Suggestions for new colours - contrasts/pairings lists

[thisbluespirit]

As promised (or threatened), more 30 prompt lists, this time for contrasting or paired word sets. Because I like these and we don't seem to have many that I've found so far, I've also made a few more, especially since they could be useful for the diptych style.

In two posts - this one with the main 30 prompt sets with this theme. (I did them all together to try and help avoid duplicating too many prompts with very similar pairs of words.)

Category = minerals (striped), because I noticed that the two contrasts lists we already had used this.

Let me know if you spot any very similar prompts across the lists, and I'll try to replace them.

Agate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agate
https://www.colorxs.com/search/agate
hue: purple, category: mineral, 30 prompts, theme: contrasts, verbs, words

1. first/last
2. walk/run
3. work/play
4. act/wait
5. back/front
6. ascend/descend
7. breathe/choke
8. smile/frown
9. steady/shake
10. hurt/comfort
11. use/discard
12. bury/uncover
13. carry/drop
14. break/build
15. laugh/cry
16. sorry/not sorry
17. tame/wild
18. clear/crowd
19. bless/curse
20. catch/escape
21. obey/defy
22. befriend/betray
23. in/out
24. safety/danger
25. feel/numb
26. win/lose
27. live/die
28. ill/well
29. save/destroy
30. begin/end


Calcite
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcite
(various colours, but chiefly white - also a blue and grey one here: https://www.colorxs.com/search/calcite
hue: white, cat: minerals, theme: contrasts, words

1. old/new
2. earth/sky
3. light/dark
4. soft/hard
5. true/false
6. pain/pleasure
7. silence/scream
8. storm/calm
9. fire/ice
10. blood/water
11. lion/lamb
12. innocent/guilty
13. perfect/flaw
14. secret/fame
15. age/youth
16. sunrise/sunset
17. sea/shore
18. house/home
19. bridge/gulf
20. fragment/whole
21. grief/joy
22. proud/humble
23. beauty/horror
24. poetry/prose
25. simple/complicated
26. wisdom/folly
27. fear/courage
28. just/unjust
29. hope/despair
30. love/hate


Ametrine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ametrine
cat: minerals, hue: purple (& yellow striped), prompts: 30, theme: contrasts, phrases

1. Far and near
2. hide and seek
3. time and place
4. knock and enter
5. wait and see
6. cats and dogs
7. thick and thin
8. hand and foot
9. sickness and health
10. sweet and sour
11. sugar and spice
12. oil and water
13. wind and wave
14. deep and wide
15. rise and fall
16. stop and start
17. give and take
18. buy and sell
19. open and shut
20. now and then
21. everywhere and nowhere
22. town and country
23. back and forth
24. push and pull
25. over and under
26. hue and cry
27. lost and found
28. lock and key
29. blessing and curse
30. gods and monsters


Jasper
colour: https://www.colorxs.com/color/pantone-19-5413-tcx-jasper
cat: minerals, hue: green, prompts: 30, theme: phrases

1. tar and feather
2. cloak and dagger
3. pen and ink
4. fire and fury
5. flesh and blood
6. skin and bone
7. kith and kin
8. slow and steady
9. sick and tired
10. trouble and strife
11. dust and ashes
12. divide and conquer
13. hope and glory
14. pride and joy
15. trusty and true
16. black and blue
17. smoke and mirrors
18. look and see
19. kiss and tell
20. fuss and bother
21. pure and simple
22. love and marriage
23. bed and board
24. bread and butter
25. belt and braces
26. spit and polish
27. hole and corner
28. hearth and home
29. safe and sound
30. above and beyond


Plus 2x 25-prompt sets:

Yellow Jasper
https://www.colorxs.com/color/jasper-yellow-2024-50
cat: minerals, prompts 25, theme: phrases

1. pins and needles
2. wheeling and dealing
3. swings and roundabouts
4. close and personal
5. hire and fire
6. hustle and bustle
7. loud and proud
8. alive and kicking
9. armed and dangerous
10. hack and slash
11. blood and guts
12. fair and square
13. bait and switch
14. bound and gagged
15. cut and run
16. rise and shine
17. wine and dine
18. rhythm and blues
19. toss and turn
20. stress and strain
21. shits and giggles
22. bells and whistles
23. pick and choose
24. fine and dandy
25. done and dusted


Red Jasper
https://www.colorxs.com/color/jasper
hue: red, cat: mineral, prompts: 25, theme: contrasts, phrases, words

1. heads or tails
2. friend or foe
3. truth or dare
4. all or nothing
5. waking or sleeping
6. ready or not
7. your money or your life
8. fight or flight
9. guns or butter
10. hit or miss
11. make or break
12. sink or swim
13. feast or famine
14. rain or shine
15. day or night
16. rhyme or reason
17. more or less
18. take it or leave it
19. business or pleasure
20. right or wrong
21. sooner or later
22. now or never
23. kill or cure
24. do or die
25. hell or high water

and a 20 prompt set:

Opal Jasper
https://www.colorxs.com/color/jasper-opal-387
hue: yellow, cat: mineral, prompts: 20, theme: phrases, words

1. born and bred
2. airs and graces
3. sweetness and light
4. bright and early
5. hail and farewell
6. thunder and lightning
7. sunshine and rainbows
8. leaps and bounds
9. year and a day
10. wrack and ruin
11. weep and wail
12. heart and soul
13. bread and roses
14. chapter and verse
15. signs and wonders
16. crown and country
17. sword and scandal
18. wither and die
19. time and tide
20. once and for all




(Mod, if these are agreed, could you possibly copy and paste them in directly to the html editor when you post even if you switch to rtf to edit - the last few lists all have wound up with auto-numbering, which vanishes when you copy it into a document to use - I had to go back and find my original posts to get a version that didn't make me retype the numbers. Thank you! <3)

Comments

[silvercat17]

Yeah, pasting it into a plaintext editor removes the numbers. Pasting it into a word editor (I use LibreOffice Writer) doesn't. It looks like proper HTML is recommended for accessibility, but it wouldn't be onerous for to make a plaintext version as well

[thisbluespirit]

Both my (very) old Word and Google docs also strip the numbers off the formatted version unfortunately, plus I like to keep note of progress by posting it into the html editor here and then linking to each piece for it as I go (which technically I could use the rtf editor for, but it's so funky and once you start with it and switch back it has masses of html and I'm just a very basic user).

So, yes, if it isn't too much trouble to add the plain text version under a cut each time, that would be wonderful and I would be deeply grateful! ♥

[silvercat17]

Do you want plain plain text, or basic text with the italics and such?

[thisbluespirit]

As long as the numbers are numbers, it's all good to me, so whatever is your preference! ♥