Do you Write in Color?

[Dwayne, Head of Lettuce]

Jane wrote: "Today I am mostly writing dark purple"

You? The Queen of Economical Writing? I can't imagine you doing anything close to purple prose.

[Tony]

I don't think consciously of writing in color, but sometimes it does happen. I think color could be used to describe emotions, attire, or hair, but I personally would steer clear of ascribing meaning to it. Not every person driving a black vehicle is a gang member.

[Dwayne, Head of Lettuce]

Tony wrote: "Not every person driving a black vehicle is a gang member. "

True, but you would not have to ascribe it as such. Black can mean a great many things. Traditionally, it's been used to denote mystery, death, evil, power, and many other things. It could mean, really, anything you want, as long as, if you use it symbolically, you use it consistently. In a novel I'm working on, I use green in a way seldom used. Whenever character(s) see something swirling and green, it is to denote they are in danger.

It is a stylistic choice to use color, or not, in this way, but I would encourage you to give it a try sometime. It can be great fun finding ways to work it into the story at the appropriate times.

[Lyra]

For my Shiva series, I actually first intended to write the first letter of every chapter in blue. I'm not sure why, other than blue is the color of my protagonist's eyes, and I emphasize it a lot in the books. But when I got to the formatting, I was afraid it would bother people, so I didn't do it.
Also, does it cost extra to print in color? CB? Missy?

As far as usage of colors in my story, of course! I probably should do it more, but I describe colors of uniforms, armor, dresses, couches, paintings, etc! To quote a Disney song, "the world is a carousel of colors!"

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