Photo prompt © Jan Wayne Fields
She could not decide.
She knew the others were getting impatient. That they believed she ought to have made up her mind.
“It’s just a hat,” Marissa hissed, a bit too loudly to have wanted to keep Betty from hearing.
“It is,” Betty whispered. Her voice shook but she couldn’t help it more than she could stop blush from traveling across her cheeks and down her neck to meet her chest.
And yet … Mom had asked for pink … How?
Her breath hitched. No way she could admit color-blindness and not get kicked out of the new Hue You Artist Colony.
For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers
Na'ama Yehuda 
Ha.. clever.
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😀 Thank you! 🙂
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An inventive spin on the prompt, Na’ama. Poor lady. She could have taken a few up to the counter and asked a clerk. Hoping they don’t discover her secret.
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Indeed she could! You would have made her a good friend! 😊
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🙂
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Clever. And sad.
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Thanks Trish… And yes… It is a little sad…
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Nice take. I’ll raise my hat to that. 🙂
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Ah, the obstacles we must overcome. Nice one.
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Indeed… 😉 Thank you!
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Get the hue right or they hew you, huh?
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I think this might be what she is afraid of … 😉 At least figuratively! You got it! 😉
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Na’ama Y’karah,
What a predicament and a unique spin on the prompt. I’ve known a few men who are afflicted, but no women. (Just a personal observation, not a criticism.) Loved your story and felt for poor Betty.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Yeah, poor Betty. I have a good female friend who is color-blind (though perhaps not totally color-blind), and it can be a hindrance … It is more common in men, but does occur in women. Glad I can see color, even though I have a affinity for liking some colors more than other colors … 😉
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☂️🔮💟💜
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Yeah … 😉 (Your purple-inclined friend)
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Ha, the lengths she must have to go to… 🙂
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🙂 Indeed … 😉
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A touching little tale. I’m wondering if Mom is unaware of her colour-blindness. Why else would she have specified pink?
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Mom may be aware of the color-blindness (or otherwise Mom has serious bigger issues in her connection to her child .. ;)), but may not be aware of her daughter’s shame or secrecy around it … Perhaps it was a cruel request. Or perhaps it was one made with full expectation that she would just ask someone “Which is the pink one?” 😉
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Oh the poor dear! This does cause her some trouble, for sure.
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Yeah, poor dear! I have a friend who is almost totally color-blind. It is an enigma to me how the world looks through a limited prism.
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i feel for her. dealing with disability can be challenging indeed.
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Yeah, I can only imagine! And adding shame and secrecy to ANY disability or issue, only makes it more challenging …
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Surely only a matter of time before her ailment is discovered! 🙂
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Yep. I suspect sooner rather than later …
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I love colour and music, but I just can not judge either… But I like your story.
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I’m glad! And hopefully, you wouldn’t have judged HER, either. … 😉
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Oh, poor dear. What a clever twist on the prompt 🙂
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Thanks, Linda … yes, she got herself in a bit of a pickle with that secret …
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Oh, this broke my heart. Poor girl!!!!
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Thanks, Alicia … (I mean, not for breaking your heart …. but for reading and commenting … 😉 ). I hope she figures it out or her mama understands why she got a very different shade of hat … 😉
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I’ve had friends who were color blind too. The best thing to do is just own up to it and ask for help. At least it’s not contagious.
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Yep. I have friends who are color blind, too. No biggie and a source for some merry some of the time (they can find plenty of things to make merry about me, too, non-color-blindness related … so it is all fair and in good fun). As for her – if she cannot fess up, she may be in the wrong ‘commune’ … 😉
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Nice spin!
Feel for her, but maybe it would help to admit now than later.
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Thanks, Natasha! Yes, I agree … better to be honest earlier than manage the fallout of lingering secrecy …
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