Day 7 - Colour

Colour

Anger is brown, not black like many think.  It is a dark, sludgy sewer plant brown.  It seethes, it reeks, it flows as a thick, viscous liquid. It´s not water- nor oil-soluble.

Rage is red, shot throw with darker swirls like flames on the sides of Mrs. White´s face.  It throbs like a racing heart beat, it thrums like the blood racing through your veins. It is oil-soluble, it thickens into choler.

Choler is blacker than black.  It emits no light, absorbs anything and everything thrown at it.  It can be a permanent shade for there is no solvent than can dissolve it externally.

Jealousy is, as always expected, green.  But that bilge, yellow-green of an upset stomach.  To be jealous is to be sick to your stomach.  Over someone else´s life, talents, monies, looks.  But be sure, it starts out as:

Cowardice is yellow-white.  The fear that grips the intestines, drains the blood from the face, that whispers ¨you cannot¨, ¨you will fail¨, ¨duck, run, go¨.

Lust is more purple-black than red. It sees only itself, there are no light streaks, no bubbles of pink.  It is, however, a water-soluble colour.  It can be mixed into other tints.

Love, it turns out, is pink.  It can deepen into fuchsia or remain bubble-gum with polka dots.  The choice is always made by the wearer even if they think otherwise.  Love abides.

Happiness is a brilliant orange, blithe and gay, bubbling out of every pore.  It is highly volatile, lasting only moments but leaving a Veuve Cliquot memory.

Contentment is a permanent colour like choler but can be dissolved by fierce external solvents.  It isn´t soluble in water nor oil, but persistent weathering can dull the luster and hue. Add Happiness or Acceptance to restore luster.

Acceptance is soft, permanent and useful for repair of other shades if desired.  It can be shed with grave reluctance, generally for rage, or worse, choler.  It should be treasured, respected, revered, chased.


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