July is World Watercolor Month, so we’ve got colors on our minds. We don’t have a brush or a canvas in the literal sense, but we have colorful imaginations for picking out a musical palette. With your suggestions, today’s Coffee Break won’t be any paint-by-numbers affair.

Let’s think about the songs that reference the overarching concept of color(s), but also songs that are fixated on a particular hue, be it primary, secondary, or simply extraordinary.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which songs about colors, generally or specifically, do you want to hear?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs Played
Black Pumas - Colors
Hot Chip - Colours
The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors
Love - She Comes In Colors
The Rolling Stones - She’s a Rainbow
Ken Nordine - Amber
Peter Murphy - Indigo Eyes