Riddle Tiime - How Smart Are You?

[aLOWdAkING]

1.
SINCE I AM SHORT MY COLOR IS BLACK,
BUT IN GREAT ABUNDANCE NO ONE WILL LACK
THE COLOR OF BROWN OR EVEN OF RED
AS I FALL FROM THE SKY AND LAND ON YOUR HEAD

2. add silver to gold the result is a jewel
whose number you use as a reference tool
within an arrangement of columns and bands
reversed im the place where a medivac lands
what am i

Enjoy!

P.S. Answers are brief.

[LALDAAS]

#1 News paper?

[diebitter]

1 == Gary Coleman's fecal discharge from airplanes
2 == a woman's shoe closet

[Bascule]

Is the first one hair?

[kurosh]

1 = black paratroopers?

[yellowjack]

Closest I could garner is

1) hair
2) period table of elements..lol

[ZeeJustin]

#1 is Alliyah.

[LALDAAS]

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Closest I could garner is


2) period table of elements..lol

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this is a pretty good guess

1 = short stack at a table in a silly game some folks play?

2 = numbers I've seen some people refer to about a silly game they play?

[AEKDBet]

1. lightwave...?

[mostsmooth]

are we supposed to combine 1 and 2?
on a side note, this puzzle is stupid