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When a color screams instead of speaks, and your eyes file a complaint.

means So loud, bright, or flashy that it crosses from bold into tasteless.

from Likely from the old verb gaure, to stare or gapegarish things make you gawk, and not in a good way.

Sensory rangeApplies to colors, lights, decor, even prose.
Verdict built inAlways an insult, never a compliment.
Volume metaphorVisual loudness with no off switch.
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