At 5/14/07 08:21 PM, Buzzwerd wrote:
Alright, I was the so-called friend he argued with, and I've come up with a theory on the shades of black.
So-called, huh?
What I did was consider what goes into black, and what could vary the shade. Since I was considering black as the absence of color, I got thrown off.
You didn't argue that at school. You changed. T.T
The absence of color is actually white. Black is the conglomerate of all colors. So to keep you "it's gray" people satisfied, it IS gray if a color is missing.
Actually if a color is missing it won't make a gray, it'll create a mix of the two colors you mixed. All of the 'known' colors are created using the primary colors, Red, Blue, and Yellow. So if a color is missing it won't create grey but rather another color that you'll get when you mix two colors. Example: Red + Yellow = Orange, not gray, k?
But if you take in consideration to it's components and how often its components can vary, than it can help as a truth that these variation are indeed different shades of black.
One may percieve these 'shades' as a variation of black but its not. Its actually a different color depending on the amount and color of the light that is being applied to the object.
So consider, all the colors in the universe together, this is black. Now if one color varies in amount, the definition is the same. There is still the presence of all the colors, but the difference in amount can make for a completely different shade of the same color.
Yeah, but it wouldn't create a true black.
So, sorry if my words are a bit err but I put some thought into my answer and I hope it convinces you. Most people would say, consider a t shirt fading. A t shirt fading is an example of saturation and this saturation makes a gray. That's where the deep belief that black cannot have a shade comes from. So take what I said into consideration please. Don't just believe it, but listen to the facts and come up with your own conclusion.
My two cents.
