Thursday, April 8, 2010

ROY G BIV is my friend

I don't even remember what grade I was in when I learned it, but I've never forgotten it.

The mnemonic for remembering the colors of the rainbow:

Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet

It's an obsessive-compulsive person's dream...in the closet.

For me, pink is a light shade of red, I don't wear yellow, and I don't wear purple. I don't wear many light colors at all. Neutrals border the edges of the rainbow.

After white I have beige (since I have long-sleeved beige shirts - see above) and brown. Then after the Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet, of which there was no Yellow or Violet, I have gray and black.

But then with my short sleeves below, since I don't have any beige, I have the white, the rainbow, then brown and black. Since I don't have the beige to transition to brown, the brown has to go at the other end with black.

If I get any beige short-sleeved shirts, the brown would have to move.

Don't ask me why. I don't even know. It's just the way it has to be.

If I have identical colors, v-necks come before crew necks, and crew necks before mock necks before turtlenecks.

Do you organize your clothes by color and/or style?

My shirts always look like this. I didn't make them special for this post.

The end.

8 comments:

Bobbi said...

You don't wear YELLOW?? That's one of my favorite colors...my closet is full of it! Incidentally, my closet is also organized by ROY G BIV! HAHAHA!

onlymehere said...

I definitely organize by color. For me it makes it easier to find what I want. Also, all hangers must face the same way. I don't wear pink unless it was a super deal on clearance, lol!

Kristenph said...

LOL! I thought I was the only one who liked to organize in rainbow order :)

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Mari said...

Not me - I just hang them in the closet. I'm thinking you are crazy, but I guess it's not just you~!

Betsy Brock said...

I look awful in yellow, beige and orange...like I have the flu!

Really? I can't believe you organize your closet like that. haha. Does anyone mess up the order just to torment you? :)

Pat said...

Hi Kayren, stopping by via Mari's blog!
I don't organize my closet quite as well as you do, but I do keep it hung in sections, slacks, dress clothes, etc.... at least until it gets messed up!
It's nice to "meet" you!

Kayren said...

Betsy, don't give anybody any ideas! I had a friend in Illinois that would turn one towel in my closet so that the edge showed, just to bug me.

Love Bears All Things said...

I never thought of it as a OC disorder. I hang mine according to color and style. I hang all shirts with 3/4 sleeves together and all long sleeved together. The latter are about to be swapped for short sleeve. I wear the 3/4 sleeves year round. I don't wear yellow,orange, or green. Red and Blue are the dominant colors.
I like things neat, too. All magazine have to have the edges lined up.
I have all of my shoes in plastic shoe boxes with labels on the front so I can spot what I want instantly.
I like all cabinet doors and drawers closed, too.
Mama Bear

 
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