Ah, scoundrels with color changing pants! They are so marvelous. You may recall London's Last True Scoundrel and his wardrobe challenge: he (or his publisher) can't decide what color pants to wear.
There's Buff:
Then there's Brown and Furry-looking:
But imagine my surprise when I received an email from author Christina Brooke, who wrote,
“I'm laughing at your blog post on cover double takes–I've had that comment a lot about my hero's pants on LONDON'S LAST TRUE SCOUNDREL. In between the buff pants and the dark brown there was a delightful shade of…. Which is now immortalized in ARC form.”
Your challenge to win this rare and immortalized wardrobe selection in ARC format: GUESS THE COLOR.
What color were his pants on the ARC? Leave your answer in the comments, and you're entered to win. You don't have to get it right. You just have to guess.
I'll select the winner at random on Friday 24 May at 12:00pm ET. Christina Brooke is providing the prize: a copy of the ARC of London's Last True Scoundrel, with the magical pants – and she will ship anywhere in the world (Thank you ma'am!).
Standard disclaimers apply: I am not being compensated for this giveaway. I am, however, wearing pants. Void where prohibited. Open to international residents were permissible by applicable law. Must be over 18 and wearing pants to enter. Your mileage may very. Close cover before striking. Objects in mirror may be closer to pants than they appear. Tumble dry low.
So… what color were his pants?
Yellow gold. I love the color, but not for pants.
Lavender 🙂
Gotta go with mauve. Universal sign for danger, baby.
Purple, hopefully texturized to simulate crushed velvet.
I’m going to say lime green. Not only is our hero a scoundrel but he also has a flair for fashion and isn’t afraid of living on the edge.
I’ll guess a dark blue so they blend in with the background more 🙂
Jonquil, because that would just be wrong. Like the other choices. Wrong.
Capcha: ask67 Ask 67 people what color his meggings were and you’ll get 53 different answers.
Banana blue.
Chartreuse. Obviously.
Pea green is my guess!
I say a lovely check pattern of buff and brown.
Mustard yellow.
hmm…yellow trying to be buckskin or puke awful green. I think I’ll go with a bump up from the naked and saying they tried again to make a buckskin looking pair.
cut97-there are probably 97 other colors that would be better than the three they chose
I’m going to go with pink. Because every scoundrel needs a pair of pink pants. (Though I’ll admit I’m a fan of how the buff version looks almost like the in-the-buff version.)
green they would have to be green …
I’m going to say it was probably that lovely mustard color that you see so often in baby poo.
Not a shade at all but ILLUSION NETTING – it’s so very “in” right now.
Let’s go with 100% magenta.
I’m guessing in-between there was a serious wardrobe malfunction. So I’m guessing none, or clear, or at best the David Lee Roth cheeky pants ….
Fuchsia. Because every Duke needs fuchsia pants. And the bucket adds that color so well.
Hmm…I’m gonna go with puce. That’s always lovely. 🙂
I’m thinking blue with brown furry curtains.
Bright, screaming, Pepto-Bismo pink.
Shiny shiny gold…to complement that curve of the cheek.
Bronze. As in “town bronze”.
I am imagining lavender. But, you know, manly lavender.
Gotta be puke—err, I mean puce.
Puce. To get that kind of reaction, they have to be puce. Did you know that the word originated from “flea”?
merriam-webster.com: “French, literally, flea, from Old French pulce, from Latin pulic-, pulex.”
I’m going to guess blue as well, so that instead of double takes to confirm that he’s not actually naked, it will be double takes to see if he is, in fact, a floating torso.
My first thought was puce, and lo and behold, others agree!
I am thinking a dark forest green because hey it will catch a reader’s attention at the bookstore. *snickers*
Ivory, like buttcheeks that have never seen the sun? Please tell me it was!
I’m gonna say…green. But not a pretty green like hunter green or kelly green. MOre like a combination of puke green and baby shit green.
Olive green!
Umm red color?
How bout clear/see-through, Emperor’s New Clothes style
It has to be a delightful shade of…olive green. I was going to say poop brown, but that pretty much fits the second cover. 🙂
I’m hoping for a nice yellow-green. Like a fresh spring field…
My first reaction was bright red.
chartreuse?????? hey, why not?