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Red and green
We treat them like they’re enemies who we force together once a year for the holidays but actually they long for each other constantly. The thrill they feel when they lock eyes across the color wheel both dreaming of a life together. How they’d promise to love each other from their shades to their hues and hell sometimes they might quarrel but every marriage has its road bumps and they can always rely on a diplomatic pink or a delicate yellow to mediate. But no it cannot be because we live under the dictatorship of yuletide cheer.
A truly gorgeous color combo for those with trained sensibilities (made Amelie their personality at 15) to see the possibility beyond kelly green and candy apple red.
I had a therapist tell me that I have a very keen understanding of color and I said Sally, my father is an alcoholic stop changing the subject. So, if you have your doubts, trust me on this. Further evidence provided below.
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@bashfulchicken
Oct 14, 2024
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@reduced_junglefowl
i was opened minded after seeing this, so I tried to wear green pants with a grey rugby with red accents at work today and unfortunately I just look like a librarian frog
Oct 15, 2024
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@mossyelfie
reduced_junglefowl wait but that’s the look I’m going for…
Oct 15, 2024
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@bashfulchicken
reduced_junglefowl ok I’m so into this though.. it’s librarian frog season!
Oct 20, 2024
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@sofe
say more things about color say more things about color say more things about color say more things about color PLEASE
Oct 15, 2024
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@worldonfire
Big agree. Watch Beanpole for more lush red + green enjoyment
Oct 14, 2024
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@imkhushi
u just expanded my mind omg
Oct 14, 2024
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@0x58
not for everybody but the hardest I ever felt about color was when I saw (SAW, like with more than two eyes) at the end of a hunt a big patch of fresh blood from a deer on recent snow in front of a dense pine forest at dusk in November. Everything is almost black but so rich at the same time.
Oct 14, 2024
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@bashfulchicken
0x58 do you remember what it smelled like
Oct 15, 2024
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@0x58
bashfulchicken like when you can smell cold sometimes
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