is
a
spectrum.

[T.I.P.]

red

fire
old scars
fleeting passion
laser positioning system
the blood of an innocent
new wounds
wrong turn
lava
punishment
pheonix rising

[brightpearl]

grey

where black meets white
where day meets night
where old meets new
where I meet you

It might rain.

Or not.

[lukkucairi]

the fourth cone I don't have
the color the birds see
hot beyond heat
bright beyond bright
unseen dimension
clean
raw
scouring.

[zero]

deep sky over our horizon unfastens the first true white of stars

[Jaime]

Burgandy

Rough

Sensual

A velvet rope
A painted lip
A dark cherry
A deep, slow breath expelled

[MarsViolet]

MarsViolet

Merlot wine
spilled on a white shirt

Life blood
drying darker

Old tapestry background
with a unicorn center

brownish deep red with violet undertones
can be musty or modern

[β cyg]

pink for a girl
blue for a boy
either or both
it doesn't matter

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

Copper


New pennies
Old Kitchens
Lucy’s hair
Odd machines
Clockwork cogs
So little resistance

[lukkucairi]

because you told me the answer long ago
and because the answer is chartreuse

[Marcus Bales]

black

because it's so absorbing

[Stephi_B]

Cornflower-blue with a scar for sweet memories.

Inkblue with a matt lightblue-orange rim for vibrant ease.

This strange and at the same time beautiful blue I know no name for for attractive confusion - or confusing attraction.

[lukkucairi]

white

bone white
milk white
dove white
mourning white
the place where all the joy leaked out of the world
and left it white

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

greenish-brown

the drying moss above the gutter
the scales of a carp gasping for air
the rotting stems of marigolds in the glass vase
the soft-wet marshlands giving you this sinking feeling that the whole world is slowly being swallowed
my dead father’s eyes, the darker pigment dissolved by years or tears or smoke, who knows now or cares?

[Brynn]

Tabby brown
golden mottled
rotting leaves, broken-bottled
scuffs on soles
dirt-covered moles
drunk in gutters, drowned
strangulated epiglottal'd
slurry mutters
ale brown,
downtown
brown town

[Brynn]

Light blue eyes sincerely darkened and dilated with love.