BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 27 Nov 11 - 01:27 PM

I've noticed recently that little girls' clothes are beginning to be sold in some other colours at last! Hooray! Actually, I saw some beautiful babies' things for sale in grey and white. Sounds dismal, but they looked so fresh and smart.

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 28 Nov 11 - 02:40 AM

My mother insisted on trying to deck me out in pink, pink dresses pink bows, I couldn't stand it. Later she still urges me to go for pink including wallpapered bedrooms why? Perhaps parents want to try to hang on to their 'little princesses' for as long as they can.

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 28 Nov 11 - 11:31 AM

It's odd isn't it Patsy? Even as a child I never liked either pink or red. Luckily, my mother didn't either, and I had some pretty little floral dresses in pastel yellows, blues and greens. I wonder if the answer is that we all see colours differently. Maybe 'pink' to you and me is a rather unattractive shade, the way our eyes perceive it!

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Little Hawk
Date: 28 Nov 11 - 03:29 PM

There are certain people who look fairly good in pink...but I can't help thinking they'd look even better in green, blue, gold, yellow, white, red, tan, brown, violet, purple, black...well, almost anything, actually. ;-D

For a true feast of colour, watch some Indian movies from Bollywood. Boy do those people ever appreciate vibrant colours in clothing and scenery!

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 28 Nov 11 - 04:25 PM

I've got quite a few of those Bollywood DVDs Little Hawk. My favourite is Umrao Jaan. They are indeed a feast for the eyes. I also have a few Indian saris, simply because I love the vivid colours. They put strange combinations together which in fact work well. But I they don't look good on very pale skin like mine. My black husband has some gorgeous cotton costumes in zizzy colours, and he can wear them, being totally black! But even he dislikes red.

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Jack Campin
Date: 28 Nov 11 - 04:35 PM

See how fast you can read off the colours of the words in this list without making a mistake.

The colours, not the words themselves.

green blue blue black green blue blue black red green blue red green blue green red red blue green blue blue green blue green yellow blue red green green black grey red black blue black pink pink blue red blue red blue mauve blue blue green yellow blue black black black black green blue red green blue mauve red green red pink mauve green red red black red grey black red blue grey yellow yellow grey blue mauve blue red blue green yellow grey black green black blue green yellow blue black black black black red red green blue mauve yellow blue black green blue mauve

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 28 Nov 11 - 04:37 PM

Very difficult Jack! Obviously literacy comes before colour recognition in the brain!

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Little Hawk
Date: 29 Nov 11 - 12:14 AM

I've heard of Umrao Jaan, Eliza, but have not seen it yet. The people at the Indian restaurant were telling me that it's very good.

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 29 Nov 11 - 06:33 AM

It's a gorgeous film, LH. Very sad, but with some extremely beautiful costumes and songs. The dancing is superb. I cry every time I watch it, but I still love it!

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Ed T
Date: 29 Nov 11 - 08:35 AM

Interesting article on colour vision:

The Evolution of Color Vision