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Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
 
Ryuko (in her landmark thread) wrote:
quote:
I love the color green, because that's the color I am in my mind's eye.
I thought that was pretty telling. Green is the color of serenity, and makes one think of nature. It is said that Green is the most restful color for the human eye, that Green has great healing power. It can soothe pain. People who work in Green environments have fewer stomach aches. One on-line "trivia" page quoted that, "Green is beneficial around teething infants. Suicides dropped 34% when London's Blackfriar Bridge was painted Green."

I think Green is a very appropriate color for Ryuko to associate with herself.

Because I associate myself with Red, I looked up the Color of Red and found this site, which is basically a site dedicated to color (why we see it, what effect it has on us, the variations, etc...) and especially the pigments used in famous paintings. There is a section called Pigments of the Ages which catalogues Purple, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red, White, Brown and Black. The symbolism, 'alchemy', power and effects of each are highlighted.

Red was very interesting - People who are temporarily colorblind due to head injuries see the color Red first. It's the favorite color of children. Red in advertising is used to evoke erotic feelings. In some cultures Red was use to represent love and fidelity, but it seems most commonly to be associated with power, such as drinking the blood of your slain victims to gain their power.

Though associating yourself with a color is by no means a new concept, I'd be very interested to see which colors Hatrackers associate themselves with. Especially since this is such an intimate community, I think it would be interesting to see if people agree with our assesments of ourselves.

[ August 14, 2003, 01:33 PM: Message edited by: Ralphie ]
 
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
I've always associated myself with a fairly deep shade of green. I honestly have no idea if my personality comes thorough on Hatrack well enough for people to evaluate whether that fits me or not.
 
Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
 
Right now I'm a kind of pinkish-mauve with whorly patterns, but I think that's just the shirt. Incidental clothing choices aside, I think I think of myself as a muted green. (With, obviously, some violet, grey and a really bad attitude.)
 
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
 
I can see you as green, Noemon. That actually makes a lot of sense.

I'm afraid my color is red as well.
 
Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
 
Purple. I think because it's the highest frequency, and because pure purple from a rainbow is the most beautiful color, too, I think. Maybe because of purple prose and purple passion a little bit too. <laughs> It's a color of strong feelings, I guess.

One of my yoga instructors says purple is the color of the spirit. She does this thing with shakras and at the end if you see a color she tells you what it means. I often see purple.

My favorite color is a pale Wedgewood blue. It's very calm and cool.
 
Posted by m. bowles (Member # 3743) on :
 
Grey is my favorite color. I love that its niether black or white.
 
Posted by TwosonPaula (Member # 5511) on :
 
I feel yellow. I think I'll go look it up and see what it means.
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Great question, Ralphie! I pondered, and decided it had to be either a deep blue or a purple. Hmm, definitely a sapphire or royal blue. Having now looked them up at the fascinating site you linked to, I'm glad I went with blue! [Wink]

[Edit: Although now that I've seen ak's take on purple . . .]

[ August 14, 2003, 01:48 PM: Message edited by: rivka ]
 
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
 
I'm not really sure I understand what you mean by "associating myself" with a certain color. Do I think of myself as being a particular color? I don't know. This probably indicates a lack of creative nature on my part. My favorite color is definitely blue. I tend to surround myself with blues, whites and browns.

But when you say you see yourself as a color, what do you mean? Like, when you picture yourself in your head, do you see a photo of you, only green? Or do you see a sort of nebulous fog of red?

People are always saying I'm being difficult when I ask them to clarify, but it's really because my mind works very literally, so I have trouble understanding people sometimes.
 
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
 
Blue. Dark blue.

What was your name before you were born? - Zen koan
 
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
 
See, that's exactly the feeling I get from this question, that's it's like a koan. So my lack of understanding, much like I don't understand koans, makes me feel terribly unenlightened.
 
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
 
Mike - I tend to think very abstractly, so when someone says, "This is the color I am in my mind's eye," it makes perfect sense to me without explanation.

I suppose... If your personality was melted down into a little pigmented puddle, which color would the little puddle be?
 
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
 
I think I'm a light blue leaning a little towards green, like cerulean blue.
 
Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :
 
I like thinking of myself in terms of black and emerald green. Same as my hair and my eyes (guess which feature is which color), which has probably had some influence over my preference, but I've always enjoyed the deep colors and lovely contrast of the two.

Also, I've always loved black. It gives the sensation of mystery and romanticism -- both Zelazny and Brust dress their characters in terms of black and occasional silver to emphasize their enigmatic qualities. Black seems more intelligent and mature than other choices -- yellow, for example, gives off an effect of happiness or innocence, while brown would give off an uglier, more peon-esque impression. The only color really equal to black is white, which can look virtually any way one wants it to -- sultry, everyday, or innocent.

Emerald green, on the other hand, has always been beautiful to me. For some, it's the color of deviousness -- few hero-characters in modern literature have green eyes or green clothes (unless worn from necessity), unless they're a more non-cliche hero type, like Taltos or Corwin (each of which falls into the other's stereotype, ironically enough). The serpent in the Garden was green -- women with green eyes, in literature, are rarely innocent or loving, as those with blue or brown eyes are. It's a rich color, full of beauty and richness, and its shimmer tends to contrast beautifully with the deep tones of black.

(edited because I left the post incomplete)

[ August 14, 2003, 02:05 PM: Message edited by: Lalo ]
 
Posted by Paul Goldner (Member # 1910) on :
 
Very very light blue... or very very dark blue (navy, royal).

Now I need to look at that site.
 
Posted by Paul Goldner (Member # 1910) on :
 
"blue has remained the color of fidelity till our times."

Hrm.

Sheeds new "light" on my other thread.
 
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
 
*sigh*
I've never been able to think abstractly. At least not very well. All my thoughts are words with feelings mixed in for kicks.
But colours? Not at all.
 
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
 
quote:
Red is the color of fire and blood, so it is associated with energy, war, danger, strength, power, determination as well as passion, desire, and love.
Light red represents joy, sexuality, passion, sensitivity, and love.
Pink signifies romance, love, and friendship. It denotes feminine qualities and passiveness.
Dark red is associated with vigor, willpower, rage, anger, leadership, courage, longing, malice, and wrath.
Brown suggests stability and denotes masculine qualities.
Reddish-brown is associated with harvest and fall.

quote:
Orange combines the energy of red and the happiness of yellow. It is associated with joy, sunshine, and the tropics. Orange represents enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, attraction, success, encouragement, and stimulation.

Dark orange can mean deceit and distrust.
Red-orange corresponds to desire, sexual passion, pleasure, domination, aggression, and thirst for action.
Gold evokes the feeling of prestige. The meaning of gold is illumination, wisdom, and wealth. Gold often symbolizes high quality.

quote:
Yellow is the color of sunshine. It's associated with joy, happiness, intellect, and energy.

Dull (dingy) yellow represents caution, decay, sickness, and jealousy.
Light yellow is associated with intellect, freshness, and joy.

quote:
Green is the color of nature. It symbolizes growth, harmony, freshness, and fertility. Green has strong emotional correspondence with safety. Dark green is also commonly associated with money.

Dark green is associated with ambition, greed, and jealousy.
Yellow-green can indicate sickness, cowardice, discord, and jealousy.
Aqua is associated with emotional healing and protection.
Olive green is the traditional color of peace.

quote:
Blue is the color of the sky and sea. It is often associated with depth and stability. It symbolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven.

Light blue is associated with health, healing, tranquility, understanding, and softness.
Dark blue represents knowledge, power, integrity, and seriousness.

quote:
Purple combines the stability of blue and the energy of red. Purple is associated with royalty. It symbolizes power, nobility, luxury, and ambition. It conveys wealth and extravagance. Purple is associated with wisdom, dignity, independence, creativity, mystery, and magic.

Light purple evokes romantic and nostalgic feelings.
Dark purple evokes gloom and sad feelings. It can cause frustration.

quote:
White is associated with light, goodness, innocence, purity, and virginity. It is considered to be the color of perfection.
quote:
Black is associated with power, elegance, formality, death, evil, and mystery.
http://www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-meaning.html

Whew, I was wondering what blue meant. I needed to look it up before admitting to it. [Wink]

Does this mean Celia thinks of herself as black? [Big Grin]
 
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
 
i like deep blue. it makes me feel good. it feels good on the tips of my fingers
 
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
 
Oh, sure. One-up my link, Kayla.

