Zainul Abedin’s Color Wheel

Origin
Bengali painter Zainul Abedin was a founding father for the modern Bangladeshi art society. There were no suitable schools to teach outside of Calcutta, so he founded an institute in Dhaka. His most recognizable works were quick sketches drawn with charcoal-based ink on cheap disposable paper. The content: images of ordinary people, skeletal, in the famine of 1943. Crop failure, takeovers, war repatriations and food shortages killed 2-3 million from malnutrition and related diseases. Abedin chose to record the struggle affecting his people and ensure their suffering was not forgotten. He actively pushed for Bengali independence in East Pakistan after the war.

Effects
Everything the user surrounds themselves with becomes ordinary. High quality linens turn into worn cloth patches; exemplary people become mediocre, behaving at an even average between their best and worst. Colors all turn into monochrome grays when active, representing the overwhelming sameness dominating one’s life. It’s not actively evil or sad, it just dampens values to a standard level. Nothing outstanding, nothing disappointing.

User slowly begins to suffer the health effects of long-term starvation, even if they are eating a balanced diet. Shriveling up becomes common unless reversed.