Stripes stripes stripes stripes

The section of reading this week was very interesting. "The pastel is a failed color, an almost color, 'a color that dare not speak it's name.' The striped--used in this way--is a half color, a mutilated color, a color woven with white." (66). I found this to be a very graphic (no pun intended) image of how stripes are conveyed. Though this was discussed in terms of being towards the end of the nineteenth century, the description being that it is a mutilation of color is entirely interesting. Using this and referring back to today's referral of the stripe and how common place it is, it's interesting to consider the fact that most consider seeing pastel stripes on baby clothes as it seems like an entirely different sort of meaning. The best part of this section of the text was the quote "Too many stripes will finally drive you mad," and seeing this quote referred me to how color factors into a lot of the perception of things. Color is influential, and depending on the color when associated with the stripe it can mean something entirely different.