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> I’ve taken lunch to school in paper bags that were literally brown Are you sure they weren't a certain shade of orange?
by randomdata 4y ago
> I’ve taken lunch to school in paper bags that were literally brown
Are you sure they weren't a certain shade of orange?
- AbusiveHNAdmin 4y ago[dead]
- imgabe 4y agoI'm no graphic designer or artist, they look brown to me. They still sell them at Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Self-Standing-Lunch-Bags-Brown-100-Count/186661182?athbdg=L1102 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Self-Standing-Lunch-B...
- Version467 4y agoI could be wrong, but I think the parent comment is just a reference to the fact that brown doesn't exist. There's no wavelength that our brains map to brown. Instead what we perceive as brown is just orange, but less bright. And wether we see it as brown or dark orange depends entirely on context.
- imgabe 4y agoAh, well I learned something new today
- layer8 4y agoColors isn’t the same as wavelengths, though. Two different colors having the same wavelength isn’t a contradiction. Similarly, different wavelength mixes can constitute the same color, because the human eye only has three color receptors.
- ThunderSizzle 4y agoThis seems like a needless distinction though. If people refer to a certain segment/shade of orange as brown in both normal discussions, art, interior design, etc., then it's brown. It's an interesting tidbit of knowledge, but it's a useless correction and needless distinction.
- nzach 4y agoSee this[0] for a longer explanation. [0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU
- bilvar 4y agoI'm colourblind so I'd posit that the people who banned the term brown-bag are ableist.