A couple of years ago a friend gave me Paris in Color by Nichole Robertson for my birthday. A book of photos of the city seen through each color, it was the perfect gift for me. I had seen it in a bookstore before but wouldn’t have bought it for myself.
Yesterday I saw a huge block letter sign advertising “PHOTOCOPIES THESES,” which made me laugh. I suppose if your eyes are strained from writing that thesis, you will not walk by without realizing that you can copy it here. I wondered, has that sign been there for ages, or was it purposely made to look vintage? You sometimes can’t tell in an old city what’s really old.
As I took my camera out of its tattered black case (actually falling apart, not purposely vintage), a man drove up to park his scooter.
Sometimes the city seems perpetually gray, but yesterday it was definitely beige.
I Say Oui 
No snow! No snow! That’s all I see. Here, it’s white… so white…
You’re going snow crazy! I’m sorry!
Interesting idea to classify Paris by colors. Been having a lot of grey days in the North of France for sure.
I would recommend the book. I love color.
I recently watched the film “Discount,” which was filmed in the Nord Pas-de-Calais, and it was certainly gray!