quayster@cynic.wimsey.bc.ca (Tony Chung) (04/10/91)
In article <1991Apr6.004426.24266@dgbt.doc.ca> ted@dgbt.doc.ca (Ted Grusec) writes: >Some people seem to think that way that we normally deal with >visual color is analogous to perfect pitch. I don't think this is >so. I've heard that when people say they hear "colours", they are referring to a pitch colour, not a visual nor timbral colour. I've also heard that pitches are addressed naturally, without any conscious thought. That would definitely be a skill worth having. >If I show you a "red", and then a slightly different shade of >"red" at some time later, then you are not likely to be able to >detect the difference between these two different "reds" without >having both to compare. That all depends on how much colour training you've had. Being an artist, I have to be able to tell that Ferrari red is a shade oranger than Porsche's "candy-apple" red, and both are brighter than Fire Engine red. (FE red is usually duller because the truck is covered with dirt, see.) -Tony -- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- "If you drive, don't drink." -- Tony Chung quayster@cynic.wimsey.bc.ca quayster@arkham.wimsey.bc.ca