A Mermaid is a legendary aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including the Near East, Europe, Asia, and Africa. In other folk traditions (or sometimes within the same traditions), they can be benevolent or beneficent, bestowing boons or falling in love with humans. At its basic, the imagery is outlandish, perplexing and even uncanny, as it is meant to jolt the viewer out of their comforting assumptions. It is an elusive categorization of dream and reality brought into existence with the help of beautiful colours which help magnify the alluring beauty of the mermaid.