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 05/05/2003 01:11:14 PM · #26
The info for this weeks challenge states:

"Back in kindergarten, you learned that your primary colors are red, yellow, and blue."

Seems clear enough to me, no mention of additives & substractives, simply red, yellow & blue.

Simple, yet so damn complicated.
 05/05/2003 01:14:07 PM · #27
Can I take a photo of a dog looking at something that's gray? Since dogs are color blind, it doesn't matter.
 05/05/2003 01:15:24 PM · #28
hmm ...

red yellow and blue = blood pus and bruises?

Message edited by author 2003-05-05 13:15:34.
 05/05/2003 01:22:51 PM · #29
Could this string be a case of OCD (Obsessive Color Disorder)?
 05/05/2003 01:24:02 PM · #30

It's just another color challenge.

05/05/2003 01:32:08 PM · #31
I wish the challenge would have been 'Tertiary Colours', then I could have incorporated my favorite color (taupe) I think.

Message edited by author 2003-05-05 13:38:52.
 05/05/2003 02:00:14 PM · #32
Originally posted by casualguy:
I wish the challenge would have been 'Tertiary Colours', then I could have incorporated my favorite color (taupe) I think.


Tertiary colors would be so much simpler to define that is for sure, although looking at this thread here and having spent so much time learning color theory and understanding RED, YELLOW AND BLUE as the primary colors I am sure someone would have to argue as to what tertiary colors are to.
 05/05/2003 02:06:07 PM · #33
somebody just needs to tell me what colors to photograph... the challenge said red, yellow, and blue.

Someone please tell me if i should photograph red, yellow, and blue or not...

05/05/2003 02:09:19 PM · #34
Red, yellow, blue. They're specifically stated in the challenge. As it's also been said in this thread, these three colors are the additive (pigment) primaries. Red, green, and blue are the subtractive (light) primaries. The latter set is not your challenge.

Drew

Message edited by author 2003-05-05 14:09:46.
 05/05/2003 02:10:59 PM · #35
Originally posted by drewmedia:
Red, yellow, blue. They're specifically stated in the challenge. As it's also been said in this thread, these three colors are the additive (pigment) primaries. Red, green, and blue are the subtractive (light) primaries. The latter set is not your challenge.

Drew


Yes red yellow and blue are the ones stated in the challenge, so they are obviously the ones we should use.

Btw the pigment primaries are cyan magenta yellow. (the red yellow blue thing was always just an approximation due to poor materials) Of course, as words like 'cyan' cover such a wide spectrum of wavelengths, its almost blue anyway and similarly with magenta and red

Message edited by author 2003-05-05 14:16:35.
 05/05/2003 02:18:05 PM · #36
It seems many are taking this thread very seriously. My post, along with about 90% of the others, while interesting (color theory is quite interesting), were all made in jest. I think no one here is contesting whether the challenge is red, yellow, blue or not (it is), everyone is merely having a good time.
 05/05/2003 02:21:51 PM · #37
Originally posted by pedromarlinez:
you people are all nuts.

:)

Thank you.
 05/05/2003 02:22:58 PM · #38
Originally posted by StevePax:
It seems many are taking this thread very seriously. My post, along with about 90% of the others, while interesting (color theory is quite interesting), were all made in jest. I think no one here is contesting whether the challenge is red, yellow, blue or not (it is), everyone is merely having a good time.


I thought so too :) Colour theory is interesting and entertainingly complex - even after several years of study I keep learning new things. We haven't even started on how best to use colour or what emotional effects they have.
 05/05/2003 02:23:57 PM · #39
Originally posted by Gordon:
Originally posted by StevePax:
It seems many are taking this thread very seriously. My post, along with about 90% of the others, while interesting (color theory is quite interesting), were all made in jest. I think no one here is contesting whether the challenge is red, yellow, blue or not (it is), everyone is merely having a good time.


I thought so too :) Colour theory is interesting and entertainingly complex - even after several years of study I keep learning new things. We haven't even started on how best to use colour or what emotional effects they have.

Now you're making me see red!
 05/05/2003 02:25:08 PM · #40
But what if I don't have a monitor calibration tool? Will I get lots of 1's because my colors are not exact?
05/05/2003 02:29:31 PM · #41
Incidentally, if I shoot a very sad person, could I say they are blue? (Actually, I guess shooting anyone at all is likely to make them very sad, huh?) What if they are very jealous, I would say they are green with envy, and that is a mix of yellow and blue.

A very angry person could be red in the face, too, right?
 05/05/2003 02:44:09 PM · #42
depends on the culture.

in china, red means joy, yellow means honor, green means youth and growth, white means mourning ..

so even metaphors are not so absolute .. ;)
05/05/2003 02:53:21 PM · #43
From wavelength to metaphor in less than 12 hours...good job folks!
 05/05/2003 03:01:06 PM · #44
Originally posted by GeneralE:
From wavelength to metaphor in less than 12 hours...good job folks!


When it comes to light the idea of it traveling in waves is just a metaphor for the more complex reality. So relatively speaking, we arrived here right at the start. Got to figure time travel into it some how...
 05/05/2003 03:07:39 PM · #45
What color is time travel? On "Back to the Future" is seems sort of white, but I wonder if I gave it a yellow tint if it could count for this challenge?
 05/05/2003 03:12:18 PM · #46
has anyone mentioned Hitler yet? if not, i'd like to just throw him in ..


05/05/2003 03:13:30 PM · #47
Originally posted by magnetic9999:
has anyone mentioned Hitler yet? if not, i'd like to just throw him in ..


magnetic, I really appreciate your comment here. You have opened up a whole new aspect of the Primary Colors theme. I envision a lot of red...
 05/05/2003 03:50:32 PM · #48
coincidentally red was the only color in Schindler's list. therest was black and white. weeeeeird.
 05/05/2003 04:03:55 PM · #49
Originally posted by StevePax:
Originally posted by magnetic9999:
has anyone mentioned Hitler yet? if not, i'd like to just throw him in ..


magnetic, I really appreciate your comment here. You have opened up a whole new aspect of the Primary Colors theme. I envision a lot of red...


Throughout the Wolverine comic book series (timely) there is a character that is in the SS that gave Wolverine (Logan) his adamantium skeleton and claws, in order for him to become an SS weapon. He was called RED Skull. Hmmmm.
LOL

tracy
 05/05/2003 04:22:39 PM · #50
Originally posted by magnetic9999:
has anyone mentioned Hitler yet? if not, i'd like to just throw him in ..


What color is aryan anyhow?
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