Comments on: Neatorama Shop Story: Sweet Nothings

By: Jezebel

Jezebel — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:46:54 +0000

White is all colours, black is the absence of light. "colour" is just light bouncing from the object to your eyes, so technically all colours are light, and the black being the absence of colour applies to both light and colour.

The surface is retaining all colours and bouncing none back. That makes it black. It is bouncing no light to your eyes.

When your computer screen is dark, it is because no light is being shone on it. I mean, look at the hex codes. Black is '000000', no colours, white is 'FFFFFF', all colours.

By: texastiki

texastiki — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:01:38 +0000

@ Another Tim: correct you are, WHITE is the absence of all colors. unless everything I learned in art school is wrong, which is entirely possible.

By: Another Tim

Another Tim — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:23:57 +0000

About the box: "It was a befitting black, the absence of color."

What? We are talking pigments here, so isn't black the presence of all colors? Isn't it only when talking about light that black is the absence of all color?

Am I getting too geeky?

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:14:14 +0000

HAH!

It reminded me of those old tv shows or movies where the character would suddenly light up a cigarette and talk about how great the smooth taste of Marlboro is.

Excellent writing you two.

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:00:39 +0000

What do they taste like?

By: Major Tom

Major Tom — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:24:41 +0000

... I am, why the f#$k for?!?

No, really!?!