Laurie Gerholz wrote:
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> Pablo Flores wrote:
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> You may want to add the third dimension of color description that we
> humans use. You have the first two: hue and value. Hue is the point on
> the visual spectrum, and value is the lightness (towards white) or
> darkness (towards black) of a color.
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> The third dimension is saturation. This describes how bright or grayed =
a
> color is. The full spectrum hues are the maximal saturation for each
> color. The monochromatic scale of grays from white to black marks no
> saturation. Think of the difference, say, between bright lemon yellow
> and a light golden tan. They are both of yellow hue, and are of the sam=
e
> value. But the tan is much less saturated (i.e. more gray) than the
> lemon yellow.
This is what I did with Nova. I did research on colors way back when
I was a teenager and wound up with a system of these morphemes;
7.Color Morphemes=20
1.Basic Colors=20
1.tt'=F3 black=20
2.tu blue=20
3.nu brown=20
4.ngi green=20
5.ying grey=20
6.ch=E1 olive green=20
7.yon orange=20
8.wem pink=20
9.gh=FA purple=20
10.la red=20
11.ptir violet=20
12.king white=20
13.hong yellow=20
2.Color dark/lightness=20
1.tt'o dark (color)=20
2.phe light (color)=20
3.wor medium (color)=20
4.ngar very dark (color)=20
5.p=E9n very light (color)=20
3.Color saturation=20
1.ngur grayish saturation (color)=20
2.qem moderate saturation (color)=20
3.kil strong saturation (color)=20
4.f=F3 vivid saturation (color)=20
Thanks to Nova oligosynthetic nature, this allows for very thorough
color terminology when needed.
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