I like to think there are outside colors and inside colors.
But ultimately, I'm learning the inside colors bleed through.
My outside colors are often shades of neutrals.
Not too bold or distracting.
And if you took a look inside of me
I would like to think my insides are a pulsing, vibrant, emerald.
I would also like to think that emerald is starting to seep its way out of me.
Someone once asked me to think of my favorite color. And why it was my favorite color.
She asked, "If this color was a person, what characteristics would this person have?"
I said gray.
I chose it for its adaptability. Its ability to be both soft and deep.
Gray felt so chill, easy-going.
That's who gray would be.
The girl who asked me the question then said, "The color you chose and why you chose it describes the qualities you see in yourself as a person."
Woah.
I did see myself as those things.
I still do, in some ways.
But you see. I cheated a bit.
Gray is not really a color, but in fact a transitional 'color' between two nonexistent absences of color, black and white.
So if you asked me my favorite color today
I would say green.
The shade would probably change day to day.
But EMERALD.
That is my shade today.
It is bold
deep
and vibrant.
Some days it might be sage green.
A gray-green.
It's softer
lighter
it whispers.
But overall, I would choose green.
For most of the same reasons I chose gray.
Green is still adaptable.
Green is still calming.
There is soft, and there is deep.
But there is something in green that is not in gray.
There is life. There is true color.
Pulsing, growing, thriving.
Sometimes quietly, sometimes boldly.
I like that.
What color are you carrying?
Maybe for you, that color isn't shades of green.
Maybe it is whispers of peach and rose
Maybe strong, reliable, comforting blues
Or deep, quietly emotive gradients found in a sunset.
What color are you carrying?
Whatever it is.
It looks so good on you.
