I was staring at my black
and green computer screen unseeingly, my mind elsewhere, thinking about what I
would have for dinner and which movie I would watch tonight... After all, it
was Friday. And in the process of such ruminations, I reached the Blogadda website. A sudden splash of
colors roused me from inactivity, and my interest was piqued. Paint Me Wild. That was what was
splashed across the screen in pink. I couldn't stop myself from scrolling over
to http://www.bedbathmore.com
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An array of color
swatches greeted me. I remember when I first learned to use Paint, all my
attention was bestowed on the paintbox. I used to spend so much time choosing
the colors and did them so very carefully and painstakingly that by the time I
had drawn one shape, my classmates had already finished with the entire set.
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The PaintFinder tool got me into
that mode again. I started browsing through the various themes. There was Dusky Lavender, Retro, Grecian Blue, Aged Beige
and so on. I so wanted to play with those colors right away. And then my eyes
fell on Colonial Red.
Unlike the images in
Grecian Blue or Aged Beige, which felt Greek and English respectively, these looked
intrinsically Indian. The enduring red brick monuments, the dusty deserts, the
camels and the color of their multicolored saddles. I was irresistibly reminded
of the huge turbans of the mahouts which seem to have in them all sorts of
possible colors. And the majestic monuments. Have you ever looked at the Red Fort
in all its splendor? In fact, look at any monument of yore. Except for the
famed Taj Mahal, almost all of them are in red brick. Walking along the old Mughal
tombs and forts, admiring the reddish hue, a red which never seems to fade, an
enduring persistent red, gives one a feel of the bygone times. The color is
beauty in itself. It has both the pinkish tinge and the brownish burn in it. There
is a certain richness in red, which I do not feel in any other shade. No wonder,
blood is red.
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Red has the pink of romance and red has the earthiness of brown.
The shade is just brilliant. Right there, within the confines of my office
cubicle, I had transported myself to a world rich with culture, history,
stories and memories. Red has an Indian feel to it, an earthiness which is
plainly beautiful. During art classes, when you had to fill color in people's
clothes, what color did you use? I must confess I had a certain predilection for
red. It looked to me the most imperial color of the lot. The lion of the
colors. The king. I guess if I have any makeover, Colonial Red would be the most regal. The most striking.
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