Re: CHAT: Orange

En réponse à "Karapcik, Mike" <KarapcM@...>:

>    This sounds a lot like my friend Bill.
>    Bill's father is an ophthalmologist and neurophysiologist, so he
> would
> give his children regular, thorough eye exams.
>    One day, when Bill was young, Bill asked his father why fluorescent
> lights have a bright halo around them, and incandescent lights don't.
> This
> intrigued his father, who ran some perception tests. Apparently,
> Bill's
> perceptual range is longer than average, and extends a bit into UV. That
> is
> the halo he sees around fluorescent lights. He also loves blacklights,
> but
> he complains about them being too bright, and they give him a
> headache.
>    When I inquired about this, he said "the other color" is like a very
> pale
> violet with a lot of white in it.
>
Well, you could as well have described me!!! Although I don't get headaches
from blacklights, I do find them quite bright, and I do see strong halos around
fluorescent lights. His description of "the other colour" I would probably
agree with if pressed. Actually it's just a good approximation for something
which just doesn't have a name (and which I have never named myself since I
have never felt the need for it :)) ).

Hehe, as I said earlier, like some people have an absolute ear (not me
unfortunately :(( ), I could very well have an absolute eye ;))) .

Christophe.

http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.

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