Its a colour full life!!!
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During a pre-employment medical I
learned that of the 256K colours in my mobile I can see but very few. It is
official; I’m a little colour blind. No I don’t see the world in black, white
and shades of grey but if you were to bring me a RmKV multi-colour sari and ask
me what are the colours I will call out red, blue, green, yellow, orange,
purple, white, black, grey, pink and brown. Maybe I may get a few more but
that’s all, with all due respect to the master weavers of RmKV. The fact of the
matter is I cannot discern between shades of the same colour and that makes
life simple! I see a red as red irrespective of whether it is called blood
orange, safety cone or tomato. To me it’s red. PERIOD.
Do you know what a banker’s lamp
is? I didn’t till I happened to see it in the shade card. Horror of horrors, it
is a green. Even worse blue fern is also green. Have you seen a blue cow? It’s
yet another shade, thankfully its blue, but a cow???? Now don’t wonder what
happened to me that I’m ranting and raving about colours, its just that D and
others of her ilk have this habit of coming up with some weird colours that I’m
clueless about. Have you heard of bishop's pink? I was wondering when did I
last see a pink bishop, till D patiently explained that its the colour of the
small cap that bishops wore.
I am yet to figure out which navy
wears navy blue, our navy wears white. Maybe that is airforce blue?
Likewise peaches and lemons are
fruits. I always thought violet was a colour by itself but Valentine’s Day poem
tells you that violets are blue. But the orange, well the orange is orange so
no confusion.
Earlier D had a kind of
superiority complex about my lack of knowledge in the world of colours. But
ever since the medical report I’m the beneficiary of her sympathy. “Oh, you
poor thing, cannot make out colours…. ”. It feels so nice. And she does not
make a face when I say her new sari is brown when it would be called something
in the maroon family.
When I look around and see, the
world is so beautiful and full of colours. So what if it is not in 256 K
colours, who really has the time to learn the names of all? Lets just KISS!
(Keep It Simple Stupid!)
Enjoy life in colour!
What about mauve? Or Majenta? :P
ReplyDelete@Deepa Iyer: etho you telling I can make out, not sure what : )
ReplyDeleteAh, there are many like you in our family. Almost all men have this problem, I reckon. They cannot make out any colours at all.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I fumble between blue and green.
Joy always,
Susan
Susan - no one can make out colors! ;-) They can only identify! Hope you get the drift :P So sorry, couldn't help pointing that one out but one phrase that's grossly misused is "make out" ;-)
ReplyDeleteDeepa, urghh. Indian English, I presume!
ReplyDeleteAnd "make out" -- ughhh.
Thanks for pointing out.
Deepa, I just checked. See this:
ReplyDeletemake out
1. To discern or see, especially with difficulty: I could barely make out the traffic signs through the rain.
2. To understand: could not make out what she said.
3. To write out; draw up: made out the invoices.
4. To fill in (a form, for example).
5. Informal To represent as being: made me out to be a liar.
6. Informal To try to establish or prove: He made out that he was innocent.
7. To get along in a given way; fare: made out well in business.
8. Slang
a. To neck; pet.
b. To have sexual intercourse.
Whattae colourful discussion!
ReplyDeleteAnd what about my personal favourites...Lilac, burgandy, ramar blue, peppermint green, coffee brown, tomato pink, mampazha manjal and kathripoo colour Clement?
ReplyDeleteSigh!
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