Your True Colors.
By Kandase
@Kandae11 (53679)
March 22, 2022 6:07am CST
Yes @JudyEv, idioms can sometimes fill a gap and be used for a topic.
Recently l did: "Throwing Caution To The Wind" --now my idiom topic is, "Showing One's True Colors"--colors which are usually not pretty.
Showing your true colors simply means - revealing your true self; your real nature or character.
When l was being courted by my ex, he was the perfect gentleman.Soon after we got married, he revealed his true self which was completely different from the person l thought him to be.
Have you met people who shock and disappoint you when they show their true colors?
Do you have true colors to show? What people see and hear from you , is it the real you?
Image from pixabay.
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@crossbones27 (48434)
• Mojave, California
22 Mar 22
Thats true and can go either way but can always tell good from bad How I seen it work in my life at least. There is a grey good and a grey bad.
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@RebeccasFarm (86769)
• United States
22 Mar 22
I have no choice but to be the real me.
I am nothing but that.
These days, I am not in many situations where I have to change that (luckily).
These days, I am not in many situations where I have to change that (luckily).3 people like this
@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
22 Mar 22
I'm person colored with dark red hair. 
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@crossbones27 (48434)
• Mojave, California
22 Mar 22
@Kandae11 Evil he says he wants to be evil. I do not think he has a evil bone in his body unless women involved. 
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
22 Mar 22
@Kandae11 It can, yes... I authored a doctor's report on hair color several years ago. He did the research and I put it together for him in a readable article. Hair color can tell you a lot about the person... assuming it's the color they were born with.
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@mnglsp (3614)
• Philippines
22 Mar 22
I have met a lot of people that disappointed me when they showed their true colors. I know that I am not a 100% good guy too, but you know, even after all the kindness you showed and they still didn't appreciate it and reciprocate it with something that is not nice.
And the fact that someone will say that they will love you for who you really are but will leave you once you unmasked yourself.
There are a lot of people like that. They will make you feel as if they really care but the truth is that they have other motives.
But at the end of the day, let's choose to be genuinely good always even they are being mean.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
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22 Mar 22
Some people have a definite agenda, so they hide who they are to achieve their goal. A non Christian man attracted to a Christian church goer, would attend church with that lady giving her the hope that he would soon follow her path. After snaring her in his web, he reveals his true self and leaves her in total despair. Very true stories.
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@mnglsp (3614)
• Philippines
26 Mar 22
@Kandae11 I once heard a story like that from a friend. The guy courted her for almost a year, and when they became an official couple everything turned gray for my friend. She thought that a year is enough for them to be in the get-to-know each other stage, but no. She thought that he is genuine and she really wanted to accept all the flaws of the guy that he might encounter but in the end, he left her.
He used my friend's kindness and money for someone else.
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. But I will just say that during these past couple years, with covid, politics, etc., I've seen a lot of true colors come out. - and sadly not in all in the best ways.
. People couldn't bear to be confined in their homes - mental health was going down and crimes were on the rise.@Kandae11 (53679)
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23 Mar 22
You are so right , especially during Covid. During lockdown in my country - and others too, spousal abuse rose dramatically. It seems some couples realized they couldn't bear each other's company day and night. Before covid -either one or the other was at work all day.
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@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
23 Mar 22
I've learned to put people especially men through the test. Many times people want the other to be a certain way and imagine them being that way in their minds only to wake up to reality. I don't put anything past anybody.
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@arunima25 (85328)
• Bangalore, India
23 Mar 22
I am sorry about your experience with your ex. Well, many a times we fail to read a person. And they do show their true colours and it can be both ways. I had one colleague who seemed very rough and rude. But later on I found her to be the most helpful person I ever met
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@arunima25 (85328)
• Bangalore, India
24 Mar 22
@Kandae11 Yes. It's rightly said that never judge a book by it's cover.
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@ihasaquestion (8274)
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23 Mar 22
I have met people that have shown their true colors from day 1 and those that stay hidden till now. I guess when we stop to stereotype people, they feel more relax and inclined to be themselves.
Like for instance, some nasty talking people I have come across have nice beautiful hearts and the soft spoken ones too. There is no direct formula to this.
But one thing's for sure.. when one is down and out, you will see your friends and acquaintances for who they really are. Some will stick it out with you, while others may sizzle at some point.
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@snowy22315 (169995)
• United States
22 Mar 22
I think we see alot of thigs through rose colored glasses to use another color analogy, but once they are off we often don't like the reality.
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@erictsuma (9726)
• Mombasa, Kenya
22 Mar 22
Yes many times specially from people who pretends to true friends but they are not.
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