Kaleidoscope

I saw some one offered a free non disposable canvas bag . I was behind him in the queue and when he was asked " what colour ?" he said " it did not matter"  .

I was shocked . How can you have no preference ?

It's the same as people who live in beige clothes and look beige themselves .
 Few people want to look like Coco the clown but to not delight in colour in some way is inexplicable to me .

 I have always been excited by colour :

• Opening a new paint box .

• Huge old fashioned apothecary bottles full of brightly coloured water in chemist shop windows .

• Old Christmas tree baubles from the fifties or earlier . 

• Old fashioned Spangles that had waxed wrappers that thrillingly included purple and white stripes , yellow and white stripes , dark emerald and white stripes ....

• Expensive balloons in beautiful colours ( not those horrid foil ones )

• bottles of ink .

• The colours of stained glass the sun throws onto plain church floors .

• Trays of embroidery thread all graded by shade . A draw in the cabinet for each colour .

• Semi precious stones that are lemon yellow , blood red , kingfisher , lime green .

• Coloured foil on Easter eggs .

• Reels of ribbon .

• Unexpected fairy light colours .

• Brush pens in lines of colour that include mint , leaf green , mustard , dark storm blue and cerise . 

I hope it is common for people to revel in such every day joy .