I wonder how much money paint color namers make. You know, the people who come up with the names for paint. Names like: whispering pine, solar flare, fervent brass, song of summer, velvet evening, autumn mist, cucumber crush, frosted pomegranate, dreaming blue, book binder, pineapple soda. These are actual names of paint, no kidding. My favorites I think are fervent brass and pineapple soda.
It’s not fair. Somewhere out there, someone is getting paid to come up with Kiwi Squeeze and Breath of Spring, for two similar shades of green.
And these are just the names from the Behr line of paint. They’re like this for every brand. So many colors, so many awful cheeseball names, so little space to name them all. But trust me, they’re all horrible.
I want that job. I could do it easy. Right now, off the top of my head, I’ve got three great names. Eclectic Vagina. Burning Urine. Weary Rain. Boom boom boom. Give me $1000 please Behr. Or Sherwin-Williams. Or Glidden. or Dutch Boy. Or any other paint company out there. Come on! These are valuable names. I’m going to copyright them, so when you have a new paint color, you’ll have to pay me exorbitant sums to use them. They’re awesome frigging names. And I wasn’t even trying! Imagine what I could come up with if I put a lot of thought into it.
Seriously, what a cool, totally lame job.