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On Mar 2, 12:59 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
