Color Piece

The Planets

             All of the planets are based on roman mythology, and the planet Neptune is blue.  Neptune is the god of the ocean, who rules the seas and sea creatures of the earth.  Neptune can often be remembered as wielding a trident, and commanding great waves and winds to either help sailors or hurt them, and ironically Neptune has a moon named triton, who astronomers assume, will crash in to Neptune and destroy it.  It seems fitting that astronomers should name this ice giant planet after the roman god of water. 

               

Neptune’s brother on the other hand is Jupiter, and while the planet is not a perfect shade of this his color is white.  Jupiter is the king of all the gods and father to most of them as well. He is the god of lightning and the sky’s, and he is often remembered as wielding a lightning bolt from his throne on a cloud.  When someone thinks of a god they probably picture Jupiter because everyone pictures a god with a flowing beard and that’s how he is depicted in a lot of roman art.  

Jupiter‘s son, Mars, is the roman god of war, and the planet named after him is red.  In the mythology Mars was the general of the armies of Rome and the gods, because of this he spilled a lot of blood earning him the planet that resembles the color of blood the most.  Being the greatest warrior in roman mythology it is good that Mars, received the crimson planet.

Lastly, Pluto the brother to Jupiter and Neptune, who is god if the underworld and his planet is a dim blackish grey.  Pluto and his brothers, after defeating the titans were awarded with the earth and basically his brothers got the cool stuff and Pluto got the underworld.  Because Pluto is the king of the underworld he presides and watches over all the dead people who are in the afterlife, whether they lived a good life or not.  So he pampers the people who were good and torturers the people who were bad in the over world.  Overall, Pluto is a pretty dark planet and roman god.