Writing With Summer Colors!

Summer is here, and it brings with it the trend of beautifully bright, fun colors. For this month’s writing challenge, we’ll be using summer colors to evoke thoughts and stories to practice creative writing. We have listed some of our favorite summer colors below, but feel free to keep this exercise going with more colors!

Periwinkle

Periwinkle takes its name from the flower and sits between the color blue and purple in the color wheel. This color emits serenity and calmness and can symbolize blossoming friendships, sentimental memories, and everlasting love. What comes to mind when you look at this color? Whether you are inspired to write a sentence, paragraph, or even an essay, take a moment to write about it.

Lemon Yellow

In color psychology, lemon yellow evokes feelings of happiness, positivity, optimism, and summer.  What does this color remind you of? If it’s the sun, write about a sunny day. If it’s lemonade, write about the last time you had it. Just make sure the topic you choose is authentic to your thoughts evoked by the color.

Soft Fuschia

The color soft fuchsia inspires confidence, assurance, and maturity. Think about a time you felt confident (or wish you had been more confident) and take a moment to write about it.

Emerald Turquoise

Emerald Turquoise is a color that lies on the scale between blue and green. It has characteristics associated with both of these, such as the calmness of blue and the growth in green. Similar to yellow, it can be an uplifting color.  How does this color make you feel?

Coral

Coral is a stronger yet paler variation of the color orange. It’s a brighter color that gains attention, which makes coral a more outgoing and social color. What comes to mind with this color?