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1. black
2. grey
3. blue
4. red
5. brown
6. white

In a notable family called Stein There were Gertrude, and Ep, and then Ein. Gert’s writing was hazy, Ep’s statues were crazy, And nobody understood Ein.

Bennett Cerf

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