cannot stop thinking abt the paris review’s essay series on the history of significance of certain colours, hue’s hue:
- Periwinkle, the Color of Poison, Modernism, and Dusk
- Eau de Nil, the Light-Green Color of Egypt-Obsessed Europe
- Marian Blue, the Color of Angels, Virgins, and Other Untouchable Things
- Incarnadine, the Bloody Red of Fashionable Cosmetics and Shakespearean Poetics
- Jonquil, the Light Yellow of Early Flowers, Mad Painters, and Dust Bowl–Era Pottery
- Scheele’s Green, the Color of Fake Foliage and Death
- Lilac, the Color of Half Mourning, Doomed Hotels, and Fashionable Feelings
- Hooker’s Green: The Color of Apple Trees and Envy
- Blaze Orange, the Color of Fear, Warnings, and the Artificial
- Chartreuse, the Color of Elixirs, Flappers, and Alternate Realities
- Living Coral, the Brutal Hue of Climate Change and Brand New iPhones
- Mustard, the Color of Millennial Candidates, Problematic Lattes, and Aboriginal Paintings
- Russet, the Color of Peasants, Fox Fur, and Penance
- Verdigris: The Color of Oxidation, Statues, and Impermanence