I chose yellow-green because it makes me think of Spring, my favorite season. And spring speaks to me of regeneration, renewal, new beginnings and second chances - the essence of life itself.  Winter in the midwest is long and dreary, and everything is either brown or dirty white.  When the first daffodil shoots poke their heads above ground, sometimes through snow cover, their delicate tips are a bright yellow-green.  I’m always relieved and encouraged when I see them, because I know that if I’m patient a little while longer, the rest of the world will awaken and grow.  And each year I’m amazed again to see the dead-looking earth burst into life.

For my second color, I chose copper because… well, because I think it looks great with yellow-green!  But my left brain wanted to consider other reasons, so I did a little reading.  I realized that I resonate with many of its qualities:  besides having a warm, rich color, copper is malleable yet strong (so it can be formed into wondrous shapes without breaking) and it is a good conductor of heat and electricity (so it can carry power where it is needed).  I also found out that bacteria won’t grow on copper (so it doesn’t transmit disease), and that our bodies need copper to help make red blood cells out of the iron we eat (so it helps keep us alive).  So copper is very life affirming as well.  (Oh, and I found out that chocolate is a good source of copper, so I’ll probably never be copper deficient…)

I tend to use both sides of my brain, but not necessarily at the same time.  So I’ll make a creative decision spontaneously, like with these colors, and then later go back and analyze or research it into the ground.  Usually I discover that the intuitive decision also had a very good basis in logic.  Only then am I fully satisfied with my choice.