A-Z: Survivor's Reflections

This was my first A to Z Challenge and I immensely enjoyed writing every post.
The theme I chose for this was Colors.
I used to research every evening for the color I plan to write the next day & writing the post & publishing them on the social networks was super exciting.
I wrote every post on my way to work and posted it between 7.45 am and 9 am IST.

What I learnt?

Colors is not as easy as I thought it would be

Every shade of the combination of Red, Green & Blue have a name

Even the shades of Red, Green & Blue have names

Some similar looking colors with very minute shade variations have a different name

Researching gave me the origination, reason, meaning of the color

I am good at short poems

The readers around the world, the people who comment are the biggest encouragement to write more a better

All in all, I loved the concept & if all goes well, I look forward to participate again next year too.

I am a punctual A-Z Survivor.

A-Z: Zomp

Zomp
PC: colorfinddata

This is the last day of the A-Z Challenge & I wanted to finish is with a different color & I am finishing this challenge with a 'Zomp'

Well, Zomp is a color from the Spring Green family. Its a shade of Cyan. Its 66% saturated & 65% bright. It was formed in 2007. (Baby color)

Poem

Its not the color that is fascinating
But, the name Zomp that is amazing

Zomp, the baby color, 2007 born has a zing to it
For the new age, it is a perfect fit

If ever, I have pets in life
I am going to name then Cyan & Zomp

This post is written for A-Z Challenge - April 30th - Color Zomp

A-Z: Yellow

PC: My house & my hand made crochet wind-chime

Summer is here

With happiness and cheer

Color for my house was looking so boring 

So, I added a little yellow & orange to do a little cheering

Pretty yellow curtains & orange side lamp

A cute hand made, crochet chime, up the ramp

Airy balcony & beautiful sunshine

All the revamping effort is mine

While I stand here and admire my house

"Awesome work" says my spouse

This post is written for A-Z: 29th April: (Color Yellow)

A-Z: Xanadu

This is the color Xanadu
PC; colorcombos

Did you know that a color named Xanadu existed?
Well, I didn't

What is Xanadu?
It belongs to the green-grey family.

Where did the name come from?
Xanadu is a green-gray color that comes from a plant known as the Philodendron. The plant leaves are generally a green color with a tint of gray. This plant is widely seen in Australia, but it is said that the plant got its name from Xanadu, which was an ancient city located in Inner Mongolia, China.

What does Xanadu say about itself?

I am on of those rare ones who start with X

I am unique but look dull, like the suits of the execs

I am sold outside with a fancy name like gun metal

But, I am Xanadu in real

This post is written for A-Z April 28th (X for Xanadu)

A-Z: White

PC: Flickr

White was the winter
Cold was the snow
That day you promised me love

White was wedding gown
White was our honeymoon town
That day we made love

White was the diamond ring
White were the sheets, on the day of spring
That day our baby was born

White were the lies people said
White was the car hit, on the white seat we bled
That day was when I saw my life in a flash

White was the winter again
Cold was the snow again
Just like the day you promised love, we now lay buried 6 feet under the ground

This post is written for A-Z: April 27th (Color: White)

A-Z: Vermilion

PC: wikipedia

This post, this color holds an emotional value to me. It is a shade of red, and also the color of "Sindoor"

Sindoor is  is traditionally applied at the beginning or completely along the center parting-line of a woman’s head or as a dot on the forehead. Sindoor is the mark of a married woman in Hinduism. 

The sindoor is first applied to the woman by her husband on the day of her wedding.

Fun fact about sindoor: In hindi movies, when a man applies the sindoor on the girl's head she becomes his wife.

Sindoor is normally Vermilion in color.

Like every girl I had a dream of getting married someday
Like every girl I loved the moment when the groom put the vermilion kumkum on the bride's head, while the holy music play

Then came that moment, when I had tears in my eyes, when you put that vermilion on my forehead 
Promising love, in that moment, all unsaid

One of the few moments that I will cherish all my life
It is the day, when I became your wife

This post is written for A-Z: April 26th (Color: Verimilion)

A-Z: Ultramarine

So, I did not know colors from U. So obviously, I hit Google, searched and I realized something. Every shade of every combination of Red, Blue, and Green has a name.

PC: colornamefacts

The color that I have chosen is "Ultramarine" 

It is a deep, beautiful, brilliant shade of blue that I was referring to all these days as "That pretty blue"

Since it is a shade of Blue - The quantity of Blue is maximum than red and green which are more or less under the 20's

What I remember when I see this color?

I remember the day my eyes fell on it

Lovely blue,flowy and so beautiful with little twinkles on it

It was like, the color had the voice of it own

It was seducing to the core

It was calling me, to try it on

It was wanting me to feel it

I knew, by hook or by crook I had to own it

I opened my purse, so see cobwebs formed in them

It was heartbreaking to leave and go

I reached home with a heavy heart

A wrapped gift  with a white ribbon was sitting on my couch

It was from Mom 

I opened the gift to find the same pretty blue saree

With loud cheer, a jump in the air and a tear of happiness 

I ran to Mom and said "You are God, Aren't you?"

This post is written for A-Z: April 25th (Color: Ultramarine)

A-Z: Teal

PC: miriadna

Teal: It is a deep; blue green color

Fun fact about Teal: The name of this color is derived from the color of the eyes of the common teal from the duck family

Early this morning, with the teal color sky
Fluffy cotton clouds flying by
I sit on the rock near the pond and sigh
I see colorful ducks and a crane fly
I wonder, if these ducks know that the color of the sky is similar to their eyes

This post is written for A-Z: April 23rd (Color Teal)

A-Z: Saffron

PC: yming

This is the color I have been waiting to write. 

