A to Z Challenge: Writing Colors - Puce

It's Friday! But it's also April, and that means, welcome back to the A to Z Challenge!

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; why not take a look at them?

Today's color is: Puce.

(Note to self: puce is apparently French for "flea". Do not image-Google it again.)

I. Love. Puce. Pink is one of my favorite colors anyway, but this one is so cool and a little less aggressive (people REALLY hate pink!). I used puce once to describe the lip color of one of my characters in a short story. I think it provided the image I was going for...though the story didn't go anywhere. Anyway, puce has a lot of blue in it, which is what makes it a milder color on the pink spectrum.

A to Z Challenge: Writing Colors - Hollywood Cerise

Welcome back to the A to Z Challenge!

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: Hollywood Cerise

You mean hot pink? lol Hollywood Cerise is perfectly pretentious, isn't it? It also kind of looks like fuchsia, but it's a tad darker. I don't know who would say Hollywood Cerise anywhere unless in dialogue where the other person says, "Hollywood what?" And then a description follows, which is followed by mockery, etc., etc.

What do you think of the name?

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!