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Another factor that led to the original hypothesis of color deficienty, disappointingly unaddressed here, is that the Greeks had habits of making color comparis

by crux 16y ago

Another factor that led to the original hypothesis of color deficienty, disappointingly unaddressed here, is that the Greeks had habits of making color comparisons that moderns would find quite loose indeed—for instance, the sea was the color of wine, and sheep the color of bronze.

DTrejo 16y ago
Dirty sheep can look yellowish no? And bronze is Yellowish.
- cturner 16y ago
  I found shorn sheep that look almost bronze. :) http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/POD/s/shorn-sheep-california-462896-sw.jpg&imgrefurl=http://ngmchina.com.cn/bbs/viewthread.php%3Faction%3Dprintable%26tid%3D1562&usg=__h4lKQutbOMHW-Vb2I4P8BP0Myos=&h=600&w=800&sz=148&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=gYnjqa7jK5LmUM:&tbnh=138&tbnw=211&ei=SEg7TYDvO4iAhAftn7yKCg&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dshorn%2Bsheep%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26biw%3D1304%26bih%3D887%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=1005&vpy=111&dur=741&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=130&ty=79&oei=SEg7TYDvO4iAhAftn7yKCg&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=30&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0 http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://photography.nat... I've assumed things like the description of colours in these texts are an attempt to produce an idolised version in the minds eye of the listener. That is, an effect similar to watching a cartoon, or observing a caricature. The use of bronze is clever in that it gives a heightened image of something that is already somewhat observable to the viewer. But at times, perhaps there could be loaded meaaning in the colours that we don't appreciate easily, e.g. colour of wine and tyranian purple.
fhars 16y ago
They probably didn't have sheep that were the result of a few millenia of selective breeding for easy to dye white wool. http://www.google.com/images?q=wild+sheep http://www.google.com/images?q=wild+sheep

by crux 16y ago

DTrejo 16y ago

Dirty sheep can look yellowish no? And bronze is Yellowish.

cturner 16y ago
I found shorn sheep that look almost bronze. :) http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/POD/s/shorn-sheep-california-462896-sw.jpg&imgrefurl=http://ngmchina.com.cn/bbs/viewthread.php%3Faction%3Dprintable%26tid%3D1562&usg=__h4lKQutbOMHW-Vb2I4P8BP0Myos=&h=600&w=800&sz=148&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=gYnjqa7jK5LmUM:&tbnh=138&tbnw=211&ei=SEg7TYDvO4iAhAftn7yKCg&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dshorn%2Bsheep%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26biw%3D1304%26bih%3D887%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=1005&vpy=111&dur=741&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=130&ty=79&oei=SEg7TYDvO4iAhAftn7yKCg&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=30&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0 http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://photography.nat... I've assumed things like the description of colours in these texts are an attempt to produce an idolised version in the minds eye of the listener. That is, an effect similar to watching a cartoon, or observing a caricature. The use of bronze is clever in that it gives a heightened image of something that is already somewhat observable to the viewer. But at times, perhaps there could be loaded meaaning in the colours that we don't appreciate easily, e.g. colour of wine and tyranian purple.

fhars 16y ago

They probably didn't have sheep that were the result of a few millenia of selective breeding for easy to dye white wool. http://www.google.com/images?q=wild+sheep http://www.google.com/images?q=wild+sheep