Re: CHAT: Orange

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?

>
> 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...

Christophe.

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