I think we need a new thread so... COLORS

[Jennifer5]

What is everyone's favorite color????? Tell the truth!

Then, say why if there is any reason!



Come, join in, I think you'll enjoy it!!!

Oooh, and fun idea... add a smiley is there is one in your color of choice.... ever if it's mad or just completely odd and random..

[Jennifer5]

clearly I'm starting... I love rainbow!!!! It actually had nothing to do with gay pride, that was just something that happened to be the same. I've loved rainbows ever since I can remember and I couldn't ever choose just one color from it... so there it was... RAINBOW! :rainbow:

[keltic63]

I like any color as long as it's
blue!

[Zerbie]

:D

This is the first time when being asked my favorite color someone actually left an option to choose more than one.

Should it be any surprise that I don't have a favorite color? Because I love them all and cannot possibly choose!

Though, a lot of times, blue is the favorite color that I don't have. At other times it's lavender. And occasionally I have red days or green days. . . .

:lol::rainbow::rainbow::rainbow::rainbow::rainbow: :rainbow::p

[andrewlittle]

I like just about anything that's understated and subtle. Can you say BORING.

I guess I like my colors to be about the same as my opinions. :smashy:

[BrianB]

I like any color as long as it's
blue!

I like BLUE. Yep...that's always been my favorite. If it's good enough for Papa Smurf:smurf: it's good enough for me.

[andrewlittle]

Blue! Good grief, men. Could you be any more dull and predictable.

You're GAY, for goodness sake. You make me look flamboyant.

I don't know what to say. I'm just ashamed.

Oh, and BTW - why don't we have taupe as a color choice for text?

[Sherrie Z]

I love color. Or since I'm an Anglophile ... I love colour. : )

Blue ... especially cobalt, and cyan (sort of like turquoise, sometimes called "true blue", it's the official printing process shade of blue)

Purple ... especially magenta, or deeper tones like violet

Pink ... especially darker pinks, like fuschia or a deep rose (the official printing process name would be "process red" ... but it's a dark pink)

Green ... especially kelly green, spring green, or teal

I like deep bright colors against a background of black ... and in metallics I lean toward silver ... and I like shimmery ocean colors like in abalone shell ... or in the swirl of blues and greens in the surf around Big Sur ... in stonework I like slate ... cobalt is especially gorgeous in the form of glass with light shining through ... and sometimes it's the color combinations that can matter as much as the colors ...

I usually tend toward cooler colors, but it all depends on the context ... for instance, if it's a deep darker yellow, taxicab yellow or darker ... more of a yellow gold like you might see in a Tuscan kitchen ... or if it's pottery with a cobalt background and painted with sunflowers like you might see in a kitchen in Provence, then yellow can be a favorite ... or if it's a produce stand full of strawberries and oranges and carrots, and red, green, and yellow bell peppers ... then I also like the warmer colors ...

Many years ago, before the pride flag idea came along ... there were times when I would describe my favorite color as "rainbow" ... so like Jennifer ... I love rainbow too!

[Vanessa White]

I also am hard pressed to pick one color, because I also love most any color. But, my favorite if I have to choose one, is definitely PINK, which I guess makes me pretty predictable and boring as well, eh Andrew? The paler the pink, the better I like it, although any shade will do with me. :o:p

[dsdrane]

I love the muted palette of taupes, greens and blues one finds at the beach especially on a fairly overcast day.

There's nothing I like more than seeing the sand, the sea and the sky framed by the edge of my white beach towel.

:cool:

[Daniel]

Oh, and BTW - why don't we have taupe as a color choice for text?

I adore you Andy....you made me laugh out loud.

