Comments on: Shades of purple http://blog.forret.com/2007/02/shades-of-purple/ Tango, photography and whatever's bleeding edge Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:28:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Phred http://blog.forret.com/2007/02/shades-of-purple/comment-page-1/#comment-57379 Phred Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:55:50 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/2007/02/shades-of-purple/#comment-57379 I, as a guy, maintain that men (excepting fashion/interior designers, etc.) perceive only 10 colors: red, green, blue, orange, yellow, purple, pink, brown, black, and white. Guys, think about it: would you ever point to an object and say it is any color other than one of those? Notes: "gray" is a subset of black or white, and pink must be differentiated from red because it cannot otherwise be defined as "girly" without condemning red as well. I, as a guy, maintain that men (excepting fashion/interior designers, etc.) perceive only 10 colors:

red, green, blue, orange, yellow, purple, pink, brown, black, and white.

Guys, think about it: would you ever point to an object and say it is any color other than one of those?

Notes: “gray” is a subset of black or white, and pink must be differentiated from red because it cannot otherwise be defined as “girly” without condemning red as well.

]]> By: Peter http://blog.forret.com/2007/02/shades-of-purple/comment-page-1/#comment-44952 Peter Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:36:43 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/2007/02/shades-of-purple/#comment-44952 Grey/red/blue ... Are those the colours of some football club too? Grey/red/blue …
Are those the colours of some football club too?

]]> By: Mich http://blog.forret.com/2007/02/shades-of-purple/comment-page-1/#comment-44948 Mich Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:22:49 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/2007/02/shades-of-purple/#comment-44948 Ha! At work we had discussions about shades of grey, red and blue... Ha! At work we had discussions about shades of grey, red and blue…

]]> By: Mike http://blog.forret.com/2007/02/shades-of-purple/comment-page-1/#comment-44912 Mike Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:20:42 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/2007/02/shades-of-purple/#comment-44912 Clopin : mega-comment! Clopin : mega-comment!

]]> By: Clopin http://blog.forret.com/2007/02/shades-of-purple/comment-page-1/#comment-44903 Clopin Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:02:33 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/2007/02/shades-of-purple/#comment-44903 You should hear Beerschot and Anderlecht supporters argue about the difference between their shades of purple. ;) You should hear Beerschot and Anderlecht supporters argue about the difference between their shades of purple. ;)

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