BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)

Subject: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Little Hawk
Date: 22 Nov 11 - 05:32 PM

List them here. Inform the rest of us. State your case in no uncertain terms. Spell in either English or American.

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: GUEST,Wilfred Penifere
Date: 22 Nov 11 - 05:44 PM

Proper colour coordination is absolutely vital! On giving it careful thought, I would pick...

Avocado...

Apricot...

...and Grecian Beige

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: gnu
Date: 22 Nov 11 - 06:04 PM

Green.

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: GUEST,Blind DRunk in Blind River
Date: 22 Nov 11 - 06:12 PM

Black, cos black is always cool, eh?

Blue, cos denham jeans are blue, eh?

Red, cos it is not black or blue.

And...uh....black and blue?

- Shane

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Bainbo
Date: 22 Nov 11 - 06:13 PM

Red, white and rosé

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp
Date: 22 Nov 11 - 06:18 PM

Black
White
and shades of gray

Like the movies of my youth. And the moral issues of my time.

- Chongo

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Ed T
Date: 22 Nov 11 - 06:20 PM

Car colours confuse me.

Desert silver looks brown to me and midnight blue looks black.

Doesn't the persons who think up these colours talk with the people who attach a trendy sounding name to them?


""If you are pear shaped, best not to wear pear colours""

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: GUEST,Blind DRunk in Blind River
Date: 22 Nov 11 - 06:23 PM

If you ever come to Blind River, Wilfred, yer ass is gonna get kicked soooooooo bad.

- Shane

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Bill D
Date: 22 Nov 11 - 06:31 PM

Puce,Mauve & Ochre

no...wait...

Sky-Blue Pink for everything except cows, which shall be purple, and submarines, which shall be yellow.

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: michaelr
Date: 22 Nov 11 - 06:44 PM

I'm a graphic artist, therefore: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow.

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: GUEST,Wilfred Penifere
Date: 22 Nov 11 - 10:03 PM

Shane, I think I should advise you that I generally avoid bandying words with Neanderthals and congenital idiots. I'll make a brief exception in your case by informing you that I will never go to Blind River. Why would anyone want to go there?

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: JennieG
Date: 22 Nov 11 - 11:39 PM

Very profound, Chongo! I like the way you think.

For myself, I would say:

1. Yellow

2. Green

3. See above......

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: GUEST,Paul Burke
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 02:22 AM

439nmm 549nm,570nm or thereabouts. But frequencies inbetween or beyond are useful. Interesting how close "red" and "green" are.

Why does it say "Method not implemented" in big letters up there?

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: GUEST,Ebbie
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 02:59 AM

It is bemusing to note how some colo(u)rs leap up and smack one at times. For instance, a few months ago I watched Late Night with David Letterman- he was wearing a tie of a particular shade of yellow that perfectly complemented his complexion and hair. I thought about writing and telling him so. I have seen him several times since and none of the ties do a thing for him.

As for my favo(u)rite colo(u)r - oh, dang. Forget it - I have to say that it's GREEN simply because I like more shades of green than any other color. To me, green is the color of life, of growing things, of change and hope.

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 03:24 AM

Blue, Green & Brown:
For sky, grass & trees. Anyone who parrots "Blue & Green should never be seen (without a colour in-between)" has never really looked at the handiwork of God!

Red, White & Green:
For a national flag. (Yes, I know White isn't a "colour", but it, and black, have been suggested above)

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 03:29 AM

red, purple & black are my 3 colours

I've been wearing them since I started work in 1970

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 03:32 AM

If you are painting pictures - Red. Yellow and Blue

If you are transmitting pictures - Red, Green and Blue

If you are looking at pictures - Hey, just dig the colours, man!

:D tG

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 05:43 AM

I usually go for dark colours in clothing black/grey/brown but blue shades and shades of green take my eye as an alternative. To cheer myself up sunshine yellow.

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: grumpy al
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 05:48 AM

Don't know, don't care, I'm officialy colour blind (doctors ruling)because I can't pass the ishahara test

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 07:42 AM

Red, Green and Blue

or

Cyan, Magenta and Yellow

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Ed T
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 07:56 AM

Did "Harold and the Purple Crayon" inspire the increased use of purple in children's stories, especially on TV?

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 08:27 AM

M G M

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Micca
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 11:13 AM

BillD, Cows? Purple? as in Gelett Burgess?

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Bert
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 11:20 AM

michaelr, are you sure that you are not an inkjet printer?

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: GUEST,Shining Wit
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 11:28 AM

I'm a graphic artist too, so:

Pantone 354C
Pantone 659C
Pantone 876C

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Bill D
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 01:03 PM

Indeed..Gelett Burgess...who'll "kill you if you quote it.."

