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Oil pastels are usually available in 24s,48s, and 72s but yes, I do think humans could distinguish between more than 16 colors. Personally, I have never seen m
by chopsueyar 15y ago
Oil pastels are usually available in 24s,48s, and 72s but yes, I do think humans could distinguish between more than 16 colors.
Personally, I have never seen more than 8 colors of dry-erase marker that are legible on a whiteboard.
- brianbreslin 15y agoI think he meant unable to distinguish many shades against the black chalkboard surface.
- colanderman 15y agoOh I don't doubt that humans can distinguish between more than 16 colors. But white/blackboards are used mostly for sciences and business, not drawing. Trying to distinguish between turquoise and aqua in a graph or formula is difficult at best. (And I really wish infographic/map designers understood this concept.)
- chopsueyar 15y agoBusinesses like restaurants and bars use it all the time... http://www.chalkitupsigns.com/ http://www.chalkitupsigns.com/