I'm in the green department myself. Though our apartment has a 5 color thing going at the moment. Blue, orange, green and purple with lots of gold accents. You know, green is the color that has the most variation. It's also the color of Oscar Wilde and the Aesthetic Movement of the 1870's. I'm thinking of painting the walls and trim of our living room green- not too dark though - after seeing the Tiffany exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum- one room was all green- like a forest. Green is also a color that was popular in the 1940's. They used it instead of white. If you watch the movie 'Rope" you can see what I mean. And what a cool thriller that is! Farley Granger is so handsome (pssst...the killers are gay...:eek:) :lol:

[keltic63]

If you watch the movie 'Rope" you can see what I mean. And what a cool thriller that is! Farley Granger is so handsome (pssst...the killers are gay...:eek:) :lol:


I saw some of that in The Celluloid Closet a few days ago.

[dsdrane]

And green was the color of the old Lucky Strike packages...

...until it had to go off to war.

:cool:

[Zerbie]

WHY is green the color of Oscar Wilde and the Aesthetic Movement of the 1870s??

I have plenty of associations with green, none of them involve Oscar Wilde. But there is Lorca: Verde, que te quiero verde.

[BrentRichards]

WHY is green the color of Oscar Wilde and the Aesthetic Movement of the 1870s??

I have plenty of associations with green, none of them involve Oscar Wilde. But there is Lorca: Verde, que te quiero verde.

Related to the "Green Fairy" absinthe? Just a guess.

[BrentRichards]

Have to admit that my first thought was that there weren't enough choices there for a gay forum ...

I can't just choose green, because I love hunter, but only tolerate kelly. I like olive-brown, and even occasionally olive-drab, but you couldn't pay me to wear lime. I'd paint half my interiors sage, if I owned my own house ... on the other hand, I run screaming from a building painted in 1970's institutional green ... well, you get the picture.

And, how many straight men in America would be inclined to designate their color likes as "fall earth-tones" or "Victorian jewel-tones?"

Sigh. Sometimes I AM stereotypical.

[Dash]

Orange.

With gold accents. :D

[Daniel]

WHY is green the color of Oscar Wilde and the Aesthetic Movement of the 1870s??


Related to the "Green Fairy" absinthe? Just a guess.

Yes...I've read as much. Another important factor is interior design of the Aesthetic Period (1875-1890), in which...

Favoured colours were olive green, peacock blue and gold. Peacocks and their feathers, sunflowers and lilies were all popular motifs used in wallpapers, textiles, terracotta panels, tiles and stained glass.

Also, men who were interested in other men wore green carnations in their lapels.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay

The 1929 musical Bitter Sweet by Noel Coward contains another use of the word in a context that strongly implies homosexuality. In the song "Green Carnation", four overdressed, 1890s dandies sing:

“ Pretty boys, witty boys,
You may sneer
At our disintegration.
Haughty boys, naughty boys,
Dear, dear, dear!
Swooning with affectation...
And as we are the reason
For the "Nineties" being gay,
We all wear a green carnation. ”
—Noel Coward, 1929 , Bitter Sweet


The song title alludes to Oscar Wilde, who famously wore a green carnation, and whose homosexuality was well known.

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http://www.glbtq.com/arts/symbols,4.html

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a green carnation and a red tie or neck scarf signaled the same-sex interests of the wearers. The green carnation was particularly associated with the Wilde circle and provided Robert Hichens with the title of his 1894 satire, The Green Carnation, published just a year before Wilde's catastrophic fall. The red tie, as a symbol of homosexuality, is seen in the paintings of Paul Cadmus.

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http://www.thegully.com/essays/gaymundo/020327_b-fay_gay_catholic.html

Another irony is that there're now people sporting green carnations on St. Patrick's Day. The idea of the green carnation was created in 1892 by another Irish gay man, Oscar Wilde, at the opening night of "Lady Windermere's Fan." It symbolized art and nature. The green carnation became a symbol in the London underground gay community of the 1890's, the way the rainbow flag is today. There was even a novel that castigated Wilde and his life, entitled "The Green Carnation."

