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namatad

2011-10-23 02:38:45 AM

damn it
I learned something at 1:40am ???

YAY minus green

namatad

2011-10-23 03:01:13 AM

Straight to the video and skip a murdock site (new window)

Asa Phelps

2011-10-23 03:57:13 AM

Nonsense. That circle isn't pink, it's mauve.

timster

2011-10-23 05:23:36 AM

Stupid claim. Pink really exists in any system that describes the way humans see things they call colors. Redefining "color" as "wavelength" is an invalid argument.

CaptainBeer

2011-10-23 05:26:26 AM

waiting for a vagina joke in 3... 2...

Snapper Carr

2011-10-23 05:28:15 AM

Does not approve

/obscure?

Baryogenesis

2011-10-23 05:28:46 AM

Asa Phelps: Nonsense. That circle isn't pink, it's mauve.

Agreed, definitely not pink.

namatad: Straight to the video and skip a murdock site (new window)

And what's this video going on about? Pink is what we replace x rays, gamma rays, etc with? Huh? People are going to think x-rays are pink now.

friedlinx

2011-10-23 05:36:14 AM

namatad: damn it
I learned something at 1:40am ???

YAY minus green

Or, ROY BIV

Teknowaffle

2011-10-23 05:36:24 AM

Nice tag use.

PoopSlice

2011-10-23 05:36:42 AM

Asa Phelps: Nonsense. That circle isn't pink, it's mauve.
I'd call it more of a plain 'ol purple, but it sure as hell isn't pink.

apoptotic

2011-10-23 05:37:16 AM

Pink doesn't exist? Fine by me, it's a silly color anyway.

DJ Kulture

2011-10-23 05:37:16 AM

Eh? So by the reckoning of whoever wrote the article, "yellow" is a figment of our imagination to. It's just "minus blue".

Jamieboy

2011-10-23 05:38:52 AM

Snapper Carr: [i1127.photobucket.com image 200x259]

Does not approve

/obscure?

nope. First thing I learned when I first discovered Fark is that nioof.

johnnygew

2011-10-23 05:43:55 AM

CaptainBeer: waiting for a vagina joke in 3... 2...

Okay, I thought the same thing.
I guess 'show me some minus green' does have some merit, but just doesn't sound quite right.

ugarte

2011-10-23 05:44:07 AM

So by their reasoning white, gray, black, brown and many more colors don't exist. That's just stupid. The colors exist, they are just made up of more than one wavelength. To say that multiple wavelength colors don't exist is just a blatant lie.

elffster

2011-10-23 05:46:52 AM

no pix of Bob geldof ? ..pussies...

Day_Old_Dutchie

2011-10-23 05:46:55 AM

Link (new window)

We're headed for a pink trifecta?

joelybarger

2011-10-23 05:46:56 AM

Tell this to the breast cancer people.

/ENOUGH ALREADY!

LewDux

2011-10-23 05:47:20 AM

Link (new window)

sleep lack

2011-10-23 05:47:49 AM

Is that how this works?

You Cant Explain That

2011-10-23 05:48:32 AM

yes it does.

Terrified Asexual Forcemeat

2011-10-23 05:50:33 AM

Jamieboy: Snapper Carr: [i1127.photobucket.com image 200x259]

Does not approve

/obscure?

nope. First thing I learned when I first discovered Fark is that nioof.

What did VALIS do to your post?

studebaker hoch

2011-10-23 05:52:39 AM

Every time I see that dot circling,I feel retarted.

falcontwin

2011-10-23 05:54:46 AM

CaptainBeer: waiting for a vagina joke in 3... 2...

Wanted to make a joke about scientists never having seen pink bits, but I guess thats too low brow.

/Still like the pink parts
//giggity
///etc

some_beer_drinker

2011-10-23 05:57:38 AM

CaptainBeer: waiting for a vagina joke in 3... 2...

only pink on the inside...got nuthin

elffster

2011-10-23 06:00:58 AM

..like a Farker has ever even seen a vag' ...come on, people...get real~

rev. dave

2011-10-23 06:01:23 AM

So the opposite of the Green is Pink?

letrole

2011-10-23 06:03:34 AM

rev. dave: So the opposite of the Green is Pink?

