Seems my posts are not showing up, must be a Google Glitch! On Mar 2, 9:29 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting. I don't get much, if any, pleasure from colors. Indeed, > your mentioning of the shape of a woman's behind was revealing. > Watching as she walks away from me in heels reminds me of how much I > love old black and white movies. The way women dressed and walked and > vamped on the silver screen was awesome to behold. Some of the sexy > clothes business women wear now does the same thing and most business > wear is black or gray or white anyway. Can't get much blander then > that. It's all in how it hugs the curves, ain't it? > > Ever see one of the 'colorized' b&w movies? Horrid. Turner deserved > the AOL disaster just for doing that. And marrying Hanoi Jane. How > can someone so smart be so dumb? > > dj > > On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > How pleasurable is it? Unfortunately with equal pleasure I will have > > to point out that you are wrong. You see the sentence > > reads ...............there has been assignments of color throughout > > the years.......... and this is true as stated, the assignments of > > colors with the added element of "time". I would think post 1920's > > fits into the realm of "throughout the years". Therefore to indicate > > that blue and pink were assigned to boys and girls respectively is > > correct during the era they were in actual use. Furthermore your > > "colored" glasses might have caused a visual refraction resulting in > > an ophthalmic anomaly whereby you missed the admission that I 'knew > > there were exceptions', one of which you were so gracious to point > > out. A little bit of a tid bit might also show that the one sentence > > was not and is not the foundation of the thread post, ergo: your own > > house of cards has collapsed. > > But don't worry mate, it looks like you have dug yourself out of the > > rubble. Now to get on with color induced pleasures, I don't get any > > anatomical tingle from color but I wouldn't discount it as a viable > > occurrence and cognate feature. I think the sensations derived by the > > visual of the female posterior would be the same whether it was > > appearing in black and white or in vivid technicolor. I do > > tremendously enjoy watching a fire and when I have one going on in my > > backyard fire pit I sometimes become mesmerized by it; something about > > the richness in the colors of flame and the extreme depth of the > > glowing embers, almost as if it were alive. I'm also affected by the > > colors in the forest and at places such as the Grand Canyon, a sight > > to see by the way if you ever get the opportunity. Nature offers the > > best colors in the world. > > I would agree, as you say, color is an accepted method of making > > statement and used very blatantly in advertising. I neither have a > > pink shirt or any other wardrobe piece and wouldn't consider driving > > or owning anything pink but my wife insists that I should get a pink > > shirt. She makes a point of it to draw my attention to men on > > television that are wearing a pink shirt or tie and stating that it is > > the new thing for men followed by my retort of not caring about things > > pushed on society by media offerings. If they were to start wearing > > glasses with flowers on them that's their business. I personally view > > all that as a media push to generalize sexual orientation, an > > extension of the unisex movement of past notoriety and the feminist > > agenda of breaking down the long held position of machismo, I don't > > see it happening anytime soon except on a small scale, in microcosmic > > cultural forms > > . > > I might point out, though I thought you would have saved me the time, > > that there has been research on color. > > >http://www.colormatters.com/khouw.html > > >http://www.colormatters.com/brain.html > > > Color has significance in culture, symbolism and emotion. This is > > what the thread poses to address. > > > Understanding Color Emotion Triggers, Part 1A > >http://www.basictips.com/understanding-color-emotion-triggers-part-1a... > > > Therapy? > >http://www.therapycolor.com/ > > > On Mar 2, 12:10 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What a pleasure it is to state once more that you are wrong Slip! > >> Armed with academic research of the highest calibre (watching a BBC > >> comedy programme called QI) I am able to destroy what you had thought > >> work of substance. It turns out the word 'boy' did not exist in > >> English as a term for children of the male gender until recent times. > >> 'Boys' were knaves and 'girls' gay-knaves. Pink was the colour for > >> 'boys' and blue for 'girls', perhaps as late as the 1920's. Once > >> again you have built a house of cards! > >> There was a time, as a broke undergraduate, that I could be found on > >> the streets of Salford, asking people what part of their sexual > >> anatomy certain colours brought to mind (or was it the other way > >> round?) for some dire marketing outfit. I somehow survived. French > >> rugby union teams are known to wear pink. > > >> The colours I really like and remember are those that identify the > >> presence of certain elements in a bunsen burner flame. The rest is > >> all curtains and stuff of no interest to any red-bloodied man. My > >> brother is colour blind and gets along rather better than me. I have > >> noticed all sorts of vile colours are associated with advertising and > >> day-time television. Primary puke perhaps? I do grow odd coloured > >> veggies because Sue likes them (purple sprouts, yellow cucumber > >> etc.). Rather as in people I don't care what colour anything is, > >> unless the colour means something (like rotten, brown meat). I don't > >> drive a pink car though and have never owned a pink shirt. > > >> What's with you coming all over sensitive like? Thinking of a 'new > >> man strategy' to get laid, going metrosexual? What colour are you > >> now! LOL! > > >> 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. > > >> > 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......................... > > >> > Green might be ............. > > >> > Yellow? > > >> > Orange? > > >> > Violet? > > >> > So really, what does color mean to you? How do you see it? How do > >> > you use it? > > >> > Are there colors that sit in the median while others signify attitude, > >> > preference and demeanor. > > >> > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
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