Hey, look at me being all punny and stuff. I don’t wear a lot of green normally, and it’s not because I’m trying to avoid looking like the Hulk. (Mark Ruffalo is fine. I’m a Winter Soldier fangirl, but I also have eyes. No shame in embracing the Hulk is what I’m saying.) Strangely, it’s because finding a green I like is a challenge. As I get older, I find that I am increasingly sensitive to nuances in colour; a green that is too bright, or too blue, or too yellow can set my teeth on edge.
That reaction is not limited to green, by the way. I have the same visceral response to all the “wrong” colours. Sometimes, the thing that makes a colour “wrong” is so subtle, I actually start to wonder if it’s all in my head … rather than my eyes, ahem.
Anyhulk.
Finding the “right” kind of green is tough. I think that my fave shades are actually fairly popular these days, but they haven’t yet reached thrift stores, at least not in large quantities. Give it another year or so. For now, I treasure my little growing hoard, including this sweater and top. Why not wear them together, I asked myself one day and proceeded to do just that. Mark would approve.
Now, your turn. Tell me this: what colour would be your superhero costume?
Green looks amazing with your hair – and not at all hulk-like!
Ocassionally, I like to colour block a red dress, red tights, red boots, red coat. I like to think this makes me Miss Scarlet from Clue – but in London where I live, I’m more likely to get mistaken for a post box….
That would depend on the shade of red you’re wearing 😉 A nice, rich, bloody red … that could be quite the power colour.
Someone once said to me that all greens go together. And really, when you think about it, they do. Even loud kelly green 😉
Interesting. I hadn’t really thought about that … Not sure I can pull off kelly green anyway, though.