"When you leave, my colors fade to gray"

[Yezze]

So for select reasons, I was wondering how to say:

"When you leave, my colors fade to gray" In English it carries a romantic vibe. By, saying that when "you" leave, all my colors, which basically means joy/happiness, fade away.

Can someone help me get that into Chinese? What i have below seems a little basic. I am looking for a statement that carries the same "romantic" meaning of when "you" leave, my ___ (colors is English choice) fade away. Implying that something along lines of joy/happiness fades with the ____, as "you" leave.

你离开时,我的颜色消失。 (to 灰色?)

Thanks! Hopefully you can understand what i am trying to get at. It doesn't have to use the word colors (a completely new idea is fine), but i want the carry the meaning i explained above, without directly using those words.

Anyone have any ideas?

[roddy]

褪色 might be useful.

[Yezze]

So would something like 你离开时,我的颜色褪色。, carry the meaning of what i explained above?

[semantic nuance]

How about 當你離去時，我的人生色彩變黯淡?

Or 當你離去時，我心漸憔悴 (my heart becomes graudually wan, literally.)

By the way, there's a poem by 柳永 describes a similar situation you might be interested.

衣帶漸寬終不悔，為伊消得人憔悴。

Hope it helps!

EDIT: I just came up with this one: 伊人離，花顏凋。

[Kenny同志]

"When you leave, my colors fade to gray"

你离开时，我的生活悄然失色(or褪色)。

They do not correspond word for word but IMO, they are pretty close in their essence.

[skylee]

Consider 與君別離日，朱顏褪色時 (when you leave, my colour fades)

Take a look at the lovely 行行重行行 (basic classical chinese) for some more inspiration (it also has something like 衣帶漸寬 suggested by sematic nuance in it) -

行行重行行，與君生別離。相去萬餘里，各在天一涯。

道路阻且長，會面安可知。胡馬依北風，越鳥巢南枝。

相去日已遠，衣帶日已緩。浮雲蔽白日，遊子不顧返。

思君令人老，歲月忽已晚。棄捐勿復道，努力加餐飯。

Also, this -

春花秋月何時了，往事知多少。 小樓昨夜又東風，故國不堪回首明月中。 雕欄玉砌應猶在，只是朱顏改。 問君能有幾多愁，恰似一江春水向東流。

[Kenny同志]

But I am afraid we can't call a man's face 朱顏.

[skylee]

Are you sure?

[Kenny同志]

Sorry, I was wrong. It actually can be a man's face.

[Katie1989]

how about 当你离开，我的生命变成了一片灰色