In previous years, I gave you a little intuitive process to find your color of the year. And then I told you what to expect.
And that was fun, and interesting. And probably useful.
But, I’ve been thinking about how helpless many of us feel right now. And how small I feel in light of the significant challenges we face.
What would it be like, if, instead of asking what your color of the year is, you chose one?
What if you CHOOSE a color to make 2017 your year?
What would that color be?
Certainly, you’d be putting your fate in your own hands, but honestly, isn’t that a great place for your fate to be?
I made you a color picker with 104 colors and their meanings.
You pick your color, donate to your favorite charity, and come back here and tell me both the color and that you donated.
You can pick by keyword or color swatch.
I will take your color and give you two more, a support color (that you can wear when you need some extra help) and a YES color (a color that, when you see it, you’ll know you’re on track). I will also tell you a little about your year ahead. I share these in batches by color category.
Usually, I only take the first 50.
But I’m feeling lucky. So, I will take whoever shows up in the next 72 hours, donates to a charity and shares their color. You have until Friday January 13th at 3:30 PM to donate to your charity of choice and share your color here with me.
(PS- There’s 104 colors in the color tool. But maybe your color isn’t there. That’s okay. There are billions of colors! Just tell me what it is. I have a system for sussing out the meaning of any color. )
READY?
Let’s Go! That banner there is a big-ass button. Click IT!
Looking forward to my first experience with the color of the year! I chose to continue supporting an organization called Bridge House which helps our local homeless community get back on their feet.
Very best to all for this new year!
I donate to Transition Projects. I would like my color to be black. One because it is all the colors and to me it represents rebirth or new beginnings. Starting a new business is my new beginning
I couldn’t quite find my color in the 104, what is resonating with me is eggplant, that dark purple that it’s almost black.
I have donated to Planned Parenthood.
Thanks Bridget! So looking forward to this!!!
I jumped the gun, as I am quite excited for this. The color that jumped out to me first was treeline. Many thanks!
SUN GOLD!
(I donated to the Children’s UNICEF fund)
Thanks Bridget! I am donating to Planned Parenthood this year. Soooo looking forward to this, like the last few years.
Happy New Year!
Yay! You’re awesome, Bridget! What a wonderful gift for a Monday <3
I'm donating to Alpha Project San Diego who helps our most at-risk house-less neighbors at every stage.
I’m going with berry!
(It feels like the safe choice… but Red Canna is just. sitting. there. Looking. at. me.)
Who am I with these colors?! I’m usually a blue or green or light yellow!
Love to you <3
Bridget, I’ve been making monthly donations to Public Television for a couple of years. Does that count?
My pick: BIRD OF PARADISE | a clear perspective
Very excited for the new color of the year! I donated to Madison Public Library. Thank you!!
I ended up with white — there is no beginning and there is no end. Hmm!
Waiting in happy anticipation.
I donated to Akshaya Trust.
Big hug,
Barbara
I made donations to my animal tribes last month and was wondering what I wanted to donate in honor of Color of the Year. Thank you Mia McLaughlin (above), Planned Parenthood it will be 🙂
I am launching a changemaker unit with my middle schoolers that will culminate with individual kids or groups of kids creating their own change making projects in response to a problem they see and care about finding solutions for. I would like to make my donation to kids or groups that need supplies or cash to get things they need to succeed. I deeply want them to see their power in this world. They’re going to run their projects, collect data, create proposals, and bring their projects to our board, the PSA, the town council, or to agencies that have some power to help them expand or permanently use their ideas.
Does that count? I’m in for at least $50, more if they need it.
Of course!
It’s colour time!!! I am so excited. I have made my donation 🙂
*squeeeeee*
Okay, I chose by the word and my colour is white 🙂
Yay!!! Donation made. 🙂 Little Friends for Peace. 🙂
Planned Parenthood and the ACLU for me!!!!!! I’m sooo excited!!!!
My pick: Midnight, a conduit of wisdom
and all the accompanying whoas…..
Yay, it’s time again!
Made my donation to the National Suicide Prevention Hotline!
