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India in Technicolor

Saffron clad holy men. Red-swathed brides. Blushing marigolds. Blue skinned Gods. Color is the most vibrant way we express identity as people and every inch of India's landscape bears testimony to this fact. Let's celebrate the often, whimsical, always radiant inner spirit that manifests itself in the technicolor face of India.

Saffron-clad holy men. Red-swathed brides. Blushing marigolds. Blue-skinned Gods. 

A besotted traveler once christened India to have the "largest color palette in the known universe." Every inch of India's landscape bears testimony to this fact. Color is the most vibrant way we express our identity as people. Because color speaks directly to man's emotion, India's riot of color arouses a tempest of sensation. Yet, the clash of colors has a bold and balanced aesthetic all on its own. Syna celebrates the often whimsical, always radiant inner spirit that manifests itself in the technicolor face of India. 

  

SAFFRON

Saffron carries a more powerful message than any other color in India. In the robes of the sadhu and the ubiquitous marigold offering is the stamp of spirituality that every Indian knows at a glance. 

 

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PEACOCK BLUE

Peacock Blue is an indescribable mix of green-blue-gold, yet iconic of the nation. The color of playful divinity, peacock blue is India's unique signature color.

 

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GOLD

Gold has a unique value in India. Gold on a bride's attire and golden grains of wheat are equally precious. Gold paper tassels and gilt baubles in every bazaar allow every man his share of the riches. 

 

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WHITE

White marble monuments, jasmine offerings, saltpans, ash on a forehead. There is no one Indian white. Everywhere, a new shade tells a new story. 

 

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PINK

Pink is always a shout of color in India. Whether in a dew-bathed lotus, a heap of "gulaal" or a turban, pink reflects the nation: hot, bright, ravishing, never subtle.

 

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BLACK 

Black temple carvings. Gleaming midnight stone idols. Black marks to ward off the evil eye. India understands the mystical, magical power of black, and knows how to use it well. 

 

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INDIGO

Indigo in a hundred shades soothes the eye. deep blue stone, indigo dye, aqua coastline, delicate blue pottery. All under the arc of a fiercely blue sky.

 

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RED

Red sandstone, red brick, red mud. Fiery sunrises and sunsets. India's very skin and sky radiate a hundred shades of passionate red.

 

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YELLOW

Yellow splashed on highway trucks, on lemons hung over doors, and on fried bananas. India is alive with the color of hope and sunshine. 

 

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SILVER

Silver could well be India's national metal. From auspicious coins to anklets to temple idols to silver embroidery, India is a nation in love with silver.

 

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BROWN

Brown mud walls lovingly adorned. Brown pots baking in the sun. Brown spice, brown rope, brown earth. If India's color palette were a symphony, brown would surely be the bass. 

 

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GREEN

The green of the paan leaf and the paddy filed, of the temple pond, and a spread of fresh chilies. Green is India's flag of ripe fertility. 

 

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