* Bright White is not a color
Posted on November 14th, 2008 by color-chart. Filed under Color Charts, Color Theory.
Ok this is a personal rant of mine so please go with me on this while I explain. There are so many different colors out there that it would absolutely impossible to name them all. You have the reds, the greens, the blues, dark color, light colors, vivid colors and pastel colors, you even have the magentas and tangerine. Thats fine , I can live with that. But when somebody says something is bright white I absolutely refuse to accept it. For starters white is not a color, its a neutral as is black. You cannot get light black because it would be grey, You cannot get dark black because it would still be black. It exactly the same as white – dark white would be grey, not white. Light white would still be white because you cannot get whiter than white. So what color is bright white? ITS WHITE !!
So
Next time you watch one of those comercials selling you teeth whitener saying they will make your teeth whiter than white ask yourself ” How can you get whiter than white? “
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November 15th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
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July 9th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
I have seen the darkness in light. The non-definitive vision of it is shadow. Shadows can be partially illuminated by light. So is light a color? What about darkness? Is color in the eye of the beholder, or is it paint pigment?
July 9th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
I have seen the darkness in light. The non-definitive vision of it is shadow. Shadows can be partially illuminated by light. So is light a color? What about darkness? Is color in the eye of the beholder, or is it paint pigment?