On 3 Mar, 00:11, fiddler <[email protected]> wrote: > You are both a bit incorrect. Light is made up of the variety of > "coloured" energy along a specific form. Objects like paint contain > material that reflect certain portions of that light spectrum. > The difference is that light is indeed made up of the colours in the > spectrum while black is actually what occurs when you combine all of > the materials that reflect colour. >
I've amended my statement above to reflect(!) a better reply concerning 'white'. I absolutely agree with you regarding black paint, which I also alluded to in a different post. > On Mar 2, 12:40 pm, DarkwaterBlight <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > "White is the > > result of a combination OF colours, so is not a pure colour."-Pat > > > While I would like to agree with you on this, I cannot. Here's > > the challenge; In a five gallon bucket mix the colors Red, Orange, > > Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet. I am willing to take any wager > > that you will come up with the most obscene color you have ever > > realized and not the purest of white, which, by the way has been > > representative of purity for a long time. > > The fact of the matter is that White light is pure and every > > other color in the light spectrum is a dilute! I will give you this > > much; You connot purchase Infrared, Near Ultraviolet and Far > > Ultraviolet at Lowe's or Home Depot so your recipe for White is yet to > > be comlete. > > On Mar 2, 8:51 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?- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- 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.