My color is “beyond blue!”
I donate money and a lot of my time to Signum University, an institution of higher education that is spearheading a change to the way that quality scholarship is made available to people who wish to pursue graduate studies. It is 100% virtual with top notch academics, and I donate a large part of my time to marketing and fundraising. In addition I donate money on a monthly basis.
Ancestry Red for me!
What a twist!
Interestingly, a color came to me (I usually can’t seem to get that to happen 🙂 ), and it was one I wouldn’t have expected. Then when I clicked on it…even more interesting, the meaning was exactly RIGHT for me right now.
http://intuitivebridge.com/rose-brown-taking-stock-of-your-life/
I donated to DoveLewis using their Amazon wishlist. (Sometimes you just want to donate five monkey toys for small dogs instead of money.)
Fun, fun, fun – I LOVE this Bridget! My color is Peony and I’ve made a donation to Southern Poverty Law Center.
BOUGAINVILLEA | a quick and nimble intuitive mind
Donation to the local animal shelter that just rescued 100 cats at once! eep!
I love this Bridget – thank you so much!
I’ve donated to Kickstart for Kids. My colour is Sunflower Yellow.
Tricia x
I donated to the DNC/ official Democrats website.
New Soil is the color of cautious optimism, the potential for growth and exploration of whatever springs forth.
Cautious, accepting, curious, exploring and improving were my words, which equalled something in the orange family and then chosing “warm” brought me to New Soil!
http://www.colourlovers.com/coloroftheyear/2017/5083/new_soil
Much love to you for doing this again and opening it up to so many people! It’s my favorite thing of the new year. <3
I chose Bluebell ~ Being Grateful
I donated to Save the Children and I made a Kiva loan.
Thank you.
Bridget, you’re the best. I went by colour and both RED CANNA and SPAKONA called to me (they’re so close yet distinct!).
I donated to Rainbow Railroad, an organization that helps LGBT people escape state-sponsored violence.
My donation this winter went to the UU church in Eugene – uueugene.org. Among the usual things – heating the church and paying the minster – we also provide a small amount of housing for people without other homes and a small garden plot for them to grow food in.
My color is Bark – Feeling Protected
Hi Bridget, this was a lot of fun! Thanks for putting all of this together. What an incredible library!
I was initially leaning towards “deepest orange”, but I decided to go with “blaze orange” as my color. Clarity of purpose sounds really good for 2017!
I donated to One Love Pit Bull Foundation in AZ: http://www.oneloveaz.org/
Thanks and happy new year!
Hi Bridget! This is so awesome. My color is Sky Blue because I could really use some clarity. LOL. I donated to Gabe to the Rescue and Leave No Paws Behind, two of my favorite dog rescues.
Thank you so much!
XO,
Heather
Hi Bridget!
I’m so happy! I love Color of The Year!
My color is a bright blue sky, like this: http://www.colorhexa.com/63dfe9 .
I donated to Akshaya Trust.
Thank you!!
Much love,
Barbara
Bougainvillea, and I donated recently to head start and the nurturing center, does that count?
I’ve chosen Gentian, which is virtually the same color that I had last year. Hmmm…interesting!
I have donated to Family ElderCare.
This is one of the major highlights of my year! Thank you, Bridget!
Oops! Can’t type my own name!
Dear Bridget,
Last year I had a gray-green color. I was healing from a lot of things. This year I knew I wanted some kind of vibrant blue color. Found it! http://intuitivebridge.com/blueberry-hidden-wonders-are-divine-conversations/
Thank you most abundantly…..
Lauren-Miranda
Whoops! I forgot to say that I donated to the Rainforest Action Network specifically to support the endangered orangutan habitat.
Oh, Bridget, my favorite time of year. Thank you!
And I was so drawn to the Vibrant Aqua…integration of intuition with observation.
I donated to the Southern Poverty Law Center. They’ve been quietly doing wonderful social justice work for a long time.
