Aurora,
Actually, yes I’m plugged into my coffee, so I’ll be ready & charged in case of a brown out (where the brown, coffee, is out).
In times of old there used to be twelve shevatim, tribes. Each one had a unique function and pathway to Avodas HaShem, servitude to HaShem. Each one actually had a unique color of stone represented on the choshen – breastplate of the cohen gadol. So our “coloring” goes a long time back.