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One way to get my hubby going on the trendy, yuppie pretentiousness of certain quarters is to put a certain clothing catalog in front of him. Oh, he loves the clothes, the quality and so on, but the names they give the colors drive him up the wall. He understands blue, yellow, red and so on, but willow? pintail? Every time he comments on these types of names for colors I think back to a Newlywed's Game Show one night where the husbands were asked what color the sheets on their beds at home were that day. So they answered with colors such as blue, tan, white and so on. You know the drill. Enter the wives, they are asked the same questions. The wives answered with Cornflower, Vanilla, Oyster. Fighting broke out among the couples that didn't match as this was THE critical question. I always laugh when I think about how we as males and females think about things like this. So here's the test, can you see how many of these shirt colors you can get right? I'm going with the catalog names and will reveal these on Sunday. There's a sweet little treat for you if you can guess at least one. As for me, I happen to like the fancy names, but that's the creative artist in me. You know, my hubby still loves me anyway? :-)
9 comments:
I love the different names as well.
Chambray Blue, Bone, Beeswax,
Coral Sand,
:) ~mary helen
Cornflower, Sage, Salmon, Wheat, White, the pinstripes have me boggled, lol. Love the post, really does make you think about color perceptions.
Hey, hey! Some wonderful guesses here! Thanks Mary, and nice of you to stop by Le Fey!
:-)
Sheryl
I'm not venturing a guess on the stripes but I love the names they give colors in catalogs! For the solids, how about cloud, sky, meadow, buttercup, terra and storm. Have a great day, Sheryl!
Hi Sheryl...
I'll take a stab at this..LOL
Winter White, Periwinkle, Salmon Souffle, Sunflower..
LOL
Candy
There's beautiful names here! I don't want to be a copy cat and was trying to think of something different, but it's SO hard. How about naming them Harrison, Skylar, Herb, James and Ben. The only colour I can think of is Butter:)
Ev:)
Oh, you ladies are too good! I will post answers before bedtime tonight so check back tomorrow. Thanks so much for playing!
Okay, here's the official list. I think Mary Helen, you had the catalog...lol.
Chambray Blue
Baked Clay
Beeswax
Green Leaf
Light Chambray
Bone
Congrats to Mary for getting so many right! Thanks to all who stopped by. It's fun to do things like this and I always enjoy seeing you here.
Hugs,
Sheryl
Helo Sheryl. I think I know which catalog you speak of..and you are right...they com4e up with some really neat names for colors.
Wishing you a wonderful day,
Doreen
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