Henry was talking about colors the other day. What to mix together to make Crash Pink (pink and silver was his decision); the exact shades of Laser Lemon, Neon Lime, Racer Red, Quicksilver and so forth. These are the cool colors 10 year-olds talk about when talking about color, highly influenced by Crayola and anime.
Then he asked me, "What's your favorite exotic color?"
Oddly enough, I had an instant answer, because I'd been thinking about this myself.
"Chartreuse," I answered. He asked what it was and I held up my new handbag.
"Oh, you mean swamp green!" he replied.
No, I did not. But it had occurred to me recently that I have accumulated a lot of chartreuse. Which is odd because green is not one of my go-to colors. Black, definitely. Pale pink, white and cream, yes. Denim blue, brown, tan, occasionally a periwinkle; but green, purple, orange, yellow, red, not much. (I do have a weakness for garish floral designs that I indulge in summer skirts, but whatever.)
So I've been noticing all this "swamp green" around me. Maybe I'm branching out.
For your edification I looked up the color chartreuse (used the Google as my mom says) and learned entirely way too much on Wikipedia as usual.
I now know that the shade I like is yellow chartreuse or traditional chartreuse (versus web chartreuse), in the shade family of pistachio or pear. Also known as green-yellow (not yellow-green). The wiki entry is kind of funny (Chartreuse in human culture, anyone?) but now you know much more than you want to, so I won't copy it here.
So what's your favorite exotic color?
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