Linky Linkerton. [Grumble]
 
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
 
You only linked red! I wanted blue, darnit! [Razz]

(Besides, was there really any question I'd come along with a link? I mean really. . .)

[ROFL]

[Taunt]
 
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
 
You know, there WERE other colours on the top of page that you just had to click on.

Sheesh.
 
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
 
Hmm. . . I didn't see those. I just changed the "color/reds.html" to "color/blues.html" [Razz]

But still, I needed more.

Like this wicked cool site. Pick a color and it gives you three adjectives describing you/it.

Want to know more? I have more links. Don't make me use them.
 
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
 
>> Dark blue represents knowledge, power, integrity, and seriousness. <<

Sweeeeeeeeeeet.

Mmmmmmm. Power.
 
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
 
My favorite color is blue. My friends associate me with blue things. But, if I was melted down into a little essence of color, I would probably be yellow orange. Because my friends also see me as a loved but not quite understandable streak of energy.

AJ
 
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
 
(since she is the font of inspiration for this thread, she tries to explain what she meant)

For me, saying that I see myself as green in my minds eye means that when I picture myself, it's green. That is, my thoughts mixed with my self-image is green. Ah.... (tries very hard to make sense) When I picture my own mind, it's just a cloud of green, and when I picture myself, it's an image of my body as a cloud of green, and around me is darkness. But it's a restful darkness, not a frightening one. I like the dark.
(fails to make sense)
 
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
 
Red = energy, determination, passion, joy, sexuality, passion, sensitivity, and love.

Dark red is associated with vigor, willpower, rage, anger, leadership, courage, longing, malice, and wrath.

Hmm.... interesting.
 
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
 
Hanging in our purple guest room (future nursery):
quote:
PURPLE PROFILE

You are a purple person if:

Y
ou are imaginative, sensitive, artistic and sophisticated.

You have noble ideals and a keen appreciation of the cultural.

You are alert, demanding, foresighted, confident, resourceful, spontaneous and highly independent.

You take delight in the beautiful, the gracious, the sensitive, but maintain an attitude of critical appraisal.

In love you seek to attain a magical quality and refuse to settle for anything less.

You refuse to be "swept off your feet," unless genuineness and integrity can be absolutely ascertained.

You are active in the support of things you believe in, and are concerned with the pursuit of truth and other human values.

You take chances and believe that you must do so to make the most of what life has to offer.

Purple is an exclusive color, mystical in quality, blending the two extremes of the spectrum, red & blue. Traditionally, purple represents splendor, dignity, royalty, rank & wealth.

Purple is a unique color, and it is a truly unique individual who holds it dear.

Mama Squirrel is the purple person, not me. I'm just responsible for the "magical quality" in love, right?

--Pop
 
Posted by popatr (Member # 1334) on :
 
I see myself as skin-color. However I like dark shades between blue and purple. They don't demand a lot of me and feel comfy.
 
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
 
Whose skin color?
 
Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on :
 
i think i'm with saxon on this.
 
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
 
Um, yeah, celia, you're black.

quote:
Black is associated with power, elegance, formality, death, evil, and mystery.
See?
 
Posted by Fishtail (Member # 3900) on :
 
Air Force blue. [Smile]
 
Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on :
 
thank you, kayla. i will now use that answer at parties instead of looking at people without comprehension.
 
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
 
What happens when we see ourselves as an amazing technicolored person?

::closes eyes::
::tries to pick out the main one::

Orange, it seems.
 
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
 
Why that means your schizophrenic, of course.
 
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
 
<Expects Donny to show up singing "Any Dream Will Do.">
 
Posted by Jaiden (Member # 2099) on :
 
I'm not sure what colour I am- either blue or green. *continues to ponder*
 
Posted by popatr (Member # 1334) on :
 
Kayla-
Of course I meant my own skin color.
Me.
 
Posted by Ryan Hart (Member # 5513) on :
 
A deep deep Republican Red.
 
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
 
I'm stunned and amazed by that statement Ryan. I never would of guessed that.
 
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
 
Kayla's is a Sarcastic Yellow.

[Razz]
 
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
 
Celia, no prob, babe. I'm here for you.

