posts tagged ‘colours’
Prior to the advent of brain
31 August 2010 • out of context
tags: brain, colours, pain, perception, quotes, senses, smell, sound
“Prior to the advent of brain, there was no color and no sound in the universe, nor was there any flavor or aroma and probably rather little sense and no feeling or emotion. Before brains the universe was also free of pain and anxiety.”
My blue and your blue
25 July 2010 • out of context
tags: blue, books, colours, perception, quotes
“As Wittgenstein famously theorized, I can never be certain that my ‘blue’ is your ‘blue’; I can only persuade you to share a consensual language-game whose referents are sufficiently stable to function.”
Sensorium, edited by Caroline A. Jones
Electric blue
6 December 2009 • out of context
tags: blue, colours, electricity, lightnings
“In August 1973 lighting struck a paint factory at Middelsborough, bringing down a vat of sulphuric acid. The acid fell into a yard, spattering gloss paint test samples that had been weathering there for fifteen years. The one sample to scape damage was a colour identified on the paint manufacturer’s colour-chart as .”
Act of God by Peter Greenaway
“Electric blue is a color close to cyan that is a representation of the color of lightning, an electric spark, and argon signs.”
Wikipedia