What Color Is Your Smile?
Montreux Switzerland Street Art
Are there colors in someone’s smile?
red (rouge) or pink (rose)
green (vert) or Yellow (jaune)
blue (bleu) and orange (orange)
purple (violet) or white (blanc)
Do dimples or crinkles, lips curved or parted, increase or fade its color?
Can a wink over the smile change its color; do teeth peeking out brighten or dilute the color?
consider a gaping hole of teeth and tongue shown in a burst of happiness
Do darker shades come from flirtatious smiles?
Genuine, happy, unposed smiles seem rosier than
set smiles with a tilted head, posed for the lens;
polite smiles are pale, icier, with no ripples of light, just straight beams
What color is your smile? (or is it a grin?) [….what color is a grin?]
A/N: I took this photo in Switzerland and found it interesting. It then brought to mind the colors of smiles. Are there colors? Why did the artist put this on a city street? You may like the travelogue on Italy/Sicily at the bottom of this post.
Copyright © 8/3/25 by Andrea O. Corwin
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