w is for wow[ed] and overwow[ed]

w is for wow[ed] and overwow[ed]

Artists use colour palettes and wheels to choose and mix their paints. Since I paint with words, I assemble colour name tables from various sources, for example: #cyw, Wikipedia; web design colour sites. I didn’t stray much into the world of makeup, interior/exterior paint, interior decorating/design – here riots of additional colours abound.

Towards the end of my prep, I did discover another list – color fandom’s colorpedia which greatly expanded colour name potential. My initial W list has wonderful words such as: winter wizard; white smoke; wild watermelon. This new source expanded into more wonderful words: wonderland; wood bark; wine dregs.

So, I went from wow[ed] (wow is a colour!) to over-wow[ed]!. The descriptive possibilities grew exponentially. Phrases (mostly overwrought) tripped off the tongue of my keyboard: the winter wizard turned his wedgewood blue eyes to the faded winter sky streaked with white smoke clouds.

As my wintergreen dream list of possible phrases and tales enlarged, so did my eyes with dismay. When overwhelmed in anyway, I freeze – like the proverbial woody brown deer in the white ice[d] headlights. Or go on another wavelength to distract from the overwhelming task at hand: should I wash the dog, go to Wal-mart, indulge my wanderlust on a west coast wine trail, walk through a windblown wheatfield or join Alice in wonderland?

So, while I pursue these options like a wild thing, I present my w is for table:

wafer	wageningen green	wal-mart	walnut	wan white	wanderlust
warhol	warlord	warm black	warm blue	warm neutral	warm olive
warmed brown	warrior	wasbi	wash the dog	washed green	water leaf
watercourse	waterloo	watermelon	waterspout	wattle	watusi
wave rider	wavelength	wax flower	wazzup	weldon blue	weathered blue
weathered grey	weathered yellow	web orange	wedgewood blue	well read	well sausage
wells fargo	wellywood	west coast	west side	western red	wet ‘n wild
wham	wheat	wheatfield	whipped cream	whiskey	whiskey sour
whisper	white	white chocolate	white ice	white lilac	white metal
white nectar	white pearl	white pointer	white rock	white smoke	white sugar
white wash	white ice	whiteout	whizzbang	wild blue yonder	wild ones
wild orchid	wild rice	wild sand	wild strawberry	wild thing	wild watermelon
wild west	wild willow	wilderness	windflower	william	willamsburg blue
willow brook	willow grove	willpower orange	windblown	windsor	windsor tan
wine	wine berry	wine dregs	wine trail	winter sky	winter hazel
winter sky	winter wizard	wintergreen dream	wisp pink	witch haze	witch hazel
wistful	wisteria	wonderland	wood	wood bark	wood brown
woodburn	woodrush	woodsmoke	woodstock	woody bay	woody brown
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