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http://www.fashion-era.com/aesthetics.htm

The Male Aesthete - Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde was linked with the Aesthetic movement. He liked to wear a velvet jacket, flowing tie, a wide-awake hat and in the early days of the movement often wore much ridiculed breeches. Wilde knew the value of speaking through appearance as he made satirical references to this in his plays and in a lecture on dress. He believed that flowing robes of classical lines and practical Turkish style trousers would be the better garb for both sexes.

Ok....I think I overdid it with green!

[Zerbie]

Overdid it?

Not at all. That was spectacular!! I love finding out weird new things like that (or weird OLD things like that.) Don't get me started on peacocks now, well, or cockerels. heheheh. :lol:

Oh, er, Brent - what the heck are VICTORIAN JEWEL TONES?! :eek:

[Sherrie Z]

In a different thread, in a recent discussion related to gender, I spoke of especially identifying with gay men ... I know I'm encroaching on stereotypes here, but this thread on color illustrates just one of the many reasons why (LOL) ... : )

I really appreciate all these great posts here ... how fun to hear about the green carnations and so on (thanks, Daniel!) ... I love this topic!

Zerbie ... please feel free to get started on peacocks and cockerels if you like, LOL ... such yummy feather colors!

I especially love jewel tones ... deeper darker yet brighter and richer color tones ... but I'm also curious about the Victorian version ... staying tuned ...

[Freespirited]

WHITE! IS MY FAVORITE! CAN YOU GUESS? :D

[BrentRichards]

I'm not aware that there is any difference between Victorian jewel tones and any other kind of jewel tones. I think it's just that jewel tones were popular in the Victorian era and have a Victorian feel about them. All of the colors for my would-have-been wedding at 21 were jewel tones ...

[Sherrie Z]

Thanks, Brent ... may I ask what were your (almost) wedding colors? I love that you would have gone with jewel tones in whatever colors ... sounds gorgeous.

Peacock feathers are what I would describe as jewel tones ... and I think those colors, among others, may have been popular then ... but I'm sort of guessing.

[tdogg]

:(:shifty::magic::smurf:

All purple, all the time...love all shades from pale lavender to bright bright purple to dark wine colors...Closely followed by green in all shades. :D:lol::aparty::flower: Together they are the epitome of light, bright and joyful!

House is bright earth tones - browns in living room & kitchen w/ touch of sage in kitchen; yellow, red & gold in spare bath, blue-green & oak in office, pinkish purple & white in spare room and white & sea blue in bedroom & bath.

Wearing - definitely black, brown & navy for work, jeans & t's of any color for play. And my old beat-up used-to-be taupe but now sort of sandy dirty color Ariat work boots!!

[tdogg]

:(:shifty::magic::smurf:

All purple, all the time...love all shades from pale lavender to bright bright purple to dark wine colors...Closely followed by green in all shades. :D:lol::aparty::flower: Together they are the epitome of light, bright and joyful!

House is bright earth tones - browns in living room & kitchen w/ touch of sage in kitchen; yellow, red & gold in spare bath, blue-green & oak in office, pinkish purple & white in spare room and white & sea blue in bedroom & bath.

Wearing - definitely black, brown & navy for work, jeans & t's of any color for play. And my old beat-up used-to-be taupe but now sort of sandy dirty color Ariat work boots!!

[Casey]

:(:shifty::magic::smurf:

All purple, all the time...love all shades from pale lavender to bright bright purple to dark wine colors...Closely followed by green in all shades. :D:lol::aparty::flower: Together they are the epitome of light, bright and joyful!

House is bright earth tones - browns in living room & kitchen w/ touch of sage in kitchen; yellow, red & gold in spare bath, blue-green & oak in office, pinkish purple & white in spare room and white & sea blue in bedroom & bath.

Wearing - definitely black, brown & navy for work, jeans & t's of any color for play. And my old beat-up used-to-be taupe but now sort of sandy dirty color Ariat work boots!!

Purple is the best color ever!! Royalty, Happiness, and everything good!!

[Britt.]

I <3 clear.