But more specifically that blue that if you're on a boat in the ocean and a storm is coming and its that steel blue, but grey silt color, the water is no longer clear but it drags you in all the same
As for green its that very specific green in a forest specifically on moss or fern's that comes right after rain first thing in morning when just enough yellow orange doesn't drown it out or mute the green but make it pop just a bit more
Mar 30, 2025
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This eye test says the boundary I use to define the difference between green and blue is between hues 174 and 168 (I took it a few times), but I’m not really sure what that tells me. I guess it’s just semantic— we could all see the same color but call it something different. I don’t think we have a way to actually prove if we see things the same way.
When I was a kid my friend and I had a recurring conversation about the idea that we could be perceiving the world differently and not know it. We wondered about a scenario where two people agreed on the name of every color they saw, even though their eyes were showing their brains two different shades. For them, all colors would be relatively the same (like a color wheel spun some number of degrees clockwise, with the labels staying stationary), while the real truth would be undiscoverable.
But also, maybe the language we use actually changes our understating and experience of the colors. Like Orwell’s idea that having a smaller vocabulary does not just limit your ability to describe the world, but limits your understanding too. Maybe turquoise isn’t green or blue. The ancient Greeks apparently did not have a regular word for “blue”. The Iliad describes “the wine dark sea.” But did they simply choose to group blue in with red/purple, or did they literally not see it as blue, either due to a biological difference in our eyes, or a psychological difference produced by language restrictions.
I don’t know, whatever. The blue I see is probably my favorite color.
Sep 4, 2024
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It just makes sense to us.
I loved percy from thomas the tank engine, i love staring at trees until they wiggle in the wind, i love being surprised by green where ever it appears.
Mother nature freaked it with green
Feb 8, 2024
i’ve never cared for the color blue. if you were to ask me, i’d say my favorite color is green. BUT i’ve always loved the natural blue that emanates from ocean and lakes.
Feb 5, 2025
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Find happiness in the little things. Bask in the sun rise, take a moment to people watch grocery shopping or a cafe. Go on drives to nowhere in particular with your favorite playlist blasting. Read plays to a stuff animal audience and really dramatize the characters.
Jan 20, 2025
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We have one dying strip mall in this town and my friends and I just go there to wonder the few open stores left. We don't by anything we just peruse the places, make small talk with the shop keepers, sit and chat about the closed down shops on the benches.
I also frequent the antique stores, and just look at the history thats brought in. Sometimes the store keeper drops by while you look and offer facts on some of the items.
They get me out of the house and keep my mind off work and they're sometimes more accommodating than a coffee shop.
Jan 20, 2025
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I was uncertain if i met all the credit requirements as i had to petition alot of classes but my graduation application went through so I'll be graduating!
Jan 25, 2025