GRAY
When we talk about black and white, we often tend to miss an important part of both subjects, the gray color. I know it to be the mixture of both colors, the shade of gray is then dependent on the ratio of both colors when mixing. The color gray is a color that appears to be subtle, no loud personality and its basically not doing much in the real sense of what colors should do.
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The color gray sems very pretentious, the calm look is a facade that hides the extent at which it can go in its cruelty or good conduct. I'm particularly scared of the color gray because I can't fully understand it. I have no prior knowledge of it as it’s not a constant, I can only guess the color it’s tilting to and not be sure of it’s exact destination as it can switch sides. The color black has a very strong and intimidating personality and can easily overshadow the color white; the color gray basically has no say when it comes to where it belongs.
The black color is how an average human is and this is not to say we’re bad people; this is just to say that we all possess a good percentage of black in us. The black color is basically the darkness in us, the intentionality behind wanting the white color, that is the light to dominate, is what makes a few of us “Good people”. We can be easily swayed by the inherent darkness in us to live on the default setting we humans operate on, and that happens to be darkness.
I intentionally see the color white as an acquired taste, it is not conventionally wanted by most people. It takes a high level of understanding it to want to like it and choose it every time and not just when it suits us, moving from both colors are usually not as flexible as we like to think, hence, the need to stay in what seems more comfortable. The color white is considered boring, lacks spontaneity and very bland, so it can be very hard to choose, as opposed to the color black that feeds the flesh and provides comfort.
