Mary Oliver Mondays: A Lesson from Late Summer #Poetry #Summer #Roses #MaryOliver.'But human beings need deepening places too.Marriage: The Commonwealth of Joy - Thoughts from My Father-of-the-Groom Speech a la Wendell Berry #Poetry #Berry #Joy #Marriage.Devotions with Mary Oliver: 'On Meditating, Sort Of'.Devotions with Mary Oliver: 'Don't Hesitate'.Anastasi - 2021Īdvent Autumn Bird Birds Blackout Poetry Busyness Christ Christmas Colors Constellations Creek Death Easter Education Family Haiku Hope Joy Life Light Loss Love Marriage Mary Oliver Meditation Modern Monday Morning Music National Poetry Month Nature Peace Photography Poem Poet Poetry Rest Shakespeare Song Sonnet Summer Tanka The Guardian Wendell Berry Winter Top Posts & Pages For me it’s a reminder of God’s divine fingerprint on each unique life and the thread that links deep unto deep – our heart to our Father’s. Rather than pine for the clarity of the more recognizable colors of the rainbow, I was enamored by the rich depth of this seemingly ambivalent color.įor me, it’s not about defining the proper ratio of blue to purple ( one source suggests indigo is three parts blue, one part purple), or even clearly settling the exact tint of indigo. As the article states, “TEKHELET was God’s chosen color.” God’s chosen color. Then I came across an article today by Baruch and Judy Taubes Sterman titled The Great Tekhelet Debate - Blue or Purple? It’s a fascinating quick-read from the perspective of ancient Israelites. I had pieced together the first two stanzas, but didn’t know where the poem was heading. My wife found some interesting articles about indigo online, especially related to its darker history as a cash crop, but that’s not where I wanted to go. Looking at a rainbow, can you clearly pull out the color indigo like you can red or green? I can’t even go to a Crayola crayon box to find the color unless I happen to own a 24 count box ( or higher). When I sat down to write my poem inspired by indigo, I didn’t know where to start. Here is a text chart of the standard pencil colors included in the 72 count Color Escapes box.Photo by Raphael Brasileiro on īlue or Purple? That is the question. I made a separate picture for 72 color chart because the color swatches were so different. Here is a text chart of the standard pencil colors included in the Metallic box, Extreme box, 12, 24, 36, 50, 100 big box and 100 different colors box.Ĭolored Pencils in the 72 count Crayola Escapes box Mahogany, Brick Red, Raspberry, Jazzberry Jam, Ruby Red, Red, Red Orange, Coral Reef, Cantaloupe, Sizzling Sunset, Orange, Yellow Orange, Light Orange, Heat Wave, Orange Circuit, Harvest God, Mango, Golden Yellow, Unmellow Yellow, Yellow, Daffodil, Lemon Glacier, Lemon Yellow, Palm Leaf, Lime Green, Yellow Green, Olive, Arctic Lime, Granny Smith Apple, Fern, Spring Frost, Jade Green, Green, Shamrock, Pine Green, Tropical Rainforest, Teal, Aqua Green, Green Blue, Turquoise, Absolute Zero, Cerulean, Blue Bolt, True Blue, Sky Blue, Wild Blue Wonder, Cornflower, Blue, Light Blue, Navy Blue, Outer Space, Indigo, Blue Violet, Violet, Purple Heart, Plum, Purple Mountains' Majesty, Lilac, Royal Purple, Pale Rose, Red Violet, Orchid, Maroon, Mauve, Mauvelous, Magenta, Razzle Dazzle Rose, Pink Flamingo, Pink, Winter Sky, Tickle Me Pink, Blush, Bubblegum, Fiery Rose, Salmon, Fuzzy Wuzzy, Cocoa, Brown, Copper, Antique Brass, Light Brown, Peach, Khaki, Almond, Apricot, Sand, Tan, Bronze Yellow, Beaver, Dark Chocolate, Dark Brown, Taupe, White, Timber Wolf, Gray, Warm Gray, Ash, Cool Gray, Slate, Black.Here is the chart for 100 different colors colored pencil box. Here is the list of all the colors in the box. Since the colors in the 100 different colors box were so different I did not make an addition chart, but a chart for all the colors in the box. In 2016 Crayola finally made a box of 100 different colored pencil colors. Colored Pencils in the 100 different colors count box

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