Le discussioni sui colori mi fanno venire in mente un vecchio film con Cary Grant e Myrna Loy , La casa dei nostri sogni , in particolare la scena in cui lei da istruzioni per dipingere le stanze , il dialogo in inglese rende l'idea ;
Muriel Blandings: I want it to
be a soft green, not as blue-
green as a robin's egg, but not
as yellow-green as daffodil buds.
Now, the only sample I could get
is a little too yellow, but don't let
whoever does it go to the other
extreme and get it too blue. It
should just be a sort of grayish-
yellow-green. Now, the dining
room. I'd like yellow. Not just
yellow; a very gay yellow.
Something bright and sunshine-
y. I tell you, Mr. PeDelford, if
you'll send one of your men to
the grocer for a pound of their
best butter, and match that
exactly, you can't go wrong!
Now, this is the paper we're
going to use in the hall. It's
flowered, but I don't want the
ceiling to match any of the
colors of the flowers. There's
some little dots in the
background, and it's these dots I
want you to match. Not the little
greenish dot near the hollyhock
leaf, but the little bluish dot
between the rosebud and the
delphinium blossom. Is that
clear? Now the kitchen is to be
white. Not a cold, antiseptic
hospital white. A little warmer,
but still, not to suggest any other
color but white. Now for the
powder room - in here - I want
you to match this thread, and
don't lose it. It's the only spool I
have and I had an awful time
finding it! As you can see, it's
practically an apple red.
Somewhere between a healthy
winesap and an unripened
Jonathan. Oh, excuse me...
Mr. PeDelford: You got that
Charlie?
Charlie, Painter: Red, green,
blue, yellow, white.
Mr. PeDelford: Check.
Ecco , in fabbrica dopo che chi di dovere gli ha spiegato tutte le sfumature del celeste dell'azzurro e del blu l'addetto alla macchina spinge un tasto e più o meno il colore corrisponde
