ppear very
different. Maybe you are one of those "4 color" people.
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But no people to make words before plants.
Patty
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Subject: [h-cost] Re: color names (getting OT)
Gail & Scott Finke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
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On Jan 28, 2007, at 8:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 1/28/2007 7:06:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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Usually, it's not even one of those wishy-washy turquoise or aqua
colors,
but we both see them differently. Neither of us is color blind,
eith
In a message dated 1/28/2007 7:06:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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Usually, it's not even one of those wishy-washy turquoise or aqua colors,
but we both see them differently. Neither of us is color blind, either.
As for color vision itself, I've read that humans ar
Of course scientifically, no one even knows if we see the same colors as
others. My brain interprets a certain wave length of electro-magnetic
energy as
green, but there's no way of knowing if your brain interprets it the same.
We
both call whatever we see at that wave length green, but do we "s
In a message dated 1/28/2007 2:56:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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Actually wouldn't there be volcanoes before plants? ;-)
And a sky and an ocean before there was any life. Blue anyone?
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Did anyone else hear the story on NPR yesterday about color?
Apparently a lot of cultures don't have more than 2 or 3 words for
different colors.
Sylrog
On Jan 28, 2007, at 12:53 PM, Jean Waddie wrote:
Gail & Scott Finke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
I also once interviewed someone from the
Gail & Scott Finke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
I also once interviewed someone from the Pantone Institute, which is run by
the Pantone company that puts together formulas for inks. She told me, very
seriously, that green was the first color to appear in the universe.
Those color people are a fun
In a message dated 1/28/2007 9:33:44 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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Those color people are a funny lot!
Thank you! As if you can forecast color trends years in advance. It, I
suppose, never occurs to them that they themselves and their so cal
I din't know anything about the Color Association, but I'm very familiar
witht the Color Marketing Group. They are a hilarious bunch who call
themselves "forecasters." They claim to go around the world forecasting
color trends. Well, they DO go around thew world, it's the forecasting they
claim .
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>are. As compared to modern
> catalog descriptions. "Storm" as a
>color name, for example.
"Petrol" is the one that gets me!
Ever put fuel in something clear?
Gasoline and diesel fuel are always a
shade of red, pink or orange. When I
see "petrol" listed as
>"Petrol" is the one that gets me!
> Ever put fuel in something clear?
>Gasoline and diesel fuel are always a
>shade of red, pink or orange.
My vote goes to "Vomitesse de la Reine". So elegant. Yeh.
Second runner up, too modern for this list I suspect, is Po-Mo Pink.
--cin
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