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old people eh?
and... tea eh?
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charlie brown doesn't have a dog but still enjoys shitbagging,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 13:42,
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and nuns...and cheese...
and guppies...
and...
nope, that's everything else covered.
(woo!)
(and guppies...
and...
nope, that's everything else covered.
(woo!)
Zaphod's Wombat - Never did quite get the hang of,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 13:46,
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Stealth nuns, dressed in whiteat the back on the left. There's a guppy on top of the mozzarrella on the right.
It really is just the colour.
edit: the guppy is of course albino. He is mid blink.
(It really is just the colour.
edit: the guppy is of course albino. He is mid blink.
Jay,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 13:48,
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ah - you're right. I stand corrected!Top pic!
( Zaphod's Wombat - Never did quite get the hang of,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 13:50,
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black & white aren't coloursblack = shade
white = tone
/pedant
(white = tone
/pedant
b3th Not shit. Not mod.,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 13:49,
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Clinton,
Firstly, I would say that black is most certainly a colour in terms of both light and pigment.
Remember that there are additive colour reproduction systems and subtractive systems. Subtractive systems inlucde paints, plastics, printing inks, textiles etc. The colours of these surfaces are (usually) caused by absorption and scattering or light by dyes or pigments. So (white) light falls uopn these surfaces and certain wavelengths are absorbed more than others by the pigment; giving rise to a colour. If you take white paper or white textile and add pigment/dye to it it can become coloured because of this selective absorption. Black is normally the result of a pigment that absorbs strongly at most wavelengths in the visible spectrum; a typical black pigment is carbon black (which is also used in photocopiers etc). So in pigment terms black is very much a colour.
To really answer your question though we need to ask, what is colour? Colour exists only in the mind of the observer; it is a sensation. Perceptually we can think or colours being arranged in a three-dimensional space with dimensions of hue, brightness and colourfulness. Some of these colours have no colourfulness nor hue; they only possess the attribute of brightness. These are the achromatic colours; the blacks, greys, and whites. The other colours possess brightness, hue and colourfulness; these are the chromatic colours.
So, my main answer to you is that black is a colour but it is an achromatic colour.
Hope this helps.
Steve
(Firstly, I would say that black is most certainly a colour in terms of both light and pigment.
Remember that there are additive colour reproduction systems and subtractive systems. Subtractive systems inlucde paints, plastics, printing inks, textiles etc. The colours of these surfaces are (usually) caused by absorption and scattering or light by dyes or pigments. So (white) light falls uopn these surfaces and certain wavelengths are absorbed more than others by the pigment; giving rise to a colour. If you take white paper or white textile and add pigment/dye to it it can become coloured because of this selective absorption. Black is normally the result of a pigment that absorbs strongly at most wavelengths in the visible spectrum; a typical black pigment is carbon black (which is also used in photocopiers etc). So in pigment terms black is very much a colour.
To really answer your question though we need to ask, what is colour? Colour exists only in the mind of the observer; it is a sensation. Perceptually we can think or colours being arranged in a three-dimensional space with dimensions of hue, brightness and colourfulness. Some of these colours have no colourfulness nor hue; they only possess the attribute of brightness. These are the achromatic colours; the blacks, greys, and whites. The other colours possess brightness, hue and colourfulness; these are the chromatic colours.
So, my main answer to you is that black is a colour but it is an achromatic colour.
Hope this helps.
Steve
Sunshine Elephant,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 13:50,
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no, thank you
Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 13:52,
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Um..........actually black is the absence of light and therefore no colour at all. Most 'black' things are just very, very dark other colours.
/ref Father Ted's socks.
(/ref Father Ted's socks.
Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 13:54,
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actually,nothing exists until observed. They've proved that with science.
(,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 13:57,
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You are a solipsistAnd I would claim my five pounds if you actually existed.
( Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 14:00,
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well,THE average Black person growing up in the Caribbean following the post-colonial era will have thought of himself, less than equal to his White co-residents or neighbours. This mindset being indoctrinated by his colonizers and sustained by succeeding generations of plantation owners who were ably assisted by Black bovines resistant to the truth or who simply couldn’t care less. Being Black in the Caribbean has long been and in many respects, continues to be synonymous with bringing up the rear of the social pecking order.
So entrenched is this perception today throughout the region that Black brothers and sisters discriminate against each other on the basis of complexion differentials. Brown skinned girls and boys are generally felt to be more attractive or worthy of special attention. Banks and other ‘in your face’ institutions have traditionally recruited the fairer in colour of Black people, tactically placing them in customer sensitive departments purporting the view that they are easier on the eyes appealing to a wider cross-section of customers.
My late father always said, ‘ignorance should be a crime’ but as a child I had no appreciation of his train of thought or its relevance to me. It was only at college that the crux of his hypothesis stuck with colossal force. Black people’s minds were necessarily conditioned to believe they were inferior to Whites! That being the case, their entire existence was the result of a carefully orchestrated conspiracy perpetrated by Europeans to rob them (Africans now African-Caribbeans) of their rich heritage and culture. Their denial of European education and Christianity was strategic in suppressing their knowledge and self-worth, hence relegating them to a life of servility, destitution and hopelessness.
Great Britain today boasts in excess of 1,000,000 Black people, a group that has endured discrimination and marginalization for hundreds of years. Are their attitudes toward each other any different to their Caribbean cousins? No way! Brown or light coloured Blacks still believe (and are supported in their view by malicious and mischievous Whites) that they are of better caliber to their dark brothers and sisters. Testimony to this outrageous presumption is the widespread evidence of dark Black women bleaching their faces and bodies. How could one conceivably hate their own skin colour? Is it not blasphemous to merely contemplate dislike of all or part of God’s sacred creation?