I donated to a local family who lost their house in a fire. I picked Gentian. Speaking Truth to power. Perfect fit. http://intuitivebridge.com/gentian-speaking-truth-to-power/
My first Color of the Year year! WEEEHAW. I pick petra pink. I donated this month to the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona. In this very big and very spread out city all of my neighbors deserve meals that nourish their bodies, which translates out to nourishing the whole of them and the whole of this great city and beyond.
My color is Midnight, connected to the word Wisdom. There were other words that I liked, but Wisdom felt like a word with roots. The older I get, the more I appreciate the wisdom that comes with experience.
As I posted earlier, my donation is for my students’ changemaking projects in our current unit. I can think of no better way to change the world than to invest in their vision.
Here’s the link to the color: http://intuitivebridge.com/midnight-a-conduit-of-wisdom/
LOVE the way you’re doing this.
Thank you for this, Bridget. I donated to the Rainier Valley Food Bank here in Seattle, and the color I picked is Bright Sky.
I saw all the colors and felt LOVE! I thought that I wanted a green. I looked at them and wasn’t sure if mine was there. I clicked on one and saw the meaning and said YES. Mine is Prairie Grass. And I donated to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Thank you, Bridget!
Before the color picker, I was thinking white jasmine, a little more muted than the white on the color picker. But, I might be feeling sky blue.
I will make a donation to Planned Parenthood.
Happy 2017, Bridget.
Star Dust from your colors!! Dawn’s Home a safe place for those transitioning out of trafficking.
Donation made to JB’s Soul Kitchen in my town. It was started and still run by Jon Bon Jovi, and it feeds everyone who shows up whether or not they can pay.
My color is Sunflower Yellow.
Hi Bridget! I donated to Bread for the City, an organization that provides food, medical care, and other help to the poor here in the DC area. They are a wonderful organization. My color is Blue Hosta. And I love the lettering on your color titles! Stay warm out there —
Oddly enough, I did it both ways and came up with the same answers. In my projects around the house lately, I have been drawn to the colors black and gold…like a sparkly gold. When going through the words, there were two that I was drawn too. I am powerful was the one that first caught my attention but I wanted something more…something to push myself that little bit. I am choosing to be “dynamic” this year. Clicked on the link and what color to my wondering eyes would appear but Black! Can we add just a dusting of gold sparkle over the top? 🙂
And, of course, I donate to Three Rivers Humane Society in the hopes that they can get the new building up and running so the pups don’t have to be outside.
Thank you Bridget!
Hey babe! My color is black, I guess. I mean… I think I’m dynamic, meaning, like: smart and oblivious, articulate but also skeptical about the value of saying stuff. Creative and adventurous, but also insecure and hindered by depressive tendencies. So dynamic seemed like the word.
I donate and volunteer at a few charities, but the thing I’d like to share with you is that I’ve been driving a ten-year-old friend of ours back and forth to Rochester for radiation treatment. He’s got a kind of bone cancer, and his mom hates driving in any kind of winter weather. He’s a great kid, and we have a blast, honestly. We just talk and laugh. The treatments are going well, but I guess the prospects are only about 50/50 for survival beyond five years. We’ll see. It’s great being around him.
Love you! Your the best!
Hello Dear! Thank you for doing this!! I missed it last year and last year was quite poopy, so this year I want to be guided by colors through any potential muck.
I donated to Street Roots and the color I was drawn to is either Brick Red or Chstnut Brown.
So exciting!!
thanks for offering this to us! first timer here! here is my color: jay blue!
http://intuitivebridge.com/jay-blue-taking-note-of-your-spiritual-power-and-purpose/
i’ve made a donation to Project Chimps.
I picked laurel green/peace and prosperity. I feel blessed to have gained both of those this past year so I was hoping for something a little more exciting. However, I picked the color twice so must be something there.
I donated to Mercy Corps, specifically in response to their work in Syria and neighboring countries. (Perhaps world peace is part of the something there??)
I donated to the Southern Poverty Law Center! And my color is pumpkin (from your swatches).
I donated to Planned Parenthood. My color is ‘safe as houses’ (although ‘sunny’ was also a contender- hard to choose!). Thank you for offering this!
