Gee, Pat that is totally grossed out, I mean I usually don't do corpses in the morning, it makes for a reduced appetite.
I thought we could view the aspects of color in a personal and emotional way instead of a scientific and chemical breakdown. Black is still referred to as a color especially in a paint store. When I ask for black paint they don't tell me they don't have any because black is not a color. When they ask what color I want and I say black they give me black paint. Movies are in color or black and white which results in shades of gray and then there is the issue of black people who are really brown and the use of colors for surnames, such as Dan Brown and Betty White. We can pun around with the picture of Dorian "Gray" and of course "Redd" Foxx the comedian, Al Green the black singer and James Brown the Godfather of Soul. Orange you Glad? Just Yell Oh! On Mar 2, 7:51 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2 Mar, 01:40, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > One of the greatest things in life is color and the ability to see > > it. The flowers, the sky, the rivers and the mountains, skin tones, > > hair and the color of the moon. Everything has color and even black > > and white is color. > > Black is the absence of colour; it is NOT a colour. White is the > result of a combination OF colours, so is not a pure colour. > > > But color has meaning beyond it's basic hue and so what does color > > mean to you. > > > Obviously there has been assignments of color throughout the years, > > pink for girls and blue for boys. You won't find a man driving around > > in a pink car. Yes I know there are exceptions. > > > Black is dark and Goth and for Funeral Processions. > > > Red might be Romantic. > > > Purple might be......................... > > Crikey, we could get rude here. But, the first thing that came to my > mind was the colour of a corpse in a particular point of > putrifaction. That was based purely, though, on the various Buddhist > meditations of which, 'Purple Corpse' is one. > > > Green might be ............. > > Money or envy or the colour of living plant life or, from the world of > sci-fi, the colour of those with copper-based blood. > > > Yellow? > > Sunlight. Cowardice. And, of course, jaundice. > > > Orange? > > A type of citrus fruit. A colour that is tricky to find a word with > which it rhymes. "The future is..." > > > Violet? > > The name of a girl (surnamed 'Beauregarde') that turns into a giant > blueberry in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". A type of African > flower. > > > So really, what does color mean to you? How do you see it? How do > > you use it? > > There's almost no chance of describing the colours I see to another, > as I can never be sure that the other sees them in the same way. The > best way is to describe them as Fiddler alludes to, in terms of EM > wavelength. But, of course, that tells us nothing visual. What does > a blind man see when his eyes are open versus when his eyes are > closed? I can see a difference, but it depends on the amount of light > (and the colour OF the light) in the room/area. > > > Are there colors that sit in the median while others signify attitude, > > preference and demeanor. > > This is a type of Rorschach test and the number of answers are as > different as people are. Colours aren't always seen the same by > people (red/green colour blindness, for example) and people's > experiences may change the way they react TO a colour. Red may be one > person's favourite colour, until sent to war. > > > How do you "Assign" colors? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
