“You once said that God must be a painter because he gave us so many colors”. (“A beautiful mind”)

Color is self-expression, the perception of reality, it affects your mood and feelings. Every tint and shade mean something, every color awakes different emotions at unconscious level. Every thing has its own color, and what about cities, places, memories? Do they have their own colors?

St. Petersburg for me has always been lilac and yellow ocher depending on the weather.

As for Istanbul, it is the turquoise of the sea and sky and golden lights in their reflections. Cold and warm, familiar and alien, modern and ancient at the same time. You are just surprised by the diversity of this city. No matter how contrasting it may be, you can see turquoise with gold streaks in every narrow street, in every tile of its mosques, in the plates and lanterns which are sold in the bazaars, in the colorful skirts of women,in the shiny scales of fish, in the air, in its scents and in the sounds of the sea. It's the colour of magic, dreams and fairy tales.

Istanbul seems to me a patchwork quilt with a subtle turquoise and gold embroidery on its fabric.

And what is the color of your city?

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