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Poems on Colours


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As we were asked in the Cabaret room what our favourite colours were, I thought I'd do a little colour association.. thing ..

These are the images and thoughts that pass by for each of these colours.

I'd be interested to compare them to other peoples' if someone wants to do the same thing below.

 

White

A pastey nothing,

Flour. Eggs.

Sunless skin on human legs.

A soft discintegration down.

A hard surface slapping cold - a loveless crown.

 

Yellow

A confusion of sunlight and sick.

Good and bad.

Flowers and chemicals.

Warm but dirty.

Beauty and ugliness combined in each way.

 

Red

Bold and forward,

Agression and life,

Beauty and elegance

But dark. Frightening.

Drawing.

 

Purple

Warm or cold - not both.

Indifferent, unyielding.

Stain. Rich.

Looming cloudish background.

 

Blue

Cold and bright.

Happy. Icy eyes and pretty tinges.

Wealth and open space.

Isolated.

 

Green

Life. Plants.

Richness and joy.

Nature, oceams and warmth.

Sunlit leaves and forests,

Jungles. Hot and primeval. Fresh.

Beautiful and versitile.

 

Brown

Earthy. Warm.

Rough texture.

Natural. Rich smells.

Home.

 

Black

Enclosed and secure. Warmth.

Calm and aware.

Nightcreatures.

Alone but near others.

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Interesting idea, and you did it very well. I liked green being "Hot and primeval" and the way you did a texture, smell, and visuals for brown.

 

Here's my contribution:

(composed in Haiku)

 

Lush, refreshing, wet

Forests and mountains and seas

Green is vibrant life

 

Rich, deep, yet distant

Soft velvet and royalty

Elegant Purple

 

Love and hot anger

The color of emotion

Life blood and pain: Red

 

Unobtrusive, dark

Black: the respite from color

Shelter, hurt... or change.

 

Easy to shatter

Innocence or harmony

Fragile blending - White

 

Soft water, harsh skies

The infinite shades of Blue’s

Reflective facets

 

Comforting, gentle

Woods and earth, rock and valley

Home feels a warm Brown

 

Bright, screaming intense

Vivid and striking alert

Orange is pushy

 

(For Big Pointy Stick ^_^ )

Coolly refreshing

A novelty and pleasure

Glass and water: Clear

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