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<pre wrap="">Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE
I may have mentioned this here before. I, like most guys I know,
believe that 90% of
colors encountered are either red, blue, green or beige, and can be
described with those words
plus the modifiers "light", "dark", and "kinda".
(You'll note I left black off the list. No need for it. That suit
isn't black, it's
just dark blue. Whadda ya mean it's black? Stand over in that light
over there. See?)
My wife, on the other hand, has about thirty words for green. Some
things are taupe
(which, like "whomever", is a made up word designed to catch you in
error). Also mauve
(which may be the same as taupe, for all I know).
When we painted our hallway, we had to get color samples. I now realize
the many "colors"
that exist are just a ruse by Sherwin Williams.
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No, no. The plot is much thicker than that. It's not only colors that
are a plot--it's also the whole 'what goes with what' thingy. THERE's
the real issue. The idea that some color (or pattern) does or doesn't
go with some other is a conspiracy among women to embarrass men.
'You're not going to wear THAT shirt with THOSE trousers, are you?'<br>
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Geoff
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