collage of pink items

Some colors, like people, drift in and out of your life over time. Pink is one of those colors for me.

Do you have colors you’ve liked at certain times in your life, that you’ve wanted nothing to do with at others?

I remember in my 20s specifically, really loving the color and having a few favorite pink clothing items. One of my very favorites was a men’s pink broadcloth buttondown that I wore out over jeans (some things never change), or under a dark grey angora crewneck sweater. I was obsessed with that combination.

What worked for me was the “sweetness” of the pink being offset by the darker, more masculine grey in the “feminine” fabric. Plus, there was only a little pink showing at the collar and cuffs.

After that, I think I went for a long time without wearing pink. Red comes and goes in my wardrobe as well. As does blue.

Funny.

I have very little pink now…nor have I for quite some time. And when I do it’s usually “cut” with something, like a print or a clashing color (I love a good pink and red combo).

But I have been interested in some stronger pinks recently – fuchsia and like a deep Pepto-Bismol pink (that’s a Crayola color, right?). I’m envisioning them combined with black, to give a little “edge” to the girly sweetness.

I feel like I spend way too much time thinking about color combinations, ha ha. Me and Claude.

“Color is my day-long obsession, joy, and torment” ~ Claude Monet

The End.