Flax have been domesticated just once from the wild species "Linum bienne", called pale flax. Several other species in the genus "Linum" are similar in appearance to "L. usitatissimum", cultivated flax, including some that have similar blue flowers, and others with white, yellow, or red flowers. Some of these are perennial plants, unlike "L. usitatissimum", which is an annual plant. Cultivated flax plants grow to tall, with slender stems. The leaves are glaucous green, slender lanceolate, 20–40 mm long, and 3 mm broad. The flowers are pure pale blue, 15–25 mm in diameter, with five petals. The fruit is a round,
The Colours of Life sounds. "The Colours of Life" was influenced by what Michael Silver described as "some really cornball music." Silver wanted to make music similar to the song "Hand in Hand" by English singer Phil Collins; he intended to produce "call waiting background music, just the most pleasant thing and kind of trying to push to the edges of tolerable cheese in some places, but also have it be totally sincere and not ironic, like actually purely pleasurable music." He wanted "The Colours of Life" to have the vibe of a "weird, transporting nostalgia" to "faded media memories of utopia." In making