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black eye, blackout, blue eyed boy, brown eyes, colors, colors in the spectrum, dark cloud, favoritism, green eyed monster, jaundiced vision, jayant swamy, jealousy, optimism, prejudice, rose tinted vision, silver lining, white vision
My recent bout of conjunctivitis enforced me into captivity. I mean, with all visual media cut out, my vision (Ah!) turned inward.
Personally, I tend to view the world through rose tinted glasses. Now I was mandatorily restricted to a dark vision through blood red eyes.
It set me thinking into various tinted vision related sayings and colloquiums.
1} Blue eyed boy/ girl : Somebody’s favorite/ pet person.
2} Green eyed monster : Jealousy, as coined by Shakespeare in Merchant of Venice, and repeated in Othello.
3} Jaundiced (yellow) vision : to view with despondency, cynicism or prejudice. Continue reading