Have any of you heard of the "pop of color" in clothing or decorating? I was at a meeting today where someone was talking about that at lunch. She said color "pops" when the person wears all matching colors, and then an outlier color. I hadn't heard it used that way, nor had many at our lunch table. I then checked Google, and only found this on a website, coincidentally, my daughter just sent me today: Rue La La

Is a pop of scarlet worn by pop tarts?

Well, my daughter has heard of it. I think the word pop is being used more, generally. I also heard someone say that a good watermelon is "crisp, not mushy, and pops when you eat it."

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watermelon...pops when you eat it

How alarming!

I've heard of colours 'popping' or causing an outfit to 'pop', but I hadn't heard of a 'pop of colo(u)r'. However, a quick google search reveals that it certainly being used in this way.

I'm not sure whether or not I like it. Do you?

We often use "a splash of colo(u)r," so why not?
This is far less grating on my ears than many other new terms.

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We often use "a splash of colo(u)r," so why not?

Ah, good point. I suppose, because it's alien, "pop of colo(u)r" sounds disquietingly ungrammatical to me. Whereas "spalsh of colour" makes perfect sense. But you're right, aren't you - linguistically, they're exactly the same (I think.)

What I do like about the term is that it has a gratifyingly Lichtensteinian quality to it which seems to perfectly convey the idea it aims to suggest.

PS Did any of you have Pop Rocks or Space Dust when you were kids? I loved that stuff. (But I'd be quite distressed if my watermelon behaved in the same manner.)

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. Roy L. reborn!

Too old for Pop Rocks or Space Dust, but my kids ate it.

It sounds like the use of "pop" to describe a "splash" of color is fairly common. I just hadn't heard it.