Impossible Colors

Re:Impossible Colors by jasode on Thursday September 03, 2020 @07:26AM (#24362895)

Fyi on a semi-related topic I learned from a fascinating Youtube video... the color "brown" is a psychological construct[0]. But from an RGB perspective ... there's no such color as "brown"; it's actually just "orange" in a particular context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU

[0] pedantic alert: yes "every color" is ultimately a mental construct of the brain but hopefully you know what I mean

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Re:Impossible Colors by formerly_proven on Thursday September 03, 2020 @11:56AM (#24365306)

This is based on the simplistic view that hue equals color. Modern perceptual color models like CIECAM02 define "color" through a much larger number of influences.

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Re:Impossible Colors by Tokkemon on Thursday September 03, 2020 @10:59AM (#24364663)

Ah yes. Hacker News' daily reference to Alec from Technology Connections. I enjoy his orange with context.

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