His Favorite Color is Black
Before I met MTM, I never counted black as an actual color. It wasn’t part of the spectrum of a rainbow. It made me feel like I was suffocating when submerged in it in a cave. It meant goth and horror movies and depression and death.
After we dated a while, I noticed something: MTM’s clothes were mostly black. Socks. Shoes. Even underwear. All black, black, black. At times, I wondered if I was dating Frankenstein.
Until I realized that architects like to wear black. A lot. It really is his favorite color.
So, when I saw a black Christmas ornament, I had to buy it. I hoped he would ignore the bejeweled shimmer in the center and focus on the thought, the inclusion of his favorite color in a prime position on our tree.
For more about my black wedding dress, in honor of MTM’s favorite color:
This post is part of the series Roll Out the Holly, about the stories Christmas ornaments can conjure. Click here to read the series from the beginning.
you looked so stunning a bride in your black dress….when I go look at those photos in the other posts I think it brings out how lively you are instead of reminding me of death or gothiness. But then again, I am also a fan of black.
I wouldn’t change a thing about my wedding dress. I LOVED getting married in black.
Bravo!
Like MTM, black is my choice of colour in clothes. However,at our wedding, Jenny wore black and I wore white.
I think I would like Jenny.
Black is an excellent color for marriage.
The Shadow Ninja….’nuff said.
He likes to be shadowy.
I love your love story no matter what color it comes in.
I believe I’ve said it before, but if not I’ll say it again, you look so very beautiful in any color and on your wedding day…the sun shone from your eyes (although it could have been the heat from the sun…). 
We did have to get it done quickly, before we all melted.
Thank you, Lori.
The man in black! Just like Johnny Cash. I like black too, but can’t wear it. I am too light skinned. I tend to really wear either gray or blue. Guess I just don’t have that architectural kind of mind.
He must be very neat too. Black, like white, gets dirty very easily and shows it off for all the world to see. It is murder trying to keep black clothes and black cars clean.
Both MTM and I have a clutter problem, which isn’t always neat.
Architects like to wear black because it hides the ink stains from our fancy pens! And it makes us look thinner, ha ha ha.
It makes everyone look thinner, I think. At least, that’s why I have so much of it.
I must be an architect! I didn’t realize how I almost always wear black or gray, until a friend pointed it out to me. Right now, at my desk, I’m wearing a gray top and a black cardigan. Not sure what that’s all about, but there it is.
Black and gray go with everything.
I know! And you can dress it up or down. So many possibilities…
I wear a great deal of black, though I’m not an architect. Or am I? Hmmm.
We have a large black crow that sits on top of the woodland tree.
Over the years, I’ve gotten him to wear some color. Green is so handsome on him.
That’s why they say that black is the new red and green at this time of year. And it’s my favorite (absence of color) color too!
Seems like it’s a winner with everyone today.
In the bird world the males are the ones who wear color and the females are disguised. And in the human world, (except for 17th c France) it is opposite. So, you just let MTM wear all the black he wants and you wear the orange, the purple, the greens, the scarlets, the aubergine, the saffron, lemon and lime. You’ll stand out a lot better with that black to set you off.
Today, it’s chartreuse.
Nice ornament. I like black, sometimes, not always.
I almost put this one on a leather string and wore it as a necklace.
I wear a lot of black, Andra, so I must have an inner architect somewhere!
I like black (you can probably tell by my blog’s theme background colour) and I like your black Christmas ornament! Very stylish!
That would be an interesting series for you to explore, Tom: your inner architect.
That’s a gorgeous ornament. Mark was also a Man In Black, much like his favorite musician. Like Cheryl’s comment above, I am fond of black for accentuating my bright colors
Do you have a lot of bright colors but still wear black a lot? I find myself doing that sometimes…….
Ooh, that’s a pretty one! I’ve always liked the atypically colored ornaments; they have so much character.
We got this one the same day we got the orange tree, I think.
Beautiful wedding dress! Black is elegant! Black and orange? Very unique!
Best thing is I still wear it.
I am a great fan of black, and also…black turtlenecks, bluejeans, and suede black boots…cool…:-)
I’ve always worn black clothes. Except for shirts, because that has too many associations. My shirts are usually blue.
Blue is his fallback color when black is not available.