My vote goes to [i]Despair[/i]. Of all the entries I think this one most drills down into the emotive associations we have with colour, and chose a single colour to explore in depth rather than exploring the subject in breadth. There's also an element of narrative and intrigue in this piece, where it invites multiple readings of its potential meaning, something that I think is quite difficult to do in the micro-fiction format where your word count is so severely limited. So yeah, good job everyone, but [i]Despair[/i] is definitely my favourite for this round.