Colors are important in my life because I don't like everything looking the same. I enjoy a diversity in my surroundings. If I lived like the Phoenicians, in a brown world, where everything was mostly dust, brown buildings, the grass, and then the blue of the sky and ocean, I would definitely miss the other, rarer colors such as red, orange, yellow, and purple. If I was a Phoenician and found a way to make clothing red or purple, like they did, I would be thrilled at having a new color to wear. The Phoenicians added more color to their clothing when they discovered that the dye extracted from murex snails could change the color of cloth and stay that way. Due to the fact that they could only extract drops from the snails, it took a long time to get the dye to color an entire toga.
The final question in this activity is if I would like an environment with more or fewer colors. I prefer more color to add to the fun of life. I prefer to be in nature when the flowers are in bloom, or the trees are budding. To add color in my life, I think I will get some flowers or other plants that have colorful blooms and plant them outside this spring.
Could you describe HOW they brought about more color in their dreary and dull surroundings? Where did they find it? How did they extract it? How did they put it into their world to make it more vivid?
ReplyDeleteWhat would YOU do to make your environment vivid, full of color? Is there something you can do today? Tomorrow?
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