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Old 04-27-2010, 08:20 AM
Shirley Ujest Shirley Ujest is offline
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Mnenomic Assistance please.

I need to memorize a color chart:

White
Cream
Yellow
Peach
Coral
Salmon
Orange
Red
Burgundy
Pink
Fushia
Burgundy
Lilac
Lavender
Purple
Teal
Blue
Aqua
Green
Olive
Beige
Brown
Gray
Black


W
C
Y
P
C
S
O
R
B
p
F
L
L
P
T
B
A
G
O
B
B
G
B


Before any of the color-snobbist get their underhosen in a bunch about this chart and how out of whack it is, it is the official color chart of the MegaColossal UberCharity Thriftstore I work at ( at least the Michigan Stores. Someone hire up was either bored, deprived of a box of 64 crayola crayons when they were young or overmanaging and decided to overcomplicate the previous color chart, which I memorized in about 10 minutes, because it.made.sense. )


23 colors. Break it down any which way.

Myself and my staff thank you very mucho.
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Old 04-27-2010, 08:36 AM
kaylasdad99 kaylasdad99 is online now
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I have to say, I find that a little intimidating. Confronted with a list like that, and depending on circumstances, I might try to find some way of organizing the information that would allow me to bypass trying to formulate and memorize a mnemonic at all.

Can you share with us how these colors are to be used? And when you say "Break it down any which way" does this imply that the order the colors are placed in is not relevant?

Sorry to not be more helpful in the first response. Maybe you could try "23 k of g in a f p d."

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Old 04-27-2010, 08:38 AM
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Burgundy is on there twice. Sorry - I'm no help. Let me think about it a while...
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Old 04-27-2010, 08:39 AM
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1. ROY G. BIV; Black and White makes Gray, duh.
2. Oh wait, except instead of Violet, you've got to give Purple and Pink for Miss. Lavender.
3. As for Mrs. Fushia and Mr. Beige the foodies, they'll enjoy a dish of Salmon and Olives, with a nice Burgundy Wine, with Peaches and Cream for dessert.
4. Mr. Brown wonders, "What needs Water aka Aqua? Lilacs, and Teal Coral right?"

It's not so bad, and most of it makes sense except for Mr. Beige. I had a hard time with him.

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Old 04-27-2010, 09:08 AM
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I'm going to assume that the second Burgundy is an error, because it doesn't seem to fit with the "flow" of colors. That said, would it help to break it into color groups?


WHITE/OFF-WHITES
White
Cream
Yellow

ORANGES (notice that there are two fruits enclosing two "sea" names)
Peach
Coral
Salmon
Orange

REDS (think wine)
Red
Burgundy
Pink (champagne)

PURPLES
Fushia
Lilac
Lavender
Purple

BLUE/GREEN
Teal
Blue
Aqua
Green
Olive (think of green olives?)

EARTH TONES (basically light to dark)
Beige
Brown
Gray
Black

I dunno, could be a place to start.
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Old 04-27-2010, 09:15 AM
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You can never have enough Burgundy.
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Old 04-27-2010, 09:56 AM
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White
Christian
Youth
Praise
Christ
So
Often,
Real
Bourgeois
pinko
Fucking
Left
Liberals
Pray
To
Buddha
And
Gaia
Or
Bloody
Bogus
Gods,
Booyakasha!
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Old 04-27-2010, 09:59 AM
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W
C
Y
P
C
S
O
R
B
p
F
L
L
P
T
B
A
G
O
B
B
G
B
What were Natalie Wood's last words?
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Old 04-27-2010, 10:19 AM
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Not a mnemonic, but have you considered tattooing them to the inside of your forearm?
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Old 04-27-2010, 10:41 AM
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Why
Could
You
Possibly
Care
So?
Or,
Really
Bogus
people
Feel
Like
Learning
Piles of
Tedious
Boring
Awful
Garbage
Often
Brings
Big
Gigantic
Bucks!
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Old 04-27-2010, 09:36 PM
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Why
Can’t
You
Put
Carrot
Shavings
On
Rare
Burgers
Particularly
For
Little
Ladies
Putting
Tomatoes
Behind
A
Grilled
Onion?
Because
Burgers
Get
Bloody.

Last edited by Uncle Brother Walker; 04-27-2010 at 09:37 PM. Reason: I'm hungry. Can you tell?
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Old 04-28-2010, 04:58 AM
Shirley Ujest Shirley Ujest is offline
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Burgundy is on there twice. Sorry - I'm no help. Let me think about it a while...
Thanks.

The cat was helping me.
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Old 04-28-2010, 04:59 AM
Shirley Ujest Shirley Ujest is offline
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What were Natalie Wood's last words?
You win everything and then some!
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Old 04-28-2010, 05:04 AM
Shirley Ujest Shirley Ujest is offline
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Why
Could
You
Possibly
Care
So?
Or,
Really
Bogus
people
Feel
Like
Learning
Piles of
Tedious
Boring
Awful
Garbage
Often
Brings
Big
Gigantic
Bucks!

Your thinking, I like it.
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Old 04-28-2010, 06:52 PM
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[OT pet peeve]It's fuchsia. Named after some dude named Fuchs.[/OT pp]
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Old 04-28-2010, 07:13 PM
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Schoolyard cadence is your best shot, IMO:


Willy Chilly you popped Chuck silly,
Only red boys pick fall lillies.

Loudly praise the boys and girls,
Only bamboo boats got burls.
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