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

( Ametine, Jasper, Yellow Jasper, Red Jasper, Opal Jasper )

(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)

Suggestions for new colours - contrasts/pairings lists Part 2

[thisbluespirit]

These lists contain linked words in threes and fours, which I thought could also be handy for triptych (if people want to use them that way). They also work as normal prompts etc.

Specific queries - if anyone has any substitutions for better fandom trio-sets for the tumblr blue prompt set I'm happy to hear them - thanks to Cindybug and Ilthit for dreaming up most of them for me!

The last two 'three' sets, I used colours I could find with the word three in the title, but I'm not sure I'm happy with those entirely or that they might be better used for other sets - if anyone has any more appropriate ideas, I'd be happy to rename them. (The ones that were more contrasts/linked words, I stuck to the mineral themes, so those are okay, although I apologise if the colours are more awkward to do!)

With thanks to everybody in the Discord who helped me come up with things (and wiki's Irreversible Binomial page!)

Zebradorite
https://www.peacefulmind.com/crystals/metaphysical-properties/zebradorite-properties/
hue: brown/yellow; cat: minerals, themes: words, contrasts, prompts: 10

1. morning / afternoon / evening / night
2. winter / spring / summer / autumn
3. north / east / south / west
4. old / new / borrowed / blue
5. parsley / sage / rosemary / thyme
6. hearts / spades / diamonds / clubs
7. king / queen / knave / joker
8. affection / friendship / eros / charity
9. death / famine / war / pestilence
10. water / earth / fire / air


tumblr blue
https://unwrapping.tumblr.com/post/91504567257/tumblr-blue-hex-code-color-35465c
hue: blue, themes: words, contrasts, fandom, prompts: 10

1. like, comment, subscribe
2. shag, marry, cliff
3. girlboss, gatekeep, gaslight
4. mansplain, malewife, manslaughter
5. friends, enemies, lovers
6. lime, lemon, grapefruit
7. top, bottom, switch [or vers; or dom, sub, switch (but I thought top, bottom etc was more open to interpretation)]
8. sane, safe, consensual
9. barren field, high ground, sand
10. bae, blorbo, other third secret thing


Triploidite
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triploidite
hue: brown (with reddish and gold tints), cat: minerals, prompts: 15, themes: words, phrases, contrasts

1. lights, camera, action
2. wholeness, harmony, radiance
3. friends, Romans, countrymen
4. reading, writing, arithmetic
5. yes, no, maybe
6. straw, wood, brick
7. mother, maiden, crone
8. vanilla, strawberry, chocolate
9. gold, silver, bronze
10. veni, vidi, vici
11. lather, rinse, repeat
12. live, love, laugh
13. see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
14. could’ve, would’ve, should’ve
15. heaven, hell, purgatory


Trinity Islands [?]
https://www.colorxs.com/color/de-trinity-islands-de-6249
hue: grey, prompts: 10, theme: phrases,

1. shake, rattle and roll
2. hop, skip and a jump
3. planes, trains and automobiles
4. red, white and blue
5. name, rank and serial number
6. hook, line and sinker
7. lock, stock and barrel
8. right, left and centre
9. cool, calm and collected
10. win, lose or draw


Three Wishes [?]
https://www.colorxs.com/color/valspar-three-wishes-8004-32b
hue: grey, prompts: 20, theme: phrases

1. sun, moon and stars
2. past, present and future
3. here, there and everywhere
4. up, down and sideways
5. no way, shape or form
6. the good, the bad and the ugly
7. tall, dark and handsome,
8. short, sweet and to the point
9. ready, willing and able,
10. healthy, wealthy, and wise
11. mad, bad and dangerous
12. beg, steal or borrow
13. eat, drink and be merry
14. mind, soul and body
15. tried, tested and true
16. fear, uncertainty and doubt
17. signed, sealed and delivered
18. bell, book, and candle
19. treachery, treason and armageddon
20. judge, jury and executioner


I'd like to do a couple more shorter ones of the actual word contrasts sometime, but that's the last of these and the last of my "more basic 30 prompt sets" campaign. I hope people find them useful. <3

Ideas for Holiday Colors

[silvercat17]

name: Birthday Cake
theme: birthday

1 candles
2 party
3 presents
4 another year older
5 cake
6 gift card
7 surprise
8 balloons
9 make a wish
10 over the hill

I'm open to ideas for this one

name: Exuberance (it's an orange)
theme: holiday origins

1. celebration
2. memorial
3. harvest
4. anniversary
5. we lived
6. trees are good
7. vacation
8. thanks
9. new year
10. civil rights
11. achievements
12. solstice / equinox
13. beginning of season
14. remembering the dead
15. important birthday
16. forgiveness / atonement
17. journey
18. founding
19. independence
20. love
21. victory
22. coming of age
23. celebrate nature
24. our language is good
25. feast of fools / pranks

name: Celebration (it's a light orange)
theme: holidays

1. colors
2. candles
3. parades
4. streamers / bunting
5. fireworks
6. sweets
7. costumes
8. bonfires
9. gifts
10. greenery
11. music
12. feasts
13. get-togethers
14. travel
15. dancing