Kermit may have been on to something when he sang about how it’s not easy being green. Finding green is easy enough.
(Grass on the hill. 2006)
(A green day on the Brandywine. 2007)
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All posts for the month July, 2007
(Raindrops on a flower petal. Photo by Robin. 2007)
My one and only color request is for the color purple.
I thought purple would be easy because it just so happens purple is my favorite color. That should mean that I have lots and lots of photos of purple. Right?
Wrong. Purple is rarer than I thought. It’s not that I can’t find it anywhere, but it’s not nearly as abundant in life as the greens, reds, yellows, blues, and browns. Even the grays put in more appearances than purple. Perhaps that’s what makes it so special — its rarity.
(Lilacs. Photo by Robin. 2007)
(Birds at the Cleveland Zoo. Photo by Robin. 2007)
Being an American, I’m going to use the spelling I grew up with: Gray. It’s the American English variant of grey and one that I’m used to. I find it interesting that the spellchecker keeps underlining grey as if it’s spelled wrong. You can tell an American programmed it.
Gray has been described as an elegant neutral color. It’s conservative, cool, and is sometimes seen as cloudy or gloomy. In my description of The Blues I wrote that I thought the blues should be called the grays because that’s how depression feels to me: Gray.
(Storm clouds, getting ready to weep. Photo by Robin. 2007)
Gray, like black, is often used as a color of mourning. It reminds me of the mourning dove, who happens to be a gray bird, and its plaintive song.
Gray is the color of sorrow.
(Gray day in the Bogs. Photo by Robin. 2006)
In the corporate world, gray suits are almost standard issue uniforms. Dark or charcoal gray is considered sophisticated and mysterious, whereas lighter grays are somewhat similar to white. Gray is conservative and old-school.
(Note about format: I know my posts, especially the color series, are heavy on photos and that makes for slow going when it comes to loading if you don’t have a speedy internet connection. I’ve decided to try using the “more” feature. So, you know, click on that blue stuff down there that says “Continue reading A touch of gray/grey” to continue reading this post. Some of my readers are savvy enough to know that, but I know of one or two who might need a little help, being fairly new to the internet, blogging and all that jazz. And for those who care, I added links to the color series on the sidebar.)
(Blue Mummer. Photo by Robin. 2007)
I’d venture to guess we’ve all had them at one time or another: The Blues. I was curious as to where the term came from because usually when I have the blues it’s more like the grays, lacking in color and oomph. It seems that in English we call it the blues because blue is related to rain and rain was considered the tears of the gods (or God/dess, as the case may be).
I love the color blue in all it’s shades. It is not my favorite color, but it is an extremely close second.
(Hydrangea. Photo by Robin. June 2007)
