What makes me feel 'A Particular Colour'?

Rutvi Kanadia
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Imagine living in a colourless world. It's impossible to imagine and even more difficult to describe it. Primitive thought would be everything will be black and white but irony is we are using colours to describe a colourless world.

Thank god our's isn't a colourless world.

Presence of colours is the best thing we have been bestowed with. Colours evoke all kinds of feelings in every living creature from being dejected to being elated. The bright yellow rays of sun re-energizes us for a new day while a cloudy day makes us want to sleep in our cozy bed. Seeing light at the end of a never ending tunnel ends the despair of darkness and lights the flames of hope.

Colours give a new perspective on how we look at different things. Arrival of seasons is indicated by colours. Even seeing the colours of the walls of your room makes us feel warm and comfortable.

How a person perceives a particular colour is very subjective. I'm sure everyone has his/her favourite already. But I think even the environment in which colours exist can influence our perception and emotions.

For instance, are you a beach or mountain person?  Some might find solace in the white snowy mountains while for some swimming in a blue wavy sea can act as a stressbuster.

To tell you about me, I personally detest the colour green. I would definitely refrain from choosing a green colour wear! But greenery in nature makes me feel alive, being surrounded by lush green trees, undulating hills covered in a green blanket, running through the fields with grass tickling my feet makes my heart filled with satisfaction and acts as a stress buster .It surely is a healing process. Even imagining this picturesque nature makes my heart overwhelmed. I know it’s mostly the oxygen working here but the presence of green vindicates the presence of oxygen and that assurance acts as a multiplier of emotions.

On the other hand, even leafy vegetables are green but lucrative colourful food makes my mouth water more than a green vegetable. 

 Every colour contributes a unique set of moods and emotions to a person's life. Thinking of red reminds of valentine, love, hearts, but the same red when placed before a bull evokes anger in him. Feeling of longing for a bright sky after a day of raining cats and dogs is a feeling of yellow. Blushing on hearing your crush's name is the feeling of pink -feeling of being cute.

Every colour is adored by us in solidarity and also in combination. 

The feeling of witnessing the splashing of different colours in the canvas of sky makes us so elated.

Staring at the stars in the night sky, can you imagine a black and white combination more beautiful than this?

Rare glimpse of the rainbow makes my heart vibrant, dissipates my worries and I wish nothing but to admire this beautiful sight and the happiness it spreads.

Even the presence of colour stimulates our senses. When everything in the mountains is covered under fog but you can still feel the beauty of mountains.  People with impaired vision also feel the colour although they don't see it. Softness of the leaves gives a feeling of green, freshness after bathing gives the feeling of blue and the spicy taste makes our cheeks red.

Yes I can't describe a colourless world for you but I'm sure it would be boring and monotonous. With the pandemic our life has also pretty much turned stressful and monotonous or let's just say colourless.

Do you remember the childhood game "colour colour which colour?" Let's play that game again, let's run to  discover new colours and new adventures.

Just as a white ray scatters into vibrant colours when it is passed through a prism, let the beautiful feelings that a colour evokes in you be reflected in everyone's life around you.