my recovery color

I bought some new pajamas once my surgery was scheduled - red floral ones. I love them. And they'll be great for in the hospital and right afterwards because I can button them up instead of trying to navigate collars & staples.

And it got me thinking - I should have a recovery color. Like a talisman. And red's a pretty good color for that.

It's bright and cheerful, it has energy and movement. It'll get my head moving to stitch itself back together. It's vibrant. It adds color to your face when you don't have any of your own. Red flannel pajamas are somehow warmer than blue ones. And I feel powerful when I wear red. Like I can do anything, such as recover from brain surgery.

Coincidentally, Pantone picked a red-orange at their color for 2012. Tangerine Tango.

From the press release:

“Sophisticated but at the same time dramatic and seductive, Tangerine Tango is an orange with a lot of depth to it,” said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute®. “Reminiscent of the radiant shadings of a sunset, Tangerine Tango marries the vivaciousness and adrenaline rush of red with the friendliness and warmth of yellow, to form a high-visibility, magnetic hue that emanates heat and energy.”

Friendly vivaciousness that emanates heat and energy? I like it! Plus they're teaming up with Sephora for a Color of the Year product line. I'll definitely scoop up some Tangerine Tango nailpolish and maybe even some lipstick. Nothing makes you feel stronger than some red lipstick, after all.