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http://i.imgur.com/avm58fO.png http://i.imgur.com/avm58fO.png Am I going crazy, or is there no red in that?

by suvelx 11y ago

yes_or_gnome 11y ago
Here's a direct link to what I see. http://static.nautil.us/6380_2f635a9fe4a4d8d1ec9e3a111cc02f4b.png http://static.nautil.us/6380_2f635a9fe4a4d8d1ec9e3a111cc02f4... Maybe they updated the image afterward? If so, I like how they sent the correction to the art department and not to a copy editor to fix a few characters. Edit: dalke explains elsewhere in this thread.
Macacity 11y ago
Should probably be blue not red
- dalke 11y ago
  Red is the conventional color for how to depict oxygen. Blue is the conventional color for nitrogen. The convention is called "CPK coloring" after Robert Corey, Linus Pauling, and Walter Koltun. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPK_coloring http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPK_coloring .
  - genericuser 11y ago
    That is lovely but doesn't explain why the mismatch exists between the picture being blue and caption for the picture saying red. "BIG ICE: Liquid water (left) is composed of hydrogen (white) and oxygen (red) atoms arranged in a nearly tetrahedral structure. Common ice, or Ice Ih (right), shows a three-dimensional network that is less dense, explaining why ice floats on water."
    - nautilus 11y ago
      Your are right and it is being corrected.
      - crusso 11y ago
        Phew... I thought this was another case of that conflict like that "what color is this dress?" bruhaha a couple of months ago.
Puts 11y ago
What do you see instead of red?
- pluma 11y ago
  Black and gold.
MengerSponge 11y ago
Looks red to me. /s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting
kbrosnan 11y ago
Your browser may have a bad ICC profile. See http://www.color.org/version4html.xalter http://www.color.org/version4html.xalter and http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/png-colortest.html http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/png-colortest.html
- cmdrfred 11y ago
  I never knew about this. Thanks.
- efng 11y ago
  I was really surprised that both of my browsers have bad color correction. What's nice is the pdf confirms this: this are wrong in the browser, but right in the external pdf. Thank you!
- simoncion 11y ago
  I'm almost positive that the linked PNG has no attached color profile. There are many browser color correction problems; this is an image authoring problem.
mkehrt 11y ago
It appears they changed it to red since you took this image.
mkehrt 11y ago
It appears they changed it to red since you took this image.
Kaylan 11y ago
No red for me.
- ekianjo 11y ago
  firefox mobile has no red either.
masklinn 11y ago
I see no red in your screenshot, but the image on nautilus appears red, they may have fixed the error (either that or your browser is very weird and renders red to blue)

http://i.imgur.com/avm58fO.png http://i.imgur.com/avm58fO.png Am I going crazy, or is there no red in that?

by suvelx 11y ago

http://i.imgur.com/avm58fO.png http://i.imgur.com/avm58fO.png Am I going crazy, or is there no red in that?

Here's a direct link to what I see. http://static.nautil.us/6380_2f635a9fe4a4d8d1ec9e3a111cc02f4b.png http://static.nautil.us/6380_2f635a9fe4a4d8d1ec9e3a111cc02f4... Maybe they updated the image afterward? If so, I like how they sent the correction to the art department and not to a copy editor to fix a few characters. Edit: dalke explains elsewhere in this thread.

Macacity 11y ago

Should probably be blue not red

dalke 11y ago
Red is the conventional color for how to depict oxygen. Blue is the conventional color for nitrogen. The convention is called "CPK coloring" after Robert Corey, Linus Pauling, and Walter Koltun. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPK_coloring http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPK_coloring .
- genericuser 11y ago
  That is lovely but doesn't explain why the mismatch exists between the picture being blue and caption for the picture saying red. "BIG ICE: Liquid water (left) is composed of hydrogen (white) and oxygen (red) atoms arranged in a nearly tetrahedral structure. Common ice, or Ice Ih (right), shows a three-dimensional network that is less dense, explaining why ice floats on water."
  - nautilus 11y ago
    Your are right and it is being corrected.
    - crusso 11y ago
      Phew... I thought this was another case of that conflict like that "what color is this dress?" bruhaha a couple of months ago.

Puts 11y ago

What do you see instead of red?

pluma 11y ago
Black and gold.

MengerSponge 11y ago

Looks red to me. /s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting

kbrosnan 11y ago

Your browser may have a bad ICC profile. See http://www.color.org/version4html.xalter http://www.color.org/version4html.xalter and http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/png-colortest.html http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/png-colortest.html

cmdrfred 11y ago
I never knew about this. Thanks.
efng 11y ago
I was really surprised that both of my browsers have bad color correction. What's nice is the pdf confirms this: this are wrong in the browser, but right in the external pdf. Thank you!
simoncion 11y ago
I'm almost positive that the linked PNG has no attached color profile. There are many browser color correction problems; this is an image authoring problem.

mkehrt 11y ago

It appears they changed it to red since you took this image.

mkehrt 11y ago

It appears they changed it to red since you took this image.

Kaylan 11y ago

No red for me.

ekianjo 11y ago
firefox mobile has no red either.

masklinn 11y ago

I see no red in your screenshot, but the image on nautilus appears red, they may have fixed the error (either that or your browser is very weird and renders red to blue)