Exercises
“Scarlet is definitely the colour of choice.”
Scarlet is definitely the colour of choice for every discerning flamenco dancer. The colour of roses and of blood. Gypsies carry knives and many a red drop has been spilt in the heat of the moment.
by Michele deBes
Scarlet is definitely the colour of choice. Supposed to be a Black and White Ball. Ha! Looks like everybody has decided to break the rules. And I thought I was being clever coming as a strawberry.
A passing waiter (dressed in a crinoline — oh God! Scarlet O'Hara! — puke!) hands me a daiquiri. Strawberry. How droll.
I walk down the red carpet towards the podium with the band (who are playing ‘Red Sails in the 17Sunset’ what else?) and cast a weather eye out for anyone I might know. At least not many people are wearing masks. God, I remember the Masque of the Red Death Ball they had last year — what a catastrophe. Never seen so many almost naked people together in one room.
I hate these Fashion Industry dos.
by Peter Miller
Scarlet is definitely the colour of choice but I prefer Razel.
Razel?
Yea Razel. It’s one of the new colours from this year’s swatch.
That's fine but what colour is it?
Razel.
Yes but is it greenish or reddish?
Oh I see what you mean. Razel is definitely one of the new metallics.
That dosen’t help me much.
Well your attitude doesn’t help me much either.
Look I’m happy to go with Razel if you could show me a sample.
I’m afraid that because of its popularity we’re all out of swatches at the moment. Look you’ll have to make your decision now so I can add your order to the next shipment. The order closes at 4.00.
How long does the shipment take.
6 months. It comes from Berlin.
What if I can’t decide and I miss this shipment?
Then I can’t guarantee that you’ll have it in under a year.
Then it won’t be this year's colour anymore.
That’s correct.