Hue Are You?
The Hue Questionnaire Writing Prompt
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Paul Combs came up with this writing prompt a few months ago and I had it sitting in my folder. I am just now getting around to it. You can find the original prompt along with his answers here:
Instead of just asking what your favorite color is, this is meant to delve farther into your psyche to find out what your color is, why, and what it means to you.
Hue Are You?
- What is your favorite color? Why? This is a difficult one to answer. I have always loved black and white. Some say that black is the absence of color and white is a spectrum of all colors. I like black and white because of the contrast and I just think it’s cool. For this challenge, I’ll go with purple. It’s a pretty color.
- Do you wear this color? How often and when? I do wear this color, but not often. I have maybe two or three shirts that are purple. When? No particular time. Just whenever I feel like it.
- What does the color suggest to you? Purple is the color of royalty. In the last place I lived, my bedroom walls were purple and it felt inviting. I feel like it is a warm and comfortable color.
- What does it not suggest to you? Purple has been linked to being gay, and although I am, I don’t see it as such. If you think about any color, it’s pretty ridiculous to assign it to any gender or group. For years, people have used pink for girls and blue for boys. Why? Pink is simply red mixed with white. Just two colors blended. Why does this blending of colors suggest femininity? There is no reason, as far as I know.
- How long has it been your favorite color? Purple was the favorite color of my boyfriend, Joe. He died in 2019 and I sort of adopted it as my own favorite at that time.
- When does it not work for you? I can’t think of any reason that it doesn’t work. I think it works anywhere in different shades.
- How does the color relate to you, or you to it? Are you this color or is this color you? Some sources say that purple symbolizes things like mystery, creativity, affection, and spirituality. It sounds like no one really has an answer and they make up what they feel like. I don’t view myself as a color. I have a friend who sees individuals’ “auras” as colors. I believe she said that they change depending on emotion and things.
So now I ask, Hue Are You?
It’s been so long, I don’t know who has or has not done this. Brett Jenae Tomlin, Benighted, Keeley Schroder, Adrienne Beaumont, Kerry Purvis, Ruby Noir, Pluto Wolnosci, NancyO, Bruce Coulter, Paula Shablo, J.S. Phillips, Julia A. Keirns, Natalie, Lu Skerdoo, Randy Pulley, and The Sturg.
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