Which color do you choose?

Life is but an amalgamation of colors. Some bright, some a tad gloomy, but all contribute equally to paint the whole picture, the coming together of these myriad colors is what makes life complete. 

It makes life an exciting adventure, a wonderful tale, a dream come true.

The following is an amazing and beautifully written article which draws a sublime parallel between colors, passions and emotions. And as is the case majority of times, this is also a gem from the Reader's Digest archives.

I am peaceful today, cool, calm and collected, as the saying goes. I am blue, the lovely refreshing blue of a calm ocean. Other people talk about 'feeling blue' and 'blue Monday'. But my blue is the sky making friends with the sun and cotton-puff clouds ; it's the color of welcome water in a heatwave.

Red is inside me too. My red is not the usual angry red everyone talks of ; it is a happy red, rising up inside me like a great ball of fire, exploding into the air and spurting forth small flames of laughter; the red of a clown's nose; the red of the symbolic heart storing love and happiness. It is the same red glow I see at sunset, a red that is so very rare, but I have discovered it.

There is green as well. Not the green of jealousy, but the green I feel and see when I am close to nature. My green glows in me like a young tree. Green is life when you watch winter branches become heavy with green leaves in spring.

Black is supposed to be dull, gloomy - a dead color. My black mood takes hold of me when I feel the need to be sophisticated. It can be shiny, glittering, stunning. Black is not a reminder of storms. Black is the sky at night, sparkling with stars, carrying the moon on a silken thread, an evening dress studded with diamonds.

My silver is a special color of adventure and excitement; the stars at night, a jet in fight, the sun chasing it, making it shine. It is dangerous, an exciting silver of flashing swords and clashing 'en garde' cries.

And, finally white! I am saving it for my special day, then my white will be clouds, a long dress and a veil, a white bouquet, a white cake. My white will be heaven, a honeymoon and love. My white will be special. My white will be shared.