Charles BlancThinkers

The Aquamarine is a gem with the glassy tint of the waves of the sea.

The Emerald is a gem that condenses the green of the meadows and certain aspects of the ocean.

Green is a color that heightens red. There is no flower or ripe fruit which it does not set off to greater advantage.

Green is both gay and modest, bright and tender... it can only awaken amiable and gentle thoughts, remembrances gracious as those of spring, and other promises of nature.

The Hyacinth is like the tints of dawn passing from saffron to orange.

The Opal is a gem that resembles a fraction of the rainbow softened by a milky cloud.

Orange (color) is a mixture of light and heat... it gives life to the harmonies of the dawn, and mingling with the dramatic scene of declining day, it adds its numberless vibrations to the endless novelty of spectacle which the sinking sun presents.

Red is a color tha occupies a place between the liveliness of light and the quiet of dark colors. It thus has an expression of dignity, magnificence, and pomp.

Red is a color that gives life to the human face by making the circulation of the blood transparent. In just this way it animates all surfaces where it appears, and enlivens all the harmonies in which it plays a part.

Ruby is a gem that encloses the brilliant red of the clouds of evening

The Sapphire is a concentration of azure.