The truth is black has historically, in ancient and medieval times, been associated with positiveness while white depicted the exact opposite. ‘Black is one the most powerful colours in existence having the ability to attract all rays of colour and light.... Black is a generator of energy. In African and Oriental traditions, the colour white is used to symbolize death…when a fire dies all that remains is a white ash. Therefore, they believe when the fire in man dies, white is the appropriate colour to represent death…Even the Bible makes reference to death riding a pale (white) horse. White traditionally represents the absence of life…’ (Anthony Browder et al). There is an abundance of documented evidence to support this contention that black is a colour to be proud of and that Black people possess special qualities of character, spirituality and anatomy irrespective of the popular stereotypical homophobic view. Four hundred years of misinformation can do quite a lot to the psych of a people!
How can this predisposition in the minds of Black people be changed? Well we must, according to Anthony Browder again, ‘recognise the need for such change’. Without conscious acknowledgement of this problem the trend will be passed down to gullible generations to the ultimate destruction of a celebrated race. We must all strive to amass all credible information on our history and share it collectively bringing the skeptics into the fold. This is the only way to effectively fend off hundreds of years of negativity thus redirecting our thinking for the expressed purpose of proliferating a grossly demoralized race.
(So entrenched is this perception today throughout the region that Black brothers and sisters discriminate against each other on the basis of complexion differentials. Brown skinned girls and boys are generally felt to be more attractive or worthy of special attention. Banks and other ‘in your face’ institutions have traditionally recruited the fairer in colour of Black people, tactically placing them in customer sensitive departments purporting the view that they are easier on the eyes appealing to a wider cross-section of customers.
My late father always said, ‘ignorance should be a crime’ but as a child I had no appreciation of his train of thought or its relevance to me. It was only at college that the crux of his hypothesis stuck with colossal force. Black people’s minds were necessarily conditioned to believe they were inferior to Whites! That being the case, their entire existence was the result of a carefully orchestrated conspiracy perpetrated by Europeans to rob them (Africans now African-Caribbeans) of their rich heritage and culture. Their denial of European education and Christianity was strategic in suppressing their knowledge and self-worth, hence relegating them to a life of servility, destitution and hopelessness.
Great Britain today boasts in excess of 1,000,000 Black people, a group that has endured discrimination and marginalization for hundreds of years. Are their attitudes toward each other any different to their Caribbean cousins? No way! Brown or light coloured Blacks still believe (and are supported in their view by malicious and mischievous Whites) that they are of better caliber to their dark brothers and sisters. Testimony to this outrageous presumption is the widespread evidence of dark Black women bleaching their faces and bodies. How could one conceivably hate their own skin colour? Is it not blasphemous to merely contemplate dislike of all or part of God’s sacred creation?
The truth is black has historically, in ancient and medieval times, been associated with positiveness while white depicted the exact opposite. ‘Black is one the most powerful colours in existence having the ability to attract all rays of colour and light.... Black is a generator of energy. In African and Oriental traditions, the colour white is used to symbolize death…when a fire dies all that remains is a white ash. Therefore, they believe when the fire in man dies, white is the appropriate colour to represent death…Even the Bible makes reference to death riding a pale (white) horse. White traditionally represents the absence of life…’ (Anthony Browder et al). There is an abundance of documented evidence to support this contention that black is a colour to be proud of and that Black people possess special qualities of character, spirituality and anatomy irrespective of the popular stereotypical homophobic view. Four hundred years of misinformation can do quite a lot to the psych of a people!
How can this predisposition in the minds of Black people be changed? Well we must, according to Anthony Browder again, ‘recognise the need for such change’. Without conscious acknowledgement of this problem the trend will be passed down to gullible generations to the ultimate destruction of a celebrated race. We must all strive to amass all credible information on our history and share it collectively bringing the skeptics into the fold. This is the only way to effectively fend off hundreds of years of negativity thus redirecting our thinking for the expressed purpose of proliferating a grossly demoralized race.
Sunshine Elephant,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 13:58,
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what he said...
The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 14:04,
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do you think i should colour it then?.
( charlie brown doesn't have a dog but still enjoys shitbagging,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 14:07,
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Hahahahaha!That's Ace!
*pops one out in granny's brew
(*pops one out in granny's brew
Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 13:44,
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she'll give herself whiplash if she's not careful
( b3th Not shit. Not mod.,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 13:46,
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she could give mecareful any day
( charlie brown doesn't have a dog but still enjoys shitbagging,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 13:46,
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mmmmm.... whip lash... Zaphod's Wombat - Never did quite get the hang of,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 13:46,
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certainlylooks like she's enjoying herself
*jealous*
(*jealous*
eponymous Oh!,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 13:47,
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it won't lastthe spin cycle will be finished soon
( b3th Not shit. Not mod.,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 13:48,
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hahahahahacompo it
woo
(woo
swaza I'm bad, I'm bad. You know it. I'm bad.,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 13:46,
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ooopsyea ta.
( charlie brown doesn't have a dog but still enjoys shitbagging,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 13:48,
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Superb!Afternoon all!
( Threepwood is heading back to a town called b3ta,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 13:50,
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Spike that biddywoo
(
Steerable_forehead Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration,don't fail me now,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 13:50,
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