Navidad, por favor

"Navidad, por favor," 5 x 7 watercolor, 140 lb Fabriano artistico extra white cold press

Not the holiday. New Mexicans know this.
Today's #WorldWatercolorMonth prompt was "Complementary." At first, I was stumped, and then...
The color wheel, that all visual artists know came to mind and other folks just know that red and green are somehow the colors of Christmas.  Complementary, opposites on the color wheel, adding contrast in  colors...but then that's too detailed...
But, the red and green chiles of  New Mexico...opposites, but together...the tastes and colors of the Southwest. Red ristras hanging from vigas against an adobe wall,  red chili powder ready for cooking, the singular smell of roasting Hatch green chilis, and salsas and posole.
Go into a restaurant and you have the option of having red or green chili on your meals. In fact, red or green is New Mexico's state question. 
But if you're brave, or undecided, just say "Christmas, please."
Thus today's watercolor of complementary colors, and a metaphor for more.

My tattered color while, primaries red blue, yellow, all the mixes and their opposites, complementaries

"Beets me," red chiles please

"Red Chiles," 5 x 7 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press paper

I'm not real fond of beets, but....
"Beet Red," was the last color-a-day #watercolor challenge prompt from #doodlewashMay2019.
Excuse me, I prefer red chiles, hanging on an a ristra from a viga on an adobe wall in the New Mexico sunlight.
Nothing against beets, and if you doctor them enough, ok...but red chiles need no doctoring. In fact they are the seasoning for all kinds of food, even "red" hot meals.
Don't tell me they're not "beet red." How many shades of red are there in a beet, anyway? Ditto for red chiles, especially in the strong Southwestern light and high altitude dry air,  in the shadows.
I've tried to bring ristras  back here and hang them on the outdoor lights, but the humidity soon makes them rot. So I have to dream about them--and store red chile powder in the frig. 
And paint them. #WorldWatercolorGroup