Wherever men are noble, they love bright colour; and wherever they can live healthily, bright colour is given them—in sky, sea, flowers, and living creatures. – John Ruskin (1819–1900), Proserpina: Studies of Wayside Flowers, While the

Mauve is just pink trying to be purple. – James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. – Pedro Calderón de la Barca

I never use colors. Black and white are all I need. Most of my clothes are black and white, too. I suppose the most flamboyant color in my wardrobe is dark brown. – Leonard Baskin (1922–2000)