LOVE, the most powerful and the most fickle notion known to mankind. Its magical, mystical and all together marvelous.
While many have tried to explain what LOVE truly is and while we may have an idea, an imagination of what it should be like, what it might be, none of us can really explain or put in words the immortal workings of a mortal heart.
Known by many names in many languages, except for Klignon which is luckily not spoken on planet Earth, it is also expressed through colors; RED being the color that has successfully branded itself as the Color of LOVE. Since we are all individuals and unique, we all have our own unique hue of LOVE and the hue that we recognize as LOVE, Today we are daring to dethrone RED as the Color of Love and instead designating BLACK as the color of True Love and we are prepared to explain ourselves for this unusual claim.
So splash ahead in the Colors of LOVE through a Painters palette,
For the purposes of our little splash, lets designate some base emotional states a Human can exhibit with some BASE COLORS:
RED: Desire
YELLOW: Dedication, Commitment
BLUE: Understanding, Curiosity
WHITE: Self Respect., Innocence (The LOVE that lives within you)
Before we prove our point, we thought we might indulge in some BLENDING,
1. ORANGE: INFACTUATION, LUST, OBSESSION, EROS, KAMA
(When fiery Red and Innocent Yellow meet)
When desire coupled by the force of Human Nature, you get a fiery orange. Free from commitments and dedication, this is usually what we deem a strong and intense state of admiration for someone or something. Deeper the hue of Orange deeper the states of Passion, obsession. So, can an infatuation turn into something stable?
If your Orange can be met with some Purple and balanced with Self-esteem (white), it will turn into a nice terra cotta shade. Keep adding Yellow and you are Golden.
2. GREEN: Cion, Hanaan, Philia, Yaarana, dostana, storge`, Affection, Attachment, Cumann.
(When cool Blue is mixed with the compassionate Yellow)
Compassion, connectivity and commitment all mix to form what we would like to call one of the purest relationships known to mankind. There is no other blessing or asset like a True Friend.
A good starting point for any relationship, however it won’t work unless some fiery red hue is mixed in.
3. PURPLE: Connection, Bonding, POTENTIAL MATE?
(Understanding ( mental connection) met with Desire ( sexual or asexual))
If you feel Purple with someone, we will dare to say you might have found a potential mate all you need is a healthy amount of Yellow to turn it into a nice stable brown.
4. BROWN: MARRIAGES ARE BROWN.
( Desire, Understanding, Commitment)
When all primary colors are mixed in an imbalanced way or in varying proportions, you get shades of BROWN. Marriages are a balancing act and if they can be met with a healthy dose, of compassion and understanding as the years set in, they can be on their way to celebrating GOLDEN JUBLIEES.
5. GREY: RELATIONSHIPS ARE GREY
You need a healthy sprinkling of Self-Love in order to match your unique Potential for True Love for it to be transformed into a Relationship.
6. BLACK: Unrequited Love, Kaikkilai, Unreflected Love OR Highest Love Potential, TRUE LOVE
(AT THE END OF THE DAY ITS ALL ABOUT PRESPECTIVE)
When those three precious words are not reciprocated back, it can feel as if all the colors of the world have vanished OR the Self-Absorbent Love wherein an individual is not open or reciprocity.
In the Paint world, when all the Primary colors are added in equal parts you get BLACK. Both True Love and Unrequited Love are untethered by expectations and demands, so in terms of prespectives, they are One and the Same. One form of Love does not keep Expectations while the other has no potential for Expectations but BOTH ARE LOVE.
So there you have it folks, LOVE IS BLACK!! RED TAKE A SEAT.
Written by
Payal Ballaya Bowker