The higher prices are a reflection of the strong, vibrant economy.

Not granite though but the color.

The key is not your color or gender, but how you act. 

Color coding: Purple-plumbing, Blue-cleaning, Green-landscaping, Yellow-electrical, Orange-Misc, Red-Carpentry, White-painting, Grey-special projects and PPE (personal protective equipment).

Still darker tone to mask dirt yet can go with lighter colors too

Ask about the animal's distinguishable traits (name, size, breed, temperament, coloring, etc.).

LOL they made me choose the paint color and I butchered it because I was too cheap to pay an exterior designer $1500 bucks to do it.

The colors correspond to each metrics quality relative to the mean of all the data points. 

If they press you for why, reply that the background check is confidential and if you told them why, you'd be violating that confidentiality, which is true.Chances are, you're going to find some colorful background anyway.

There may be a chance that the gold price in fiat dollars may show it's true colors to the public, even before a currency crisis manifests on main street.