On the names of paint colors
I have to repaint the bathroom. My wife does not allow me to choose paint colors. I can do all the shopping, prep work, painting, and clean up; but I can’t choose the paint color. Such is the division of labor in our household. I go the paint store and bring home a batch of paint chips for her to select the color. During this latest visit to my local House Of Paint, I noticed a lot of unusual color names on the paint chips. I brought home a bunch of them just because I thought the names were interesting. My wife was not amused.
Desert Mist – A non sequitur. (No? OK, an oxymoron)
Inferno Red – I mentally renamed this one Infernal Red. Very ugly.
Modern In-Touch Living – I wonder what “A Little Out of Date, But Still Trying To Keep Up With The Joneses” looks like.
Soft Blush-They didn’t have a Hard Blush.
Peach Blush – The most puzzling aspect of this color name was the fact that the color was actually a purple. Where do you get an image of Peach Blush from purple?
Barley White – I think this must be a typo for Barely White. It was tan.
New York Blue – A state of mind, perhaps?
Rosy Outlook – See above.
Crimson Night – This one was a little scary. I think I’ve seen this movie.
Winter White – Got it.
Spring Green – OK.
Autumn Memories-What!?!?
Desert Mist – A non sequitur. (No? OK, an oxymoron)
Inferno Red – I mentally renamed this one Infernal Red. Very ugly.
Modern In-Touch Living – I wonder what “A Little Out of Date, But Still Trying To Keep Up With The Joneses” looks like.
Soft Blush-They didn’t have a Hard Blush.
Peach Blush – The most puzzling aspect of this color name was the fact that the color was actually a purple. Where do you get an image of Peach Blush from purple?
Barley White – I think this must be a typo for Barely White. It was tan.
New York Blue – A state of mind, perhaps?
Rosy Outlook – See above.
Crimson Night – This one was a little scary. I think I’ve seen this movie.
Winter White – Got it.
Spring Green – OK.
Autumn Memories-What!?!?
posted by HCaldwell | 6:37 AM
2 Comments:
Not so much a non sequitur, as an oxymoron.
There. Now we're even.
Ow. (As I slowly remove the dagger)
You know, I sat for a long while trying to decide which it was, but oxymoron (always makes me think of that guy who does the oxybleach infomercial)just didn't "look" as right on paper. So I decided to show off my four years of high school Latin. Obviously, a literary failure. (sigh)
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