Pink causes a subtraction of green.

DedParrot

2011-10-23 06:07:12 AM

It's not pink! It's light red!

Baryogenesis

2011-10-23 06:07:37 AM

rev. dave: So the opposite of the Green is Pink?

They say opposites attract so that explains why women like guys with money.

Boloxor the Insipid

2011-10-23 06:09:30 AM

Colors are an emergent property of an interaction of several factors including material properties, lighting properties, and most importantly human psychology.
Wavelength != color, only people who know dick about color think this.

I sound fat

2011-10-23 06:11:54 AM

then how am I going to make everyone aware that breast cancer exists?

Halt Die Schnauze

2011-10-23 06:18:59 AM

Boloxor the Insipid: Colors are an emergent property of an interaction of several factors including material properties, lighting properties, and most importantly human psychology.
Wavelength != color, only people who know dick about color think this.

I thought I heard Bonnie Tyler playing in my head when I read your comment. Thank you; logic shall prevail!

/or not, doesn't bother me

rev. dave

2011-10-23 06:19:50 AM

letrole: rev. dave: So the opposite of the Green is Pink?

Pink causes a subtraction of green.

Yes the word opposite seems incorrect. Its more of a binary thing where green =1 and pink = 0.

Fritriac

2011-10-23 06:26:39 AM

WHUT?

dohrk

2011-10-23 06:26:44 AM

I used to have a similar argument with a friend. She would prattle on that black was not a color, and I would say what color is my shirt then? As I was wearing a black shirt, she would just get all mad, saying I was missing the point.

profplump

2011-10-23 06:33:21 AM

timster: Stupid claim. Pink really exists in any system that describes the way humans see things they call colors. Redefining "color" as "wavelength" is an invalid argument.

No fair making me define my terms before publishing an article making "groundbreaking, counter-intuititve claims".

erewhon

2011-10-23 06:33:25 AM

Ungreen isn't pink, it's magenta.

FastJeff

2011-10-23 06:43:06 AM

"FTFA...
Here are five changes we'd have to make if "pink" no longer existed:
1. Drag racers in The Fast and the Furious would race for "Minus green slips";
2. Our parents would have made us listen to "Minus Green Floyd" records when really we just wanted to watch The Simpsons;
3. We'd rent out joke about renting out 1980s teen classic Pretty in Minus Green;
4. Our firmest friendship pacts would be governed by a "Minus Greeny promise";
5. Pop star "Minus Green" would sell out six shows in Melbourne"

Oh dear god...
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brainlordmesomorph

2011-10-23 06:45:26 AM

erewhon: Ungreen isn't pink, it's magenta.

No its pink.
Red blue and green make white (in light).
Deeper Magenta light would be like 80% red with 20% blue.

Paints (pigmnets) are the opposite.

SandMann

2011-10-23 06:48:05 AM

Baryogenesis: Asa Phelps: Nonsense. That circle isn't pink, it's mauve.

Agreed, definitely not pink.

namatad: Straight to the video and skip a murdock site (new window)

And what's this video going on about? Pink is what we replace x rays, gamma rays, etc with? Huh? People are going to think x-rays are pink now.

Xrays could be called Ultra-pink and radio could be called Infra-Minus green

red5ish

2011-10-23 06:55:22 AM

Neuroscience makes my brain hurt. Vade retro satana!

Fluorescent Testicle

2011-10-23 06:55:44 AM

Isn't this true for all colours - they don't exist outside of our brains?

What makes this one so unique?

Pants full of macaroni!!

2011-10-23 06:56:49 AM

FastJeff: "FTFA...
Pop star "M!nus Green" would sell out six shows in Melbourne"

Fixed it for the stupid article.

Ed Grubermann

2011-10-23 06:57:15 AM

"So that's puce."

Ed Grubermann

2011-10-23 06:58:37 AM

Fluorescent Testicle: Isn't this true for all colours - they don't exist outside of our brains?

Pretty much.

What makes this one so unique?

Not a God-damned thing.

gregscott

2011-10-23 07:09:44 AM

There is no color at all. It's all "not black".

Nadnerbus

2011-10-23 07:10:46 AM

There are four pink lights!

The_Philosopher_King

2011-10-23 07:22:37 AM