I am an Indian & proud to be one
Saffron, White and Green is my pride

I keep my hand on my heart when I sing my national anthem
It is to show that my heart belongs to them

I am proud of our soldiers
I am proud of my engineers here & abroad

I am proud of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai
Though I preferred their names to be Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta, Madras

India is the only country that is referred as "Her"
She is mother, She is forever

The saffron on my flag represents strength and courage
Today, I want to thank every Indian, of every age

This post is written for A-Z: April 22nd (Color Saffron)

A-Z: Red

PC: Pintrest

Red is the color of love
Red is the color for passion
Red is the color for seduction

Red is the color of blood
Red is the color of danger
Red is the color of Satan

The color of red that I prefer, is the mark of the red lipstick
On the rim of the red wine

This post is written for A-Z: April 21st (Color Red)

A-Z: Quartz Grey

Did you know that there is a color called Quartz Grey?

All I knew was Quartz being a rock, a colorless one. I did have to do some search on colors with Q since it is a very stupid alphabet that hardly has any known words starting with it.

Well, then I realized, the color Quartz is associated with Grey, Quartz Grey. It comes from the Grey family

The color Quartz Grey is similar to silver but with a tinge to it.

I also realized, that I keep seeing this color almost everyday, so many cars out there are Quartz Grey

Here is more information on this unique color that I came to know through A-Z Challenge. Thank you for enlightening me you A-Z Challenge guys

Quartz Grey

Car with Quartz Grey Exteriors
PC: sense the car

This post is written for A-Z: April 20th (Color: Quartz Grey)

A-Z: Pink

Cute is what I feel when I see pink

PC: Femmefatales

A touch of innocence and very chic

With girls, there is often its link

Pink is an attitude is what a celebrities think

The shades of pink changes the attitude is what I think

Its cute to see light pink girl wink

While is sexy to see a hot pink girl wink

From cute to sexy this color is so versatile

But, even now when I say pink. Its more of an "Awwww" style

This post is written for A-Z: April 19th (Color Pink)

A-Z: Orange

PC: wikipedia

Orange is a fruit
Orange is a color

Healthy as a fruit
Happy as a color

Nothing rhymes with orange
I think, that's what makes it unique

This post is written for A-Z: April 18th (Color Orange)

A-Z: Neon Green

A register myself in a Breast cancer midnight run

PC: Pradeep Maniyani (Mirchi Neon Run)

Neon green is the theme for fun

On the day at the venue

Neon green everywhere, including me and you

T-shirts so bright

Posters & the neon lights

The run begins & is captures by the drone camera

And it looks like a flowing toxic liquid 

In the dead of the night, people run for a good cause

And when we finish the run, all we hear is applause

This post is written for A-Z: April 16th (Color: Neon Green)

A-Z: Maroon

PC: Aegive

The bedroom painted in the darkest maroon
where I plan to keep him marooned
The shades of burgundy that look like maroon in dim lights
where satin sheets shall ruffle tonight
The maroon of the lipstick shall smudge
where our lips shall touch
The bodies shall lay cocooned
where the walls are painted in the darkest maroon

This post is written for A-Z: April 15th (Color: Maroon)

A-Z: Lavender

PC: Mediacache

Haiku

Lavender, Such a pretty color

Gives a feel of Peace and innocence

Never fails to bring a smile


This post is written for A-Z: April 14th (Color: Lavender)

A-Z: Khaki

Khaki Pants & Khaki Shirt

PC: India,art

Neatly pressed, and makes you look so smart

The stars on your shoulder

Shows your valor

You cap with India's emblem 

Makes us so proud

Be dusk or dawn

Be heat or storm

You have been there standing for us

Away from your family

Who wait at home anxiously

You lay your life for the people you do not know

Utter respect is only one way this country could show

You, our military men, 

We fold our hands,and say Thank you for everything

Amen

This post is written for A-Z: April 13th (Color Khaki)

A-Z: Jade

PC: clipart.co

I look into your Jade eyes
And see revenge and despise

I can see you coming towards me
I see those Jade eyes fixed on me

High you rise, with your venomous fang
Low I leap as far as I can

You hit hard and grab me with your tail
I love the look in those jade eyes when I strangle your snake throat

Yours Truly,
The Frog

This post is written for A-Z: April 12th (Color Jade)

A-Z: Indigo

Indigo is a color so dark, and yet so dainty

Neither violet or blue

Deep, dark and pretty

In the rainbow, it stands out, making an amazing view

Great devotion, wisdom & justice it indicates in Psychology

Oh! This color always reminds me of that old poetry

This post is written for A-Z- April 9th (Color Hot Pink)

A-Z: Hot Pink

PC: Shilpa Nair Blog

The new trend they say is Hot Pink
It genuinely makes me think

The lips so bold
I think I am a little too old

The top that stands out in any crowd
I am not sure if I'd be any proud

With a lot of apprehensions I wear
What the world thinks, I don't care

Like candy hearts, sweet or tarts
My Grand-kid says, Grandma, You look smart

My little red heart today, has turned Hot Pink, I must say

This post is written for A-Z- April 9th (Color Hot Pink)