Of cheer and colour choices

[macloudt at yahoo.co.uk]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Tabouli" <tabouli at u...> wrote:
My other musing was one about colour.  I love colour.  Wonderful 
stuff.  

Amen!!  I'm a needlewoman (sewing, cross stitch, needlepoint, 
knitting...), so I definately share your love of colour.  

> Any thoughts about the use of colour in HP clothing?  From memory, 
Snape (and the students) wears black, McGonagall wears green tartan, 
Dumbledore favours purple robes, and the Beauxbatons students wear 
pale blue.  Presumably JKR chose these colours for a reason - what do 
you think?  Are the French pale blue?

What springs to mind with me when thinking about Hogwarts and its 
inhabitants is not only colour but *texture*.  It may be 
stereotypical, but Hogwarts always makes me think of the European 
Medieval era...think heavy velvets and lush, colourful, beautifully 
woven tapestries.  I don't think any tapestries are mentioned in the 
books, though...and would they be able to talk?  Personally I think 
the French should wear royal blue robes as pale blue isn't a colour 
which fits in with my vision; all the colours I see in HP are rich.  
The exact opposite is my vision of the Dursley residence, where all 
the walls and carpets have pastel flower patterns on them...BLECH!!

(No offence to anyone with pastel flower wallpaper, but I'm strictly 
a boldly painted walls kinda gal meself!)

Mary Ann
(wearing a rather horrid work uniform)