“In 1879 the Bengali scholar S.M. Tagore compiled a more extensive list of ruby colors from the Purana sacred texts: ‘like the China rose, like blood, like the seeds of the pomegranate, like red lead, like the red lotus, like saffron, like the resin of certain trees, like the eyes of the Greek partridge or the Indian crane…and like the interior of the half-blown water lily.’ With so many gorgeous descriptive possibilities it is curious that in English the two ancient names for rubies have come to sound incredibly ugly.” TwoEyeCertainNamesSoundWaterHalfTreeBloodPossibilityColorRedSacredRoseAncientUglyChinaSeedsListsCuriousIndianGreekScholarInteriorsGorgeousLiliesRubiesLotusesBengaliTagoreCranesSaffronPomegranatesSacred TextsWater Lily Author:Victoria Finlay
“All flesh is one: what matter scores; Or color of the suit Or if the helmet glints with blue or gold? All is one bold achievement, All is fine spring-found-again-in-autumn day When juices run in antelopes along our blood, And green our flag, forever green...” IfsMatterRunningFoundForeverBloodColorFineAchievementSpringGoldBlueGreenFleshSuitsScoreAutumnFlagsWhat MattersJuiceHelmetAutumn DaysAntelopes Book:I Live by the Invisible: New & Selected Poems Source: I Live by the Invisible: New & Selected Poems
“With all its variety and liveliness, color acts in the work of art as blood does as it circulates through our bodies. Color is what keeps the painting alive and moving.” DoeArtBodyMovingAliveBloodMovementColorPaintingVarietyWorks Of Art Author:Joseph Raffael
“Blood is very powerful. While meat is the substance that keeps our living souls in this physical reality, blood keeps our meat alive. Blood is liquid life. When blood escapes our bodies we are alarmed to the very core of our brains. It is life leaking out of us. It is frightening and makes red a profoundly intense color.” LifeSoulBodyRealityPowerfulBrainAliveBloodColorRedCoreIntensePainterSubstanceMeatFrighteningVery PowerfulLiquidBleedingColor Red Author:Mark Ryden
“Violence, passion, indignation, loyalty, integrity, incorruptibility, shameless egoism, generosity, excitability, energy, a hundred horse-power drive - none of it very subtle: Ethel [Smyth] didn't deal in pastel shades, she went for the stronger colors, the blood-red, anything deep and pumping out of the arteries of the heart.” HeartPassionEnergyDealsViolenceBloodColorPersonalityIntegrityHundredRedHorseStrongerLoyaltyGenerositySubtleShadeEgoismIndignationShamelessArteriesPastel Author:Vita Sackville-West
“I meant to write a song of battle, for storied deeds of war inspire; I seemed to hear the cannon thunder, I seemed to see the smoke and fire. But oh, the pathos of the ending when brave men conquered in the fight, knelt, kissing yielded blood-stained colors!--my eyes are blurred, I cannot write.” MenWritingWarEyeSongFightingFireBloodInspireColorBattleKissingBraveDeedsSmokeThunderBrave ManCannonsPathosSmoke And Fire Book:Nadine and Other Poems Source: Nadine and Other Poems
“Im in love with red. I think its such a passionate color. Every flag of every country pretty much has red it it. Its power, theres no fence sitting with red. Either you love it or you dont. I think its blood and strength and life. I do love red. I love all colors. Great shades of blue, you find them in nature. Theyre all magic.” ThinkingCountryMagicBloodColorSittingRedBluePassionateShadeFlagsFenceStrength And LifeShades Of Blue Author:Bryan Batt
“The heavy sensual shoulders, the thighs, the blood-born flesh and earth turning into color, rocks into their crystals, water to sound, fire to form: life flickers uncounted into the supple arms of love.” EarthFormSoundWaterBornFireBloodRocksColorArmsHeavyFleshShouldersSensualitySensualCrystalsThighsFlickerSupple Book:Out of silence: selected poems Source: Out of silence: selected poems
“My favorite name for a color is "puce." It's kind of a dried blood color. It's a hideous color. But I love the word. It's so euphonic. But my favorite colors are lavender, purple, periwinkle blue, and white.” KindNamesWhiteBloodColorBlueMy FavoritePurpleHideousLavenderFavorite ColorPeriwinkleBlue And White Author:Elizabeth Taylor
“I always see colors when I listen to music. It's difficult to explain, but when I hear the music I think about gold, blood rushing.” ThinkingDifficultBloodColorGoldListening To MusicRushing Author:Charli XCX