For a friend
Birthday messages for a friend
With a friend you can be a little less formal. Say what you mean, and let the color name and the color word carry the rest.
Start with the plain ones
Straightforward lines first. Pick the one that fits your friend.
Happy birthday. This year looks like the one where you try something new. Even if it does not go to plan, you will have someone to look back on it with.
Happy birthday. Do you still pass by that place we used to go to? Let us go again sometime. I want to hear how everything turned out.
Happy birthday. It has been ages, and you have not changed at all. I think that is a good thing. Let us finally have a proper conversation.
Happy birthday. This is the year you focus on your own thing. It is fine if it does not work out.
With the color word of the day
Each line quotes the color word assigned to that birthday color, the same word shown on the day page.
The color word for that day is clarity. A day for saying the thing you mean, out loud. Try saying it a little more clearly than usual.
The color word for that day is patience. You once said you would grow things at their pace. You can use your own now.
The color word for that day is a hearth. Not the loudest light in the room, but the one everyone gathers around.
The color word for that day is roots. Someone with roots that hold out of sight, and a warmth that does not waver.
By color family
The {name} placeholder is replaced with the color name of that day.
Red
This color is called Chocolate. The kind of strength that finds its way back after a hard stretch. A color for moving the day forward.
Born Burgundy, you say the thing you mean. On the days you hesitate, let this color straighten your back.
Orange
Ikkonzome is the color that warms the light in a room. The kind of table people gather around.
Wearing Ukoniro, the year starts to give back what you put into it.
Yellow
Junpaku is morning light itself. The color that makes a thought clear.
Wearing Lemonade Yellow, curiosity gets you through the year. The first step is always the hardest.
Green
Kokeiro is the color of things that take their time to grow. There is no need to rush.
Mist Green is the color of new leaves. Not throwing the old away, but adding to it.
Teal
Asagiiro is quiet the way deep water is quiet. A face that does not promise what it cannot keep.
Sorairo is the color of a harbor. A place to leave from, and a place to come back to.
Blue
Tsuyukusa has depth to it. The color of a promise you decided to keep.
Koiai is the color of the horizon. The one that lets you look further out.
Purple
Pansy Purple comes with a good eye. You usually know it before you can put it into words.
Mauve is the color of dusk. A quiet hour at the end of a day.
Pink
Wakamurasaki is the color of a flower that opens before the others.
Benifujiiro feels as soft as silk. Let your words touch it the same way.
Grayscale
Silver Gray is a pencil lead. Quiet, but what you write down does not fade.
Aluminum Gray is the color of mist. No need to hurry, take it slowly.
Other relationships
- For a partner
- For family
- For a colleague
- For someone you love
Questions
Is the color word taken from the birthday color of that day?
Yes. The word in the message is the color word assigned to the color of that day, the same one shown in the "Color words & personality" section of the day page.
Can I send it as it is?
These are drafts. Adding one detail only the two of you know, like how you address each other, turns it into your own line.