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 01:54 PM

Most of the houses I've lived in were decorated (by me) in the colour buttermilk. I also like (for walls) a colour rather like old ladies' stockings, a pinky beige. And duck egg blue is my third choice. These colours seem to soothe and cheer at the same time. I haven't a single red thing in the house, neither clothes nor decor. Hate red, it seems aggressive and strident. Like Patsy, I wear darkish colours (I fondly imagine they're slimming!).
Little Hawk, what are your three choices, please?

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Bert
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 02:04 PM

Malvina Reynolds says the colors are 'a green one and a pink one and a blue one and a yellow one'

But if she were to write that song today she would write 'There's beige one and a beige one and a beige one and a beige one'

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: BTNG
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 02:19 PM

"And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same"

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Ed T
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 02:37 PM

Are you in the mood?

Colors Chart

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Ed T
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 02:39 PM

Color (Colour) Psychology

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Rusty Dobro
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 02:40 PM

Blues, blues and more blues. All the other colours need more than three chords.

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 02:42 PM

fresh fallen snow in sun
new grass after spring rain
sky whatever colour it happens to be at the time I am looking at it

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Ed T
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 02:43 PM

Check out the link "Color: Psychology, Symbolism, and Interesting Facts", at the bottom of my last post.

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Dave MacKenzie
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 08:20 PM

According to Homer, the 'blood-red sea', then check out what Gladstone had to say about Homer's use of colours (but not his conclusions).

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Little Hawk
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 08:28 PM

I thought Homer said "the wine-dark sea".

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 24 Nov 11 - 12:14 AM

Homer didn't 'say' either, because he didn't write in English; so it depends which translation you refer to, doesn't it?

~M~

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Ed T
Date: 24 Nov 11 - 08:52 AM

Golly, both Homer Simpson, and Gomer Pyle spoke English?

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 24 Nov 11 - 08:57 AM

Duh!

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Penny S.
Date: 24 Nov 11 - 09:14 AM

I have thought for some time that Homer was probably referring to the sea seen at a particular time of day. I had for a while a calendar picture of the sun setting over the sea somewhere, and it looked like deep red wine. With sparkly bits.

The kitchen in my new house has walls of a deep pink, leaning towards magents, possibly crimson wixed with white. And sparkly bits. Also walls of silver paper. Mt sister's boyfriend said, on seeing it, "Please tell me you don't like this." It is from Benetton. It is going to be a primrose yellow. I have a pottery tile, a gift from a school child, which will be my colour guide. Yellow and green. I'm debating whether to keep my chairs the pillar box red they currently are, or go for British Racing Green to match the kettle, toaster and china. On the floor at the dining end I have rugs my Dad made, wh9ch have yellow, green, pink and the red of Spartan cloaks, which go alright with the walls as they are, but not the chairs.

Lots of my clothes have green, purple, or orange about them.

Penny

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Little Hawk
Date: 24 Nov 11 - 12:08 PM

Don't try to teach your beagle how to lick its balls, MtheGM! ;-D

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 25 Nov 11 - 07:16 AM

Eliza I feel the same about red it doesn't do anything for me perhaps it's because I have always been a bit on the shy side.

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Ed T
Date: 25 Nov 11 - 09:40 AM

""Don't try to teach your beagle how to lick its balls""-If you must do it yourself, do it in private.

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 25 Nov 11 - 06:43 PM

""If you are looking at pictures - Hey, just dig the colours, man!""

I thought that was when you were high on LSD.

Don T

PS So I've been told

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 26 Nov 11 - 12:14 PM

Patsy, if I try on anything red in a shop, my face looks pale green for some reason (I am very pale anyway) Red walls are just awful, they give me a headache! By the way, do you, like me, hate to see little girls in endless pink, pink and more pink? Ghastly lurid vivid pink, dresses, shoes, schoolbags, beds, everything pink. WHY??

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: gnu
Date: 26 Nov 11 - 03:32 PM

As far as painting the interior of a house... Semi-gloss kid's room (Kitchen & Bath), Semi-gloss kid's room (Kitchen & Bath), Semi-gloss kid's room (Kitchen & Bath).

Makes it look bigger and bright. Easy washing. It aids people with vision problems. It allows any decore to function aesthetically.

Most of all, it's EASY to paint and I am a lazy...

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Ed T
Date: 26 Nov 11 - 03:53 PM

Anyone know why red car paint is the most expensive, versus other colours?

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Little Hawk
Date: 27 Nov 11 - 11:23 AM

Eliza - Yes, I have a similar negative reaction to the little girls all in pink thing. I can't see the point of it. Also, there was this girl in 3rd grade who had a pink dress and she threw up all over the place in class, and I've felt a bit queasy about pink dresses ever since.

gnu - I don't follow that last post of yours. Please explain.

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Ed T
Date: 27 Nov 11 - 11:35 AM

Little Hawk,

I suspect that Gnu was posting a quote from Sara Palin?

But, I reserve the right to be wrong:)

Subject: RE: BS: THE 3 essential colors (colours)
From: Little Hawk
Date: 27 Nov 11 - 11:37 AM

Hmmm.

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