I smiled when I chose a keyword and the color came up. And then I went deeper and chose another keyword, and the same color came up. Aquamarine it is! I’m donating to Planned Parenthood.
There was a color floating in front of my eyes the other night as I thought about my color of the year. When I looked at the swatches, Stardust was the closest. I’ve donated to NRDC. Thank you!
Happy New Year, Bridget.
Love the new approach to picking a color this year — so much work went into the new tool, which is magic!
When I used the tool, I came up with Cerulean Blue. When I looked just at colors (all of them), I landed in Gentian. Then things shifted. I became drawn to the deeper colors, especially Summer Night, which greatly appeals, as a color and an intention. Gentian for the win (it resonates with the brooch, too).
I am donating to Martin de Porres House of Hospitality in San Francisco. Inspired by the Catholic Worker Movement, Martin’s is a free restaurant that has been serving those in need in SF for over 45 years. As it says on their website, it is “a place that shows what idealism looks like in practice”.
Thank you, Bridget, for sharing your gifts and your generosity of heart.
Hey, Bridget!
My color is “Milk Chocolate” – a warm, safe, color. My year has felt very un-safe lately…
So glad you’re doing this again 🙂
Hoping you are feeling very safe in your new life-space!
Karen J
~ A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle
BTW – I am donating to a local homeless shelter.
And it’s “3:30 pm” in Michigan – I hope this is on time!
My donation is monthly to a young woman in the Dominican Republic to support her health, housing and education. The color that chose me is Bordeaux, feeling safe in unsafe times. Love that.
I already submitted but got an error message so I’m trying again. Hi Bridget! I donated to planned parenthood and my color is Milk Chocolate. Thanks!
Hi Bridget – I donated to SafePlace (women & children’s shelter) and my color is Bluebell.
Thanks 🙂
Hi Bridget,
When you asked us to pick a color for 2017 I saw a golden yellow tinged with pink like a sunset. On your color page I was immediately drawn to Poppy Pink: psychic awareness flying fast and easy (sounds perfect for me!) and the color Sunny: connecting to your personal power (also great for me) is the yellow that I visualized. I donated to the Wildlife SOS elephant land fund.
I can’t wait to hear what you have to say! Thank you!
I’m glad I still made it this year! Thank you for doing this again, Bridget!
I donated a substantial amount to my single mother friend who is struggling financially.
The color I picked based on keyword was Cranberry (a deep inward vision).
My color is Black! My donation went to LFFP, an org that teaches peacemaking in the DC metro area.
Though it’s been great fun to let the color find me, I like choosing my own color this year, and Beyond Blue and I have selected each other and donated to The 70273 Project. Thank you for all the goodness you spill into the world, Sugar.
I will donate to our local Hospice Society.
I have donated and my colour is Deepest Orange. My word this year is Embrace, and I am working with Hope and Magic.
My color is Chestnut: http://intuitivebridge.com/chestnut-brown-safe-as-houses/
Donated to CANTER, for the work they do connecting TBs to their post-racing careers.
I might be a little late here! But I got coral/keep healthy boundaries.
I signed up for a monthly donation to Planned Parenthood of the columbia/willamette.
My color is Star Dust. http://intuitivebridge.com/star-dust-connect-to-the-origin/
I donated to Mary’s Place in Seattle.
Hey! I donated to my charity and my color is magenta.
hi bridget, thanks for offering this again. I am donating to a program that offers clothing and shelter to those of us that are homeless.
I was attracted to a couple of colors in the orange, green and yellow family and I am going to go with “deep orange” as my main color. Effortless creative growth. Sounds just like what i need and also interesting that the power and love colors were calling to me too.
xoxo
don’t know if we are suppose to link to the color. i was going between blaze orange- living with purpose and deepest orange effortlessly creating growth and madrone fertile ground. but deepest orange won out. http://intuitivebridge.com/deepest-orange/
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Ruth wrote:
Color is clementine .. gave to a family in need as dad fell off a roof .. thank you for this gift to give to discover more
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