Keep playing around and someone is really going to get one of these things lol.
I talked with my supplier and he won't do pink. No way. Not pink. Gold is a noble metal and a noble color, so its gold. I asked if he would do anything else. He scratched at his beard for a moment and then said, ok, platinum. That's a noble metal too. And silver. He will do gold, or platinum, or silver.
But then he caught sight of a tattoo on his sleeve, and it reminded him of something, and he added, emerald green. Yeah, emerald green. Because it reminds him of ill-gotten gains and smugglers from Columbia, and that speaks to him of danger. So, emerald green is in.
So I pressed him on it, what about sapphire blue and ruby red? He said, well, ok diamond. But that's not a color, i reminded him. Diamonds are sparkly, but they are clear. And it will look like some kind of Malibu Barbie Rhinestone crap and he agreed. So diamond is out. But ruby red and sapphire blue are in, for the same reason as emerald green. I didn't point out that Columbia isn't known for ruby and sapphire. I didn't want to lose ground.
I asked about grey. What? He said, you mean like puffy clouds? No, how about Battleship Grey? That's good, he said. He'll do it. Battleships are Manly and speak of wholesale violence on a massive scale so that is in.
He tucked in his BDUs at this point and I went on. People like blue. What else in blue, can you do for me? WELL NOT BABY BLUE, FOR CRISSAKE!! He said. Oh no, certainly not. How about Gun Blue? Well that's more like black he replied, as he kicked at the dirt with his Doc Martins. You'll do it? Yeah, ok. Navy Blue is in, for reasons that should be obvious.
Great, we are making progress. Here's the thing, he said. It's gotta be "tactical" ya know? That's Manly and suggests violence, and possibly danger and sneaking about in the dark or in the woods or in the sewers and lots of gear and such.
He thumbed the safety on his AR-15 for a moment before going on. The colors gotta support the theme, "Tactical". So things like pink and mauve and lilac and auburn are no good! They don't support the theme.
How about white? White stitching on a black hat? That would look sharp! But he says, not Lily White! Geezuz man!
I said oh, by no means, not Lily White. I was thinking, maybe BONE WHITE. He liked it. It made the list. I had noticed the outline of a skull and crossed bones stenciled on the side of his sparkling clean humvee and knew that one would make the list..
Now, what about reds? We've got ruby red. He says, well no Cherry red, or Carmine, or Salmon, or Rosy. Those are out! Ok, but what about...Blood Red...? He liked it. Good reference to violence there, DEFINITELY tactical. And he said Fire Engine Red is good too, very Manly, that one is.
How about green? Olive drab? Sure, no problem. But not Seafoam, for crying out loud! And no Yellow-Green, that's like puke green. No, certainly. How about Jade?
Hmmm....ok, jade is in, that's all Eastern and Mysterious and crap, so it's in.
So those are the options, and if you can come up with another color that suggests manliness or violence or gadgetry, he might consider it.
I've done all I can here.