Colour in rain

Have you ever noticed how rainy days are so heavily grey that any other colour cries for attention?  Things that normally look quite banal become remarkable because their brightness pokes through the greyness.  The magenta ball neglected in someone's front yard.  The blue headscarf on a pedestrian.  The brilliant red umbrella.  The blue and yellow goalposts reaching into the sky at the local high school.  The bright yellow car streaming by.  The blazing red taillights.  If you get into the right mindset, the objects take on an almost surreal importance simply by the fact that they stand out in the grey -- rather like Spielberg's little girl in the red coat in "Schindler's List".  Very neat.