the WHITE topic...or, what does it mean to be WHIT

[SHATOUSHKA]

well, one could also insert ANY color there, but for the sake of argument, lets stick with white. mmmmmmmkay?

oh....and this topic may have several questions, so be prepared.
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1) can we 'see' color?

2) can we 'see' color without projecting it
to a 'thing'?

suppose you are looking at a piece of white paper. (let's not get excited here...its just a plain piece of paper)

3) what is 'white'?

4) how many 'whites' do you see on a single
piece of paper?

5) what ia/are the properties of 'white'?


suppose you tear the piece of paper in half

6) where is (the property of) 'white' now?

7) is the two sheets of paper the same
'white'?

8) are the properties of 'white' the same
regardless if the paper is torn?

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~note:
this is a serious inquiry. i am concerned with what it is to say something is 'white'.
for the sake of argument, lets assume that the piece(s) of paper is all under the same lighting, etc.

this question will appear in a different form on a later topic...perhaps two.

thanks for responding.

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[pplaverita]

1) Yes, we can 'see' colour.
2) No, we cannot 'see' colour without projecting it to a 'thing'.
3) 'White' is a name for a certain light wavelength, which is interpreted by the human colour-reading device as what we normally call 'white' (Should I define 'normally'?)
4) I see only one white, for I know only one name applicable to 'white'. (I know this is tricky.)
5) What is the properties of letter 'd'?
6) Re: Where the thing that carries the property is.
7) Are the two sheets of paper pieces of the same original sheet?
8) Yes.

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[SHATOUSHKA]

haaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

damn you for answering first.


btw--'what are the properties of letter 'd'?

the same as the color 'white'--only read different.

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[zelazny]

This must be because of my programming courses at the uni but i get the idea that white itself is a property of an object and therefore 'atomic' as in, not to describe further, in deeper detail.

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[kilzok7]

Hey, shat, have you ever had that chemistry lab where one uses this thing called a colorimeter?

White is a wavelength of light in the visible spectrum that we have arbitrarily called white. A dull and boring explanation I know, but hey- it's science...

[SHATOUSHKA]

ok, mr. science--

how many colors can the human eye see?

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[zelazny]

from a scientific viewing point, just look at the compobnents of the eye( the cilinders and the cones) and look at what wavelengths they will respond, and how many together will give you the optimum ability to see different colors.

but i don't think that's what you were asking for shatoush

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[SHATOUSHKA]

what i am wanting is a number.

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[zelazny]

is it 42 by any chance?
lol, but seriously, we'd need a physicist a biologist and a lot of eyes to experiment on before we could say that.

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Sure the universe is a great place, but if it wasn't here, no-one would miss it.

[SHATOUSHKA]

as far as i recall, the human eye can see upwards of about 2 million different colors.
oh and kilz, we cannot see wavelengths of color--only when that wavelength is (contrast) object.

so, with that, answer the question.

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