Color theory...

[buffo]

Found an interesting article on color theory on the front page of reddit today. Thought you guys might enjoy it.

Adam

[thesk8nmidget]

very cool it looks like some of the threads members have made here

[300EVIL]

That was a cool article. Guess I never thought about it before but pink really doesn't have a specific wavelength. This reminds me of an observation I once read about from the 1920's where X-rays were detected by the human eye in a very dark room. The observers all noticed a "dark blue glow". I don't think I'll be testing this one for myself. I'll take their word for it.

I wounder what visible color you'd get if you mix say,,, 380nm and 780nm?

[daedal]

I wounder what visible color you'd get if you mix say,,, 380nm and 780nm?

Pink?

--DDL

[Doc]

Have you noticed how ifyou ask a female what her favourite colour is; it's much more likely to be one of the none prime colours? ie it's quite often pink, purple, aqua, mauve etc, but ask a male and its red, blue, green etc.

Just a personal observation.

[mixedgas]

Have you noticed how ifyou ask a female what her favourite colour is; it's much more likely to be one of the none prime colours? ie it's quite often pink, purple, aqua, mauve etc, but ask a male and its red, blue, green etc.

Just a personal observation.

CONCUR, STRONGLY CONCUR.

Steve

[platinum]

Have you noticed how ifyou ask a female what her favourite colour is; it's much more likely to be one of the none prime colours?. . .

I just asked my girlfriend what her favorite colors were and she said:

"Red? Blue? Purple? Pink?" (She couldn't think of one, in particular.)

So that doesn't really help or hurt your theory. I will start asking around though as this seems like an interesting idea.

-Jonathan

[instinct]

I found this very interesting, I have explained this to like 4 people since I read this article the other day. I don't think any of them cared as much as me.

[tocket]

That was a cool article. Guess I never thought about it before but pink really doesn't have a specific wavelength. This reminds me of an observation I once read about from the 1920's where X-rays were detected by the human eye in a very dark room. The observers all noticed a "dark blue glow". I don't think I'll be testing this one for myself. I'll take their word for it.

I wounder what visible color you'd get if you mix say,,, 380nm and 780nm?

Well, we have a tool for that now. Chroma's color matching functions span between 380 and 825 nm. It says you'll get something very close to the color of 380 nm using equal radiant powers. That's not hard to accept though, as 780 nm is very hard to see (but everyone who's ever played with an IR diode knows that it is in fact visible).

My own favorite color is white (and I would strongly argue that it is in fact a color)!