Color..................

Word of the Day.............. Color.......n.,.....a specific combination of hue, saturation and lightness or brightness.......... I love color. Everybody I think probably has a preference of color. I can remember back in the 80's it was very popular for ladies to have their 'colors' done and you would find out if you were a winter, spring, summer or fall. You would then dress accordingly. This would be done by some 'trained' professional holding up color wheels to your face and determining which colors looked best against your skin tone and which colors didn't. Your Golden Rule then was to only wear the flattering colors. It was surely a fashion faux pas to wear the wrong color. You would also be instructed on what shades of lipstick, eye shadow and blush to wear. We wear our colors of our favorite sports teams.......of course my alma mater has the nerve to be a color that I'm not supposed to wear. Burnt Orange is NOT in my color wheel. Another fashion rule I grew up with was the shoe color rule. NEVER wear white shoes after Labor Day or before Easter. If your mom was a Southern Lady of a certain era, breaking this shoe color rule was a Cardinal Sin. As a matter of face, I still won't break it. We all have favorite colors of cars....here in dry Texas, lots of us tend to buy white or light colored cars, just because they become that color anyway with dusty roads and are cooler in the Texas sun. We decorate our houses in certain shades of color. Our actions and words are said to 'show our true colors'. We go on Fall Foliage trips to see the wondrous colors of autumn in the Northeast. We love the bright blue sky, the crystal clear blue of the ocean and the white sands along some beaches. Nature gives us so many colors to look at and appreciate. So here's the thing.......color is a gift. Free of charge. You don't have to pay to look at the color around you. You aren't sent a bill when you stop and enjoy a particularly beautiful sunset or sunrise. Color is all around us every day. I think it's one of those things that we take for granted and most probably have no clue just how many tints and shades of color fill up our days. So my advice is.....don't only stop and SMELL the roses in your life.....but also SEE their glorious color! I promise, it will make your life a happier place to be.