A Full Box of Crayons

 

Last night Roger and I headed downtown to 'The Rep' to see "A Raisin in the Sun".  Not finding a place to park on the street Roger parked in the parking garage.  As we entered the walkover into the theater a woman stopped me.  With a huge smile on her face she said, "You love purple don't you?"  My first thought was, what an odd assumption.  Without thinking I immediately looked down and saw I had on my eggplant colored all-weather coat and a deep purple sweater over black slacks.  I looked into her smiling face and said, "I do".  She quickly opened her coat showing me her lovely purple outfit and said, "I do too".  I quickly patted her arm and replied, "Well we have good taste, don't we".  She had the most wonderful smile.

This morning as I stood in my closet trying to decide what to wear  for a day out and about running errands,  I thought about my encounter with my new friend in purple.  My closet is pretty much organized by color, so it only took a glance to see between the blue and the red (red and blue make purple) I had five purple sweaters ranging  from eggplant to lavender.   And in my usual obsessive way I began thinking about my favorite colors.

 I've always thought of myself as a "blue girl".  I have blue eyes and I've been told blue makes my eyes bluer.  I can't think of a better reason to really like blue, but other than blue jeans, one blue shirt and a couple of scarves I don't actually own a lot of blue clothing.  I  have a lot of aqua and turquoise, but not true blue.

barn red cabinets

With camera in hand I walked around looking for a color trend.  What I found was . . . .a lot red, some green, a sprinkling of yellow and just the perfect touch of orange...and did I say a lot of red?

I do love the color red, but I have never considered it my absolutely favorite color.  I do seem to be drawn to anything red.   Does that mean it is my favorite color?

 At the beginning of each school year,  I give each child a new box of crayons and ask them to take out their favorite color.  The boys will always pick blue and my girls will pick pink or purple.  I almost always have one child that will empty the box out in front of them looking a bit lost.  When I ask the child, "What is you favorite color?"  They almost always answer, "rainbow".

A child after my own heart!  Yes, I have a lot of red in my home and purple in my closet, but when pressed to select my favorite color, I want to empty out a full box of crayons.