Re: CHAT: Indigo (was: Orange)
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, June 5, 2002, 21:03 |
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En réponse à Maarten van Beek <dungeonmaster@...>:
>
> Well, off course the whole thing with colors is, that there are a
> infinite
> number of hues on the visible spectrum, and it is just a matter of taste
> or
> convenience in how much colors they are split up. Fot everyday purposes,
> six
> or seven is about enough, but for more specific things, people need
> more
> accurate classifications. Someone who works with colors often
> (painter,
> fashion designer) will hoave a better eye for differences in color.
>
Completely agree.
> To me, for instance, there is a huge difference between sky blue and
> dark
> blue, and I am still frustrated for not having seperate words for it. We
> do
> have pink and lilac to go with red, why not something to go with blue?
Lilac with red?!!! Although by stretching a little far, pink could be
considered as having strong affinities with red, lilac is at the opposite end
of the spectrum, with affinities with violet! Decidedly, this subject is even
more surprising than I thought. People seem to make really strange associations
about colours...
Christophe.
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