Colors influence a wide array of aspects of the human condition, most notably moods and emotions as well as one?s sense of taste and time perception. Too numerous to mention in this preface are the thousands of other ways colors influence our lives. This suite of five character pieces for bass clarinet and piano musically personifies attributes of the respective colors. The temperaments of the movements range from thoughtful and pensive to playful and spirited. Color'tudes was composed for ...