Purple and Ginger
Colours, colours, what shall I wear?
Glam purple dress - to match my hair
Ginger - fox with mange sheds red hair
I have mixed thoughts I'd like to share
Brown
Brown is the colour of good earth
Tarnished copper coins of low worth
Something someone left in toilets
Recall tastes of fine chocolates
(Work in progress saved for security. More verses being added in sequence.)
Red
Bright red, blood red, ripe strawberries!
Red means good luck to the Chinese!
Red's revealed in blood orange knife
Red means death - but also means life
Orange
Dark marmalade, juicy orange
Mandarins, for Chinese New Year
Cut and make a mess everywhere
Paper towel - wish you were here
Yellow
Yellow as sun when day's begun
Yellow as sunflower, Van Gogh
Yellow butter makes you fatter
Cheese, too, today doesn't matter
Green
Green as grass and joyful spring leaves
Green as shading leaves on summer trees
Green mint tea, and healthy green tea
St Patrick's, buy rounds - hats are free!
Blue
Pale powder blue, dark navy blue
Turquoise, calm blue but growth of green
Blue as the sea, blue as the sky
I've learned why but still wonder why
Black
Jet black hair, evening wear
Little black dress, black as night
Black for mourning in the morning
Not for weddings, please get that right
Grey
Pale grey hair not bad as you think
Goes with pale blue, and with pale pink
Charcoal grey goes with all colours
Better with some than the others
Pink
Red army uniforms fade pink
Pink was for boys they used to think
Nowadays a young pink princess
Likes to wear a pretty pink dress
Indigo
Indigo, oh, no, I don't know
What colour is called indigo?
Don't buy 'khaki' nor 'indigo'
I learn, and then forget, you know
Rainbow
Rainbows arch high up in the sky
Myths and science will tell you why
Mixed up rainbows are political
Flowers and rainbows - free for all
Gold
White gold, rose gold, every gold
Price high to buy but low when sold
Does not tarnish, wear when swimming
Reward myself for my slimming
Silver
Silver turns black! What should I do?
Rub the ring, it looks good as new
A silver-plated picture frame
Wafer thin! Lacquered, looks the same
White
Wonderful white, bright as daylight
Catching a gleam like hospital clean
Ending the stumbling in shadowy night
Fridges with food, inviting sight
Yogurt and milk and things of that ilk
Wedding dresses from parachute silk
White carpet shows foodprints which make me cross
Lace tablecloth with holes are no loss.
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