The favorite color question has always bothered me because “color” does not exist as a thing “in and of itself.” Rather, color is always the product of some other physical properties—as we perceive that object. For this reason, I have many favorite colors: apples that are green rather than red, horizons that are golden rather than blue, women’s hair that is deep brunette rather than blonde, industrial colors on cars rather than pastels, white sandy beaches rather than dark or black…