Buzaid- Green

       

         From the earliest years of my life I remember my first favorite color being purple. It was the color of Barney, who at the time was my favorite TV character, and it was also the color of my favorite pair of pajamas. I remember telling my grandmother that I wanted a purple car. Every time she would drive me someplace, we kept our eyes peeled for a purple vehicle. By the time I reached my pre-teen years, I had switched my favorite color to yellow. I decided I liked this color so much that I convinced my parents to let me paint my room "somber sunshine" which was a pale light-colored yellow. My reasons were because, in my mind, yellow was a happy color. It was the color of the sun and reminded me of the song "you are my sunshine," the Johnny Cash version, the one my Dad always used to sing. It wasn't until a few years ago that my favorite color changed to green. I realized how much I liked the color when I bought a green dress. It was a very simple green sun dress and every time I wore it I felt like I looked my best. More so, I found that all things pure and natural were green. Good things were green, like trees and money. Green is used to represent the "ok go" signal in a street light. It is a neutral color, and I enjoy every shade of it. Looking back at all the colors I've claimed as my favorites, it is amusing to see that purple, yellow, and green are all Mardi Gras colors. This only makes me believe that I ended up where I was supposed to be for college. In turn, these favorite colors will only bring a long more memories.