Kat, the sarcasm is just oozing out of me today and has infected many threads. Though I'm wondering why sarcasm is yellow.
 
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
 
It's edgy, nerve-inducing, and deceptively innocent.
 
Posted by Donny Osmond (Member # 5349) on :
 
♫I closed my eyes, drew back the curtain
To see for certain what I thought I knew
Far far away, someone was weeping
But the world was sleeping
Any dream will do♪
 
Posted by Sarcasm (Member # 4653) on :
 
Kayla's my friend.
 
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
 
Thanks, Donny.
 
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
 
Heck, I've already offered her a job as on-staff world-interpreter. Didn't take it though. I might have to up the benefits.
 
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
 
I too think I am blue. A slightly darker than average blue.
 
Posted by Deirdre (Member # 4200) on :
 
What the site Ralphie linked says about my favorite color:

quote:
A totally dead silence, ... a silence with no possibilities, has the inner harmony of black. In music it is represented by one of those profound and final pauses, after which any continuationof the melody seems to dawn of another world. Black is something burnt out, like the ashes of a funeral pyre, something motionless like a corpse. The silence of black is the silence of death. Outwardly black is the colour with least harmony of all, a kind of neutral background against which the minute shades of other colours stand clearly forward. It differs from white in this also, for with white nearly every colour is in discord, or even mute altogether.

V. Kandinsky, Concerning the spiritual in art, Dover Publ. New York 1977, translated by M.T.H. Sadler

That explains so much...
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
quote:
♫ ♪
I need to know how to do those! Is it a ctrl-key sequence?

[ August 14, 2003, 04:20 PM: Message edited by: rivka ]
 
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
 
♫ ♪
code:
&#9835; &#9834;



[ August 14, 2003, 04:18 PM: Message edited by: katharina ]
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Thanks, kat! Will that sequence work outside of the board? In IRC, for example? Or is it UBB code?
 
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
 
I don't know - I can't use those. [Frown]
 
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
 
You know, that's one of the things I dislike about the new layout. I can't click on anybody else's edit button to see how they did something. [Frown]

♫ ♪

Cool!

[ August 14, 2003, 04:27 PM: Message edited by: Kayla ]
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Ok, here's something strange. I just tried to use them on another board, which also runs on UBB (although a more recent version). This one ♪ worked fine, but this one ♫ just gave me a little square -- you know, the "I don't know that symbol" square. Weird!

Kat, why can't you use IRC? There are ways to access that without downloading anything, although I personally prefer mIRC.
 
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
 
rivka, try messing around with the alt button and the number pad on the right of the keyboard.

For example, try tying in alt+1+6+8 making sure you hold down alt until you type in the 8.

¿ <--what you should get

§¿§

ô¿ô

ò¿o << Angry eyebrow raise.

::edit:: What am I talking about, you probably already know those...

[ August 14, 2003, 04:38 PM: Message edited by: T_Smith ]
 
Posted by Jimmy (Member # 5518) on :
 
I'd go with white. Though it isn't really a color. All of the colors mixed into one.
 
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
 
Okay, truth is I don't know what IRC is. I know I can't use Trillian, though, and that blocks all the others.
 
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
 
IRC is actually a great chatting system if you want to have popups and just all around be crazy.

Of course, thats any chat system, minus the popups. But IRC in particular.
 
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
 
IRC was actually the original internet chat program.
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Actually, T_, that was a new one for me. I do know these: þ ß å
Thanks! [Smile]

Kat, IRC = Internet Relay Chat. I like AIM much better for one-on-one chatting; but IRC is much better for group-chat. Not just for pop-ups, which I don't use much; for aliases (sort of like macros); to be able to play wavs at people; and for rooms ("channels" in IRC parlance) that are private and/or password-protected.

But my favorite two things about IRC are that my computer makes a tiny click each time someone says something (so if I'm in another window because it's been quiet, I can go back and check); and with mIRC (the program most PC users use to access IRC) I can set up certain words (like, for example, my name, or "bye") that when said by someone else, trigger a chosen sound effect on my computer. That way, even if I miss the little click, I always know when someone's calling me. [Big Grin]

But it is possible to access some of the IRC nets via the web. If you're interested, I can find out what the access is for the Undernet, the IRC net I frequent.

