How we perceive colors

[Anna Nova]

9 hours ago, Klytyna said:

...often undertaken by people with the historical knowledge of a concussed haddock...

Like modern politics, commerce, oh, and most other things.

[ChinRey]

16 hours ago, Klytyna said:

Then you grab the idiot by the sc ruff of the neck, drag them kicking and screaming into an Art Gallery and slam their face into the armoured glass over a 20 ft x 15 ft painting dated 1487, so they can clearly see the red doublet, in a classic 1480's Italian style on one of the mercenaries in the crowd scene, and you say "They didn't have red? So what fugging colour is that doublet academia boy?"

They were added later, Klytyna.Goethe invented modern colours in 1810 and although he was a professional poet so obviously mad, he managed to sell the concept to some enterpising entrepeneurs who saw the commercial potential in upgrading (or "restoring" as they called it) old art with this new feature.

At the National Gallery in London there is a portrait by Watteau or some Watteau clone that somehow escaped the attention of the restorers and is still in glorious shades of gray.

 

16 hours ago, Klytyna said:

Vikings calling stuff blue? Quite normal, blue was the only black dye they had for most things.

Including teeth. I wonder if the people at Sony Ericsson realized they were naming their wireless system after a person mainly famous for poor mouth hygiene...

Edited April 24, 2018 by ChinRey

[ChinRey]

The thread isn't a motnh old yet, so I hope this doesn't count as necroposting:

Here's a nice little color illusion I found on Avi Bar-Zeev's blog:

http://www.realityprime.com/blog/2009/06/best-color-illusion-ive-seen/