Le Pays des Couleurs
Le pays des couleurs /The Land of Colours was a childrens’ book my daughter got for her French lessons when she was a litte girl. There the grey earth was gradually occupied by colours, the green frog, the yellow butterfly, the red rose. In a sari shop in India I feel like entering this magic country. I prefer living in colour said David Hockney and moved from his native Bradford in England to sunny and colourful California. So do I. I like black and white, grey and maroon every now and then, but I somewhat pity Parisian girls who seem to think they have to wear black and grey exclusively as a sort of fashion code. We forget that we also wore colourful suits and dresses not long ago. Even the men did. Look at 18 th and 19 th century paintings with their silk in gorgeous pistachio green, dove blue and pastel pink. Francois Boucher, Madame de Pompadour, © Alte Pinakothek, München, info@pinakothek.de Wherever Indians live there is colour. I sample Sari shops from Dur...