Color Suitability

[nacktman]

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[hm0504]

Where are you getting your list of primary colours?

[nacktman]

From the list we learned in primary school back in the day, Albinus.

[hm0504]

I must've gone to a different primary school, or maybe a different primary colour school!

My list would have been red, blue, green, cyan, yellow, and magenta (if one is including the subtractive primaries).

[Boreas]

Maybe there is a difference between "Canadian" and "American" primary colours. I learned similar ones as you Albinus. Only green, purple, orange etc (those that are mixed from primary colours) were considered secondary colours.

Oh boy, I hope this does not create a big debate on this thread! http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/freak.gif It has been known to happen around here. http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/wiseguy.gif

[Baron Lake]

What ever happened to RBG except after C and sometimes Y?....oh wait I think I'm gettin spelling or grammer or sumpthin mixed up here.

b.l.

[hm0504]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Still_Boreas:
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Oh boy, I hope this does not create a big debate on this thread! http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/freak.gif... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

We can always try!

[Baron Lake]

Tip: If you forget which are the primary colo(u)rs you can squint real close at your computer screen and check out the pixels.

b.l.

[Fuzzy Nuts]

Honestly I think this is the dumbest poll I have ever seen on this site.

[John Spooner]

The 3 additive primary colours are
red, green and blue, while the 3 subtractive primaries are magenta (minus green), cyan (minus red) and yellow (minus blue).
The spectral response of the human eye peaks around midpoint of the visible colour spectrum, that is why yellow and orange appear the brightest.
Regards. John S.

[nacktman]

Albinus, they are also the visible colors when a light is focused through a prism and thus the list of primary colors.

Magenta is a character from the Rocky Horror Picture Show anyway right? http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/bonk.gif
Cyan is the name of a hero charactor in the Rig cycle of stories as well. http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/eusa_dance.gif

[Nudeinbama]

I agree fuzzy, but hey! we're cooped up with cabin fever and some must be pretty bored, Huh?
Nudeinbama

[K and C]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Fuzzy Nuts:
Honestly I think this is the dumbest poll I have ever seen on this site. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Agreed!!!!

[nacktman]

There is an actual point to the poll but reveling it before a larger number of responses are posted will invalidate the results.

And it is by far NOT the dumbest poll seen on this site nor is it a dumb poll period. But as said, premature revelations as to the poll would skew the results and render them unusable.

[usmc1]

Green is my best, most complimentary color, the one that I wear to all commercial, industrial or print auditions. Just the shirt is green. Khaki trou, unless other apparel is specified.

But, when audtioning for film, I always wear a black shirt with grey trousers. Thins me and makes my face stand out. Film is about the face!

Women constantly tell me that green is my color when I wear it.

I suppose green will tell us that I should have a sign on my house and have a perv-monitor bracelet around my ankle.

[usmc1]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by John Spooner. South Oz.:
The 3 additive primary colours are
red, green and blue, while the 3 subtractive primaries are magenta (minus green), cyan (minus red) and yellow (minus blue).
The spectral response of the human eye peaks around midpoint of the visible colour spectrum, that is why yellow and orange appear the brightest.
Regards. John S. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yep this man got it correct. Three primary colors: Red - Yellow - Blue

http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/study/g_primary.html

[tiger79]

I voted red - to match my eyes.

[Nu]

The colour range seems familiar to me, even as a Canadian.

Are these the colours of a rainbow?????

[WacoTX]

Yes, ROYGBIV = colors of the rainbow.

[OZJames]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">What of the seven primary colors best suits you. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Nacktman, funny question to ask a bunch of nudists who don't wear any clothes - is skin colour a primary colour ? http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/laugh.gif

http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/beam.gif <span class="ev_code_RED">JAMES</span> http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/beam.gif

[hm0504]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by usmc1:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by John Spooner. South Oz.:
The 3 additive primary colours are
red, green and blue, while the 3 subtractive primaries are magenta (minus green), cyan (minus red) and yellow (minus blue).
The spectral response of the human eye peaks around midpoint of the visible colour spectrum, that is why yellow and orange appear the brightest.
Regards. John S. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yep this man got it correct. Three primary colors: Red - Yellow - Blue

http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/study/g_primary.html </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

John got it right but note he said red, GREEN (not yellow), and blue, in accordance with
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_color

[usmc1]

Yep, you're right and I missed that. We all know, don't we that green is derived from a mixutre of yellow and blue?

Dang, I hate it when that happens. Spooner, don't you know that Wikipedia is written by the sort of sods who post here all the time.

Do not ever stake you digeridoo or billibong, or your bong for that matter, using wikipedia as your source.

[Zorro]

Blue is my color...

[nudeM]

Red for me. Probably since my birthstone is the Ruby.http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/smoking.gif

[usmc1]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by nudeM:
Red for me. Probably since my birthstone is the Ruby.http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/smoking.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

One of Mrs USMC1's xmas presents this year was from the Smithsonian Store's ruby collection, matching ear rings, ring and pendent. Partially made up for a lifetime of undetected crime.

If you've never been to the Smithsonion itself go to their site, not just the store, and look at their gem collection which includes the Hope Diamond.

You will find rubies from Burma as large as banty eggs.

