Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-226878-20150710200046/@comment-70.27.67.203-20151119031531

Oh, my, I didn't mean to steal your allusions! The detectives' team and sidekick team. The color use might be tricky both for characters and team. Blaine is good, way better than Rusty (tho I was thinking of Auburn or Titian as possibilities to replace it). Yellow hair gleams nicely. I like it very much. 'Vernet' owes its color, green, not just to the 'vern' syllable but to the 'et' reference: it's a forest of alder.

'Poirot' - tho no one ever mentions it - means 'little pear',  the 'ot' being an endearment or reference to size (usually small). Poirot's color allusion could be yellow, green or red. It extends the palette from yellow through green to red, allowing any two of the three as desired. And, of course, there are his little gray cells. Father Brown is brown (and there are brown pears too:)) Auguste Dupin is yet another green man, Dupin meaning 'of the pine'. Otherwise, the only color tie I can think of for Dupin is the orangutan in 'Murders in the Rue Morgue' and that's the 'murderer's' color.

I would guess we both love early detective stories. The year I was eleven was a golden one for me.

Colors for the sidekicks? Blood red for Dr. Watson, or white for bandages or a mix. Hastings I can't think of in one color or another; he loved golfing togs and bright big cars. Does he strike a particular bell for you? Flambeau is fire, a semblance or weapon as much as a color. But Dupin's narrator hasn't got a name let alone a color reference. I'm sure you're working on it, aren't you?

This is fun, isn't it?