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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"

Friday, April 3, 2015

A to Z Challenge: Writing Colors - The Beautiful C's


Welcome back to the A to Z Challenge!

This year, I decided to provide different colors for descriptive purposes in writing. I'm 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? :)

We are still in my Shades of Blue series, and this one is a 3-for-1 deal! Let us sail the beautiful C's. (See what I did there? hehe)

My favorite one to say (but least favorite in my
closet because, you know, ROYGBIV): Cerulean.


My favorite to look at: Cornflower blue. It's just so pretty!


And the one that hurts my eyes but is nearest to my heart because of my WIP, Cyan.


These are three expressive colors that can also depict certain moods in a story. Cyan is one of those beach water colors or sky colors I used to draw with in Paint. It is also the eye color and name of one of the supporting characters in my WIP, The Crystal Bearer, whom I named after a character in Final Fantasy VI.

Which is your favorite?

7 comments:

Sarah Foster said...

Cyan is kind of painful to look at, isn't it? I think I like cornflower the best.

Chrys Fey said...

I remember learning about Cerulean on The Devil Wears Prada. lol

Mark Koopmans said...

I'm not even going to pronounce the first one, but that's my favorite :)

You've made me feel so blue all week, Debra - but in a *good* way :)

betty said...

Visiting from A/Z, I like cornflower blue. There sure are lots of shades of blue, aren't there? Cute theme for the challenge!

betty

Jackie said...

Ohh! I like cerulean the best, though I'm probably saying it wrong. LOL

J Lenni Dorner said...

I knew Cerulean was going to be listed under C as soon as I saw this topic!
"The Devil Wears Prada" anyone?
Oddly, this was the color that my editor said, "most readers will have no idea what that is, since they haven't gone to art school."
I didn't go to art school either... what does it say about me that I know this one off the top of MY head? LOL.

Anonymous said...

That's a crazy thing to say to someone. That's what Google is for. Never dumb down the simple things! :)