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We still argue about color names today--- no longer about the basic 7 or 8, but over what to call the ones we can easily display on the screen. Even if we limit
by hsmyers 16y ago
We still argue about color names today--- no longer about the basic 7 or 8, but over what to call the ones we can easily display on the screen. Even if we limit it to say 256, it is hard to find universal agreement on what to call them. If we expand that to what is possible to display on a high end device we are essentially shit out luck with the taxonomy. And it is not just the web. I can visualize the difference between Hooker's Green and Viridian Green and so can most art directors I might run into. Can the average user? No--- unless they've taken a class or to in water color or oils at the local art college.
- thwarted 16y agowhat to call the ones we can easily display on the screen Things like RGB and CMYK, or even Pantone, are much less ambiguous than any names than Crayola or Benjamin Moore comes up with. If the spectrum of color is ordered in any given way, any point on it is uniquely and unambiguously identifiable. But you're still left with differences in perception (I actually perceive the same object as slightly different colors in the same light with each of my eyes, an optometrist told me this was common).
- Someone 16y agoWe cannot display colors on a screen at all. Color is not a physical quantity, but a perceptual thing. For example, try finding the RGB values for orange and brown, try explaining why your monitor can show deep blacks, even though they must be lighter than the 'black' you see when the monitor is off, or why the 'color' of some object can change depending on lighting conditions or the content surrounding it.