Autumn Colors and Others

Although the Midwest does not have the glorious colors on the trees that some other parts of the country have, I have been enjoying October immensely. As I drive around the city, I've had fun trying to come up with as many names as possible to describe the colors I see, without naming other similar things, i.e. buttercup yellow or pine green.

Yellow—golden, sunny, cadmium yellow, and ocher
Orange—rust, and copper
Red—scarlet, crimson, burgundy, cerise, and vermilion
Brown—tan, beige, sepia, henna, umber, russet, puce, and sienna
And of course, there is still some green—chartreuse, kelly, emerald, and celadon

OK, I admit I looked up some of these! (I’m still learning.) But I did not make up any!

When I was in grade school, I had a treasured box of 16 crayons, without fancy names. There was yellow, yellow-orange, orange, red-orange, red, purple, etc. I knew just exactly what to look for. Do you recognize these Crayolas, new this year? What’s a kid to do when the teacher says “Color the tree trunk brown?” (Answers below.)

     1. Bear Hug
     2. Fun in the Sun
     3. Best Friends
     4. Happy Ever After
     5. Giving Tree
     6. Awesome
     7. Super Happy
     8. Famous

Seriously, what a beautiful, colorful world we live in!

Key to the colors above
     1. a dark brown
     2. the old orange-red
     3. orchid
     4. turquoise blue
     5. a very bright green
     6. “watermelon” red
     7. ultra-bright yellow
     8. hot magenta (I’d call it “hot pink”)

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