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Re: Vowel "colors", was "colored scripts" etc.

From:Dan Sulani <dnsulani@...>
Date:Monday, January 21, 2002, 11:21
On 20 Jan, Danny Wier wrote:

> I've considered using the color wheel to express vowel qualities. Now
colors
> are expressed in three dimensions: hue, saturation and luminance.
<snip fascinating details> I think it's a fantastic idea! Go for it! (although writers of the lang might have to be either visually-artistically sensitive, or else belonging to one of the cephalopod species [ known for communicating via subtle color changes on their bodies] !) In the same way of thinking, why not extend the idea to _sound_? Not like the old