Re: CHAT: Orange

Christophe and many others have written.......


>En réponse à Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>:
>>
>> Well, in *English*, indigo IS a kind of blue, whereas orange is not a
>> kind of red.
>
>Well, the strangeness of English is getting worse! What's the point of
calling
>it "indigo" if it's a kind of blue?
>
Indigo IIRC is one of the oldest plant-derived dyes.  Originally I think,
Levis(TM) jeans were indigo, but we've always called them "blue jeans"
>>
>> Interesting.  You actually perceive indigo as separate from blue?
>>
>Of course! In fact, I find it strange that other people don't. Actually, I
>could count many more colours in the rainbow than the canonic one. With
very
>bright rainbows, I've been able to separate sometimes about 15 different
shades.
>
>> I, on the other hand, used to perceive pink as a kind of red.  In
>> fact,
>> I still see it as being closely related to red.  I still don't really
>> think it really deserves to be called a distinct color, at least, not
>> as
>> much as orange or green or whatnot.
>>
>Well, pink to me is not closely related to red. It *is* related, but not
>closely enough to be just a kind of red. I would have a hard time
describing
>pink without a word for it (and without referring to roses :)) ). Maybe a
>purply light red? No, that would get to near to "mauve". Hehe, some people
have
>an absolute ear, maybe I have an absolute eye :))) .
>
>> And as for the rainbow, how on Earth do they get 7 colors out of it?
>> I
>> can only see, at most, 5 - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and of
>> those, orange I rarely see.
>>
>You don't see the purple end? That's strange! I recognise on most rainbows
it's
>thin, but it's so bright it cannot be missed! Or maybe because my favourite
>colours are at that end of the spectrum I distinguish them better? As for
>orange, I never miss it! The transition between red and yellow clearly
passes
>through a shade which can be called orange :)) .
>
>Strange how colour perception can vary from individual to individual...

Indeed.  Has anyone visited a paint store recently?  Hundreds and hundreds
of subtle variations, which can be very frustrating.   One room of my house
is painted "pink" (and not 100% attractive either, but It's Different.....)
I call it Pepto-Bismol, others call it Bubble Gum.