Oops, and on topic, blue.

Oh, wait, I said that already didn't I. [Wink]

[ August 14, 2003, 05:11 PM: Message edited by: rivka ]
 
Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :
 
I am the color of a bruise....a little black and gold, but mostly purple and green. When you look at me from different angles, it is either purple or green, or sometimes both together.
 
Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
 
Purple = spiritual, passionate, visionary according to Kayla's link. [Smile] Yes!
 
Posted by LadyDove (Member # 3000) on :
 
[Wave] Ralphie, I liked your link better!

I am green and red. Christmas you say? No. More of an olive/wasabi green and a maroon. These are the colors I surround myself with, yet my favorite color is medium blue. Odd how the mind works.

Kayla- your stinky sight sent me right to a naked woman with green, saggy breasts. I think she called herself the Linkmistress. Was that you! [Eek!] [Taunt]
 
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
 
For me, it's always been teal. (I think this might be the same color with which Jon Boy feels a connection(?) Maybe it's a good fit for Jaiden, too.)

[ August 15, 2003, 10:49 AM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
 
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
 
My color's a little more blue than that, kind of like the color of the angst or grumble graemlins.
 
Posted by asQmh (Member # 4590) on :
 
I'm shades of blue, but I know in my heart that my soul is plaid. (Tartan for all the purists out there).

The word "blue" has always been a very peaceful sound to me. And the names of blue are versatile. The hokey "cornflower" to the sharp sound of cadet. Then there are blues that fade happily into purples and blues that infringe on the territory of green. Blue 'gets along' with almost every color on the color wheel, too. My blue jeans are blue and if you ask me, they go with everything. . . .

Yeah. Blue.

Q.
 
Posted by ladyday (Member # 1069) on :
 
From Ralphie's link:
quote:
... white, although often considered as no colour (a theory llargely due to the Impressionists, who saw no white in nature), is a symbol of a world from which all colour as a definite attribute has disappeared. This world is too far above us for its harmony to touch our souls. A great silence, like an impenetrable wall, shrouds its life from our understanding. White, therefore, has its harmony of silence, which works upon us negatively, like many pauses in music that break temporarily the melody. It is not a dead silence, but one pregnant with possibilities. White has the appeal of the nothingness that is before birth, of the world in the ice age.

V. Kandinsky, Concerning the spiritual in art, Dover Publ. New York 1977, translated by M.T.H. Sadler

Hmm.
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
That reminds me of my all-time favorite opening line.

quote:
White. A blank page or canvas.
The challenge: bring order to the whole.
Through design. Composition. Tension. Balance. Light. And harmony.


 
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
 
You know, you people need to use an ad blocker program. I never even knew there were so many ads till my Nortorn ran out and the store was out of the new ones. I had to get McAfee and it really sucks!

However, most Ads are currently blocked and I don't see the ones y'all are talking about most of the time. [Razz]

(Yeah, that's me LadyDove. Ain't I gorgeous?)
 
Posted by JaneX (Member # 2026) on :
 
I pictured myself melting into a puddle, and the puddle was dark blue. But I love purply colors, too. Anything down at that end of the color scale, really.

~Jane~
 
Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :
 
greens and blues.

deep grass greens and sunlit-dapply bright leaf greens.

and blues (before greens). sometimes deep-ocean blues. sometimes sky-blues. sky-blues with sunlit-dapply leaf greens are a good mixture. sometimes shallow-water brilliant turqoise blues of warm waters.
sometimes deep healthy mossy greens of growth.

blues and greens.
 
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
 
My puddle was multicoloured:

Dark blue, mid-Green, gold tinges and white, all mixed up.

Although I found this very hard to imagine, and influenced profoundly by what I am wearing.
 
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
When I was a teenager, my favorite color was absolutely gray. Was it the angst or was it the eighties? [Dont Know]

In the last fifteen years or so, I have come to love bright colors . . . kind of an inner child sort of thing, I truly believe. I like bright blue, and I like deep blue as well, and I like bright red. No light colors for me, please. I also love a rich violet, and if I have to pick one, that's what I'll pick. I don't care for the description Kayla posted though. I don't so much mean dark purple as a bright, plum sort of color.
 


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