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Deborah Hawkins, penned Debra Renée Byrd, began writing after a blank book project in elementary school and never stopped, fashioning stories based on her favorite TV shows and movies before creating more original works. She studied at the University of the Arts and Florida State University before settling down and graduating from Temple University. She now resides in her hometown of Dover, DE, where she spends most of her time at work or at church. She loves fantasies, superheroes, is a trekkie and a brown coat. She loves television and lives for Final Fantasy video games, having collected most of them. She has read a myriad of authors, and her favorite authors change whenever she finds a new book that changes her life... "When you can't run, you crawl. When you can't crawl...well, you know the rest." -Tracey, Firefly, "The Message"

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

A to Z Challenge: Writing Colors - Fuchsia


Hello again! Happy Tuesday, Happy A to Z Challenge Day!

This year, I am providing different colors for descriptive purposes in writing using the website Color-ize to look at an alphabetical list of colors that we can use instead of using the same basic colors we know off the top of our heads. One color can come in so many shades, so why not take a look at them? :)

Today's color is: Fuchsia


My mom is the queen of knowing random trivia no one else does. This color (which goes after purple in my ROYGBIV closet) gets its name from the fuchsia flower named after the German botanist Leonhart Fuchs. While hurting my eyes here, on fabric it's a beautiful color, especially on silk or satin, or on a sari. It especially pairs well with bright blues. So, if you're looking for a different word to use other than pink, try fuchsia!

5 comments:

Kristin said...

Now this is a unique idea for A-Z. Fuchsia, I wonder what the flower looks like.

http://findingeliza.com/archives/19451

J.L. Campbell said...

Fuchsia is a colour I love!
Nice theme for the Challenge.

Sarah Foster said...

It definitely is a lot prettier in clothing than on a computer screen! I love fuchsia :)

Mark Koopmans said...

While this is a pretty pink, I think I will stick with the gorgeous blues from last week :)

Chrys Fey said...

I'm not much of a pink person, but fuchsia is a great color. I use it all the time in my writing. :)