On Color-Coordinating Her Albums
Looking back on her discography, Perry associates each of her albums with a specific color:
- One of the Boys: A quintessential celebration of summer fun, Perry said the album reminds her of medium denim blue, like the Glass Sapphire color in her Behr palette.
- Teenage Dream: Poppy and fun, the album reminds Perry of Easter colors like soft pink and lavender.
- Prism: "Prism is like an oil spill. It's kind of a metallic, iridescent sheen," Perry said, equating the color to something reminiscent of opal.
- Witness: For Perry, Witness is all about Flirt Alert red. "Red — red is really bold. When you walk in wearing red, you want to be seen, you want to stop traffic," she said. "It feels unapologetic and kind of just bold."
- Smile: "Smile to me could be a yellow, like a smiley face yellow," Perry said, describing a shade not far off the Laser Lemon in her color palette. "Not neon, though. More like this OG '70s smiley face."