[shãybare]

http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/cool4.gif
Blue is my most favorite color in the world. It has a restful and calming effect on me.

[hm0504]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by usmc1:
Yep, you're right and I missed that. We all know, don't we that green is derived from a mixutre of yellow and blue?

Dang, I hate it when that happens. Spooner, don't you know that Wikipedia is written by the sort of sods who post here all the time.

Do not ever stake you digeridoo or billibong, or your bong for that matter, using wikipedia as your source. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yeah, I admit I changed the Wikipedia text from red-yellow-blue to red-green-blue just before posting the link. I've been caught again! ;-)

[Bob S.]

ROY G BIV is the way we in the US learned to remember the colors of the rainbow.

Now technically, the primary colors are red, yellow, and blue. The secondary colors are orange (red and yellow), green (yellow and blue), and violet (blue and red). I don't feel like getting into tertiery, etc. colors.

Of the ROY G BIV colors, my two faves are green and violet.

Bob S.

[David77]

<u>Complimentary</u> colors, that is, colors that look best together are;

red and blue-green
orange and blue
yellow and violet

[hm0504]

The primary colours are RED, BLUE, and GREEN -- the choice is based on what the human eye perceives -- there is no objective basis for physical colours. Colour, after all, is percieved on the basis of electromagnetic frequency which is a continuum that goes from the infrared (invisible lower wavelength) to ultraviolet (invisible higher frequency)..

[usmc1]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by hm0504:
The primary colours are RED, BLUE, and GREEN -- the choice is based on what the human eye perceives -- there is no objective basis for physical colours. Colour, after all, is percieved on the basis of electromagnetic frequency which is a continuum that goes from the infrared (invisible lower wavelength) to ultraviolet (invisible higher frequency).. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I think you're too close to the Northern Lights up there. Green ain't even a primary color on anyone's pallette. It is a mixture of blue and yellow.

Here's an excerpt from a very good article concerning vision:

"The original theory of color vision was introduced by Thomas Young around 1790, prior to the discovery of the cone cells in the retina. Young was the first to propose that the human eye sees only the three primary colors, red, blue and yellow and that all of the other visible colors are combinations of these. It is now known that color vision is more complicated than this, but Young's work formed the foundation of color vision theory for the scientists that followed. The photoreceptor proteins of the cone cells have not yet been isolated. This may possibly be due to the difficulty in obtaining them. There are many fewer cone cells than rod cells in the retina. Also many animals do not have cone cells and hence do not see in color."

Here's the link to the entire article:

http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/vision_background.html

But, I just have to remark taht y'awl are a fractious, contentious bunch, a huffin' & puffin" in resposne to a simple poll of your color preference.

I just do not want to read again, that I am the only bull-headed so-an-do in this enclave of yahoos with way too much time on their hands.

[hm0504]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by usmc1:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by hm0504:
The primary colours are RED, BLUE, and GREEN -- the choice is based on what the human eye perceives -- there is no objective basis for physical colours. Colour, after all, is percieved on the basis of electromagnetic frequency which is a continuum that goes from the infrared (invisible lower wavelength) to ultraviolet (invisible higher frequency).. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I think you're too close to the Northern Lights up there. Green ain't even a primary color on anyone's pallette. It is a mixture of blue and yellow.

Here's an excerpt from a very good article concerning vision:
... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

That is a good article -- thanks -- but... Thomas Young later changed his mind to red, green, and violet (but most people later thought Young's violet was more a blue). More details here:
http://www.colorsystem.com/projekte/engl/13sowe.htm

Also, this is fun:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/mix_n_match/

On your last points, CFI could make a great deal of money by making a creating a show just featuring a bunch of us yabbering about some inane topic, don't you think? Could sort of be a cross between Seinfeld and Jerry Springer.

[Nu]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by nacktman:
There is an actual point to the poll but reveling it before a larger number of responses are posted will invalidate the results.
</div></BLOCKQUOTE>



Is there enough response yet?
We (at least, I) are curious as to the "actual point" of the poll.

[nacktman]

Yes, Nu, there is enough of a response to let you in on the reason for the poll. http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/yes.gif

Actually it was more than A reason it was a couple of reasons.

One was to see how people perceived their world and the color they chose indicated their ease (read: stress level), with it.
The other reason was an experiment to see if such an oblique query would spawn a multifaceted debate.

With the overwhelming majority responding that "Blue" is the color best suited to them, one is to conclude that the overwhleming majority are at relative ease (stress-free), with their world, for the color "Blue" is one of the 'calm' colors.
(And no, I won't provide where I obtained this tidbit, but a hint is in your basic textbook). http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/wink3.gif

As to the second reason, well, that is self evident. http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/yes.gif

[Nude in the North]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">With the overwhelming majority responding that "Blue" is the color best suited to them, one is to conclude that the overwhleming majority are at relative ease (stress-free), with their world, </div></BLOCKQUOTE>


And another person could conclude that the reason they choose Blue is BECAUSE they are STRESSED OUT , and feel the need to dress in calming colors to counter act their HIGH STRESS LEVELS.

I wonder how many other Conclusions we could come up with.

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Steve

[nacktman]

I see a few more have posted to the poll.