I have a very last-minute assignment for my Color Theory class.
My prof. hasn't been exactly on the ball this semester seeing as she is retiring, and she accidentally assigned this assignment a few weeks late. She rationalized it by saying that no one of us ever does our homework ahead of time and we always cram at the last possible second, so no harm done (which makes me laugh :D)
Anywho, the assigment is to design a children's book of colors. I've got my "plot" idea and my art and design ideas - an animal for each color of the rainbow plus black and white going on a short adventure - but of course I need help deciding on the perfect names. The meanings of the names I've chosen for each animal matches its color, and I wanted to check with you all if they seemed "right", and also appropriate for what I'm doing. And if they flow well!
*Note: these names are pretty out there, I realize, and that is kind of what I'm going for.
RedAnimal: Dog (m)
Name: I'm thinking
Radcliff,
Rufus or
Rowan, but also
RoyReedRussell
OrangeAnimal: Bird (f)
Name: Jacinth
YellowAnimal: Monkey (m)
Name: Fulvio
GreenAnimal: Bunny (f)
Name: Blerta; I'm also thinking
ChloeMidori
BlueAnimal: Fish (m or f?)
Name: Nila or
Livius (which one?)
IndigoAnimal: Mouse (f)
Name: Ai Or can anyone else come up with a different name with the meaning of
Indigo? I'm trying to avoide straight color names (eg.
Lilac,
Cyan etc)
VioletAnimal: Can anyone come up with a good one? I'm thinking more common/easy to draw :)
Name: Iolanthe
PinkAnimal: Cat (f)
Name: Heather or
Pembe? (I think I like the latter better.)
WhiteAnimal: Owl (m)
Name: Finnian or
Whitaker (I think I like the former better.)
BlackAnimal: Racoon
Name: I'm thinking
Nigel, but is the meaning definite enough to associate with black? Other ideas:
EmeryCiarán
Cole (don't like)
Blake (don't like)
So: Do they flow well? Do the meanings fit well? That's all I'm really concerned about. Thanks so much in advance, I'm having a lot of fun with this and hope other people found it entertaining/challenging as well =D
This message was edited 4/5/2008, 3:58 PM