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Your bad nine score.
I worry you always wear the same colors.
Oh really?
And what are they?
Well, so is black and black and dark.
It's very depressing roaring pouring.
It's dull.
Fight.
For this episode, I will add some color to my outfits, which is very fitting because we're
going to talk about colors today.
Yay, let's talk about colors, delisuna, and if you're listening to the audio version,
go to YouTube and check out Rory's super outfits and different colors.
I know delisuna, Rory, and different colors I know.
Let's talk about colors.
Let's.
What's your favourite color?
I really like dark blue, kind of like the color I'm wearing now, actually.
And in fact, I like it so much I had my bedroom painted dark blue.
Specifically, it's called Oxford Blue, and it's, well, at least I think it's quite
common, which is important for a bedroom.
Are there any colors that have a special meaning in your culture?
Well, many people wear their football team colors, for example, so they're like the same
color as the uniform the players wear.
And this can sometimes have religious connotations.
And our national colors, I think, are pale blue and white or yellow and red.
So these colors also have some significance for people in my country when they represent
themselves and their nation abroad.
What color of clothes do you wear?
Well, I usually wear the same colors all the time, so a dark shirt and jeans and white
socks.
I think I just like to keep it regular.
However, obviously today I'm dressed quite differently because I've got this checked shirt
on, even though it's still keeping the dark color motif on the go.
And I've added a little bit of color with my bracelets as well.
Are there any colors you dislike?
I'm not a huge fan of acid or what do you call it?
Fulleressant colors, yes.
I mean, outside of the highlighter pens that you usually see them on, I just think they're
a bit gayish and over the tall.
And usually they just clash with the colors around them.
I personally prefer something a bit understated, kind of like the black I'm wearing now, or
the black and red tie that I have.
What are the most popular colors in your country?
Well, I think that will vary by region and season for some of the reasons that I
already mentioned.
I mean, for example, in the summer, they're like the summer fashion trends.
And I don't think they're different from many Western countries to be honest with you.
And there's also the winter fashion.
And then on top of that, if you are living further north, you'll probably want to wear
darker colors because they keep the heat in more effectively.
Allegedly, this is just something that one of my teachers used to say.
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You'll listen to always remember that colors speak louder than words.
Which means that colors do affect us, affect our mood, our widening of everything.
So colors speak louder than words.
I think this is a proverb, like an idiom, say.
Well, they're certainly affecting my mood because I've changed my costume several times
in this episode.
But if you're listening to us, then you will not see the full effect.
So you'll have to find us on YouTube and have a look for yourself.
Dark Blue.
Okay, you can also call it Oxford Blue.
Is this nice blue color, which is very calming.
It comes you down.
Okay, so I really love Oxford Blue or that dark blue.
I had my bedroom painted dark blue.
Before you can say, I had my bathroom painted white.
Okay, I had my sleds painted red.
Oh, a red.
True.
If you had a red apartment or a red bedroom, then you would probably go wild.
Yeah, can you imagine?
However, I should point out that Oxford Blue is not the only kind of dark blue.
There are other kinds as well.
As I discovered, when I was getting my house tainted and I was presented with about
three million options, when I asked a very simple question, which was, could I just have
dark blue please?
And I eventually decided on Oxford Blue because I just like that name and the tone seemed
nice.
You can also say I enjoy Indigo.
Indigo is the name of a color which is kind of deep, rich blue.
So just Google Indigo, take a look at the photos.
Which shade though, there are like 300 of them.
Oh yeah, but for the IELTS purposes, you can say, oh yeah, I like Oxford Blue Indigo.
And also you can say blue-ish, pinkish orange color.
It's not white, but it's kind of like whiteish pinkish.
And also, Dillison, did you know that blue is the most common color around the world?
So most people enjoy blue, according to Google.
So for one side I'm fitting in with other people by liking dark blue.
I'm going to go and put on my dark blue shirt again then to fit in.
So blue is the most common favorite color.
And purple is the second one.
Most people enjoy purple or blue.
Let us know in the comments what are your favorite colors, but don't be boring till it's
a dongle or yellow orange.
So cut it like Indigo, okay?
Pinkish orange, like salmon, all right?
Turk boys.
So don't go like white blue green.
So pick like one name for like a nice color, Turk boys.
And use it in your speaking test if they ask you questions about colors, okay?
Colors could have a special meaning in your culture, okay?
So for example, colors could have a special meaning in your culture.
For example, different colors can have a religious connotation.
Do you listen to it?
So connotation meaning?
It's the idea that get, well, it's the idea that people think of whenever they see a
particular thing.
So when people see a particular sequence of colors, they think of the football team, for
example.
This is in my country amongst certain groups of people.
It's not true all the time.
Some people wear the colors of their favorite football team, so specific colors have a
like football connotation or a religious connotation.
You can also talk about your national colors, national colors, the colors that you have
on your flag.
Different colors could have some significance, okay?
Which is like another synonym of like a meaning.
So like red is significant in my culture, like it's important in my culture.
And then you can give some examples.
For example, in China in my country, red means good fortune, for example.
In the western cultures, white is often associated with innocence and purity.
But in the east, white is associated with death.
And you know what?
Like a queen Victoria, you know, there was this beautiful queen Victoria in England.
Maybe not when she died, but when she was older.
Yeah, when she was younger, sorry.
So queen Victoria started this white, so waiting dress tradition.
So like queen Victoria started the white, waiting gown tradition.
Did you know that?
No, I had no idea.
That's weird.
Yeah, also you can say like a red is a universal color of life, of our passion.
It is associated with fire and desire and aggression, but some not in all cultures.
The question is what color of clothes do you wear?
So color of clothes.
And you can say like I wear blue, I wear yellow and a Rory, our simple Rory enjoys darker
colors.
So I usually wear a black shirt, white socks, Rory keeps it regular.
So if you keep it regular, you kind of wear black every day and every day and black again
and black and even more.
I'm not doing a very good job for this episode though because I wore lots of different colors
and even at the start I was wearing blue.
But I hope people noticed that if you're asked a comment about the clothes that you wear,
you could gesture to your clothes as well and use them as a kind of prop.
We talked about this in the last episode, but it would be good to mention it again because
it could be useful in the exam.
Rory, you told us about like dark color motif on the go.
So well, it's what was.
Well a motif is like a recurring idea or something that repeats in design.
It's usually used to talk about patterns.
Of course if you're just wearing the same solid color, you don't really have a pattern.
But the motif for my outfits, the recurring theme would be dark colors mostly.
Obviously you can see from today's episode that I don't always have this dark motif
on the go and by on the go I mean just continuing throughout my life.
But it is something that comes up very regularly.
And you say motif, you don't say motif because usually we say kind of like motif a reason
for doing something like a motif for something, right?
It's like motif.
Yes, it's M-O-T-I-F motif.
But motif, yes, the reason that you do something is also a word.
It just has a different pronunciation.
Yeah, could you give us an example with this like motif thing?
Well, what would the motif for my shootee or right now be?
Minimalist probably because you can see everything and there's not much fancy design around.
So a motif, a pattern or design, for example like a flower motif, you know, or what
walls should I choose like always a flower motif?
I don't think I would ever do that.
You can say that darker colors look good on me or wider colors brighter colors look good
on me.
An interesting fact, Rory, a digital that yellow and red together make you hungry.
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