A Conversation About Color

The Conversation

The other day a vocalist, Ruby from my husband’s band was over my house for a rehearsal.

Ruby is a beautiful Indian woman who was wearing the most stunning blue sweater with a sparkling iridescent necklace that seemed to pick up a blue hue from her sweater.

When the vocal rehearsal was over, I had the opportunity to sit and chat with her in my blue and white country kitchen. She looked like she belonged in my kitchen amongst all my blue and white china teacups and teapots.

I was very taken with the particular blue color since it was my very favorite shade of blue during my childhood. I shared with her my memory of opening the box of 64 Crayola crayons always reaching for the peacock blue crayon before my siblings could ever use it and colored everything with it...

We discussed also, how this particular shade of blue is HER color. Every person has particular colors that work best for their skin tone, hair coloring and a lot of times the favorite color is NOT the right color for the person’s needs. So I was indeed complimenting her on her choice of color as well as the Right choice of color for HER.

My husband became involved with the conversation. It seemed he wanted to validate my color assessment by stating that he reveres me as a color expert.  My career early on was Assistant to the head buyer of textiles for Evan Picone . I had to be accurate with my color selections for the linings of their garments.

So the conversation evolved and Ruby began explaining about the piece of glimmering rock that adorned her neck. She told us that it was cut from a  piece of a rock that was reported to have had an image of the Blessed Mother mysteriously imprinted on it. She likes to wear it with that shade of blue because it seems to radiate a calypso of blues making it even more beautiful a piece.

Ruby then asked my husband and me what OUR favorite colors are. She explained that this is one of the questions she uses in the assessment of people while performing her occupation as a “Black Belt” and no not “Karate”. It is a Human Resources position that she explained to us.

We answered the color questions and she assessed our answers. This color conversation percolated in my mind for several days now because of her evaluations of MY favorite color presently and from my past.

My question to my readers is “What is your favorite Color and Why”.
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My answer to the favorite color question was presently Green.  Prior to Green it was Blue, and prior to Blue it was Purple.

Ruby then asked me what each color reminded me of.


My Favorite Colors, Present and Past


Green - My Irish heritage, the outdoors, the scent of fresh cut grass, the rolling hills of the Irish countryside.

A Bible verse:
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not be in want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,    Psalm 23 1:2


Blue- Monet, French cuisine, dining on fine blue bone china, tranquility, the ocean waves low tide.

Purple- The passion of Christ, spring flowers, spring coats with white gloves as a little girl with my sister, colored Easter eggs, new beginnings,Van Gogh.

These three colors were my favorites at different times of my life.  I have analyzed the color choices a bit further for my own documentation and study.

I would love to hear from my readers!!

Katie D