A mixture of light and heat... orange plays a brilliant part in th

A mixture of light and heat… orange plays a brilliant part in the decoration of the universe. It gives life to the harmonies of the dawn, and mingling with the dramatic scene of declining day, it adds its numberless vibrations to the endless novelty of spectacle which the sinking sun presents. – Charles Blanc, Art in Ornament and Dress, “Personal Adornment: Colours and Their

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The handwriting on the wall means the grandchildren found the crayons. – Author Unknown

[V]iolet… inclines to purple, and so seems to conceal under an ashy blue the pride and passion of red. – Charles Blanc, Art in Ornament and Dress, “Personal Adornment: Colours and Their

My childhood smells like a box of Crayola crayons. – Terri Guillemets

No things could seem further apart than the doubt of grey and the decision of scarlet. Yet grey and red can mingle, as they do in the morning clouds… – G.K. Chesterton, Alarms and Discursions, “The Glory of Grey”

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