Rubiginous

rubiginous: rusty-colored

Doesn't this picture just look so cool? Apparently, it's the side of an old truck that has been left outside for about 20 years. I think it has a certain beauty lying beneath the outer shell of disrepair. Especially the orangey-red of the rust. It contrasts with the little splotches of blue (left over from the paint?).

And now, to the prompt (btw, there won't always be a prompt, I just enjoy putting them up). Today, it's going to be more of a personification prompt. What did this truck feel like as a new, lovely car? Was it a present, or maybe bought for work? Did its new owner feel proud, or was it just for the operation of a farm, instead of a new "toy?" How old is this truck, what has it seen in its years?

Cinnabar

cinnabar (it's a color, can you guess what it is?)

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Have you guessed? It's red crystalline mercuric sulfide pigment (deep red or scarlet color). I didn't get it right. I believed it was a cinnamon color (like, well, cinnamon!). Oh well...thanks Phrontisery! Don't those cinnabar (the compoundish thing) beads look amazing? I would love to own a strand of them... They're so detailed!

So now, here's the *optional* writing prompt (for those of you coffee shop open mic goers). Where would you find these? In a royal jewelry box? Hidden away beneath the floorboards of a barn (ooh, wouldn't that make a cool story...). You decide.