I wonder why if this is the reason for the icon color of the game Olo. The left half of the icon background looks so similar.
Olo (Color)
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Re: Olo (Color)
#52> The color is named after its theoretical LMS color space coordinates (0, 1, 0), which spells "olo" in leet speak.
:)
Hm, so is it correct to also call it ultragreen? In the same way that ultraviolet is the same effect but for short waves?
In this regard, it can’t be that novel of a discovery.
Re: Olo (Color)
#53> The color is named after its theoretical LMS color space coordinates (0, 1, 0), which spells "olo" in leet speak. :) Hm, so is it correct to also call it ultragreen ? In the same way that ultraviolet is the same effect but for short waves? In this regard, it can’t be that novel of a discovery.
Ultraviolet is prnamed that because of the Latin meaning of ultra as "beyond", as it's "beyond violet" in the spectrum, same as infrared is "below red".
This would be "sideways green" perhaps :)
Re: Olo (Color)
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#55If you are interested in "imaginary" colors, the gamut is actually well-specified, and (I hope it is appropriate to comment) that I made a visualization where you can drag a selection thumb over the gamut to see the "simulated" version of that color. Also include it is a 12-step contrast-sensitive color palette generator for said imaginary colors, which would allow you to make websites and (say) vscode themes using entirely imaginary colors! https://docs.moment.dev/d/hausdorff/2zmqjlmldchela29xvbzlbki...
Re: Olo (Color)
#56This is how people talk about how ancient greeks viewed blue, except we actually can't see this color normally.
https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/history-english-colour...
> It’s not that people in the past couldn’t see blue. Indeed, there were several words which could refer to things we would call blue today, but these words could also describe things we’d assign to other colours too, especially grey and green.
Re: Olo (Color)
#57The closest approximation to Olo colored paint you can buy is also by the company that makes some of the blackest black paint. I haven't used it personally. https://culturehustle.com/collections/paint/products/yolo-ne...
There is no "olo-colored" anything; that's the whole point. This is bordering on a scam.
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#58It is possible to see something close (how close I don't know) by saturating the S & M cones instead of avoiding them. Wikipedia refers to these as 'chimerical colors': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_color#Chimerical_co...
Demonstration of this: https://dynomight.net/colors/ ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44594808 )
This is heroin for the eyes. Once the hit is over you want to take another one and if you don't it'll take ten minutes or so until the "real" world won't feel like a bleached sepia picture any more.
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#59We know so much about color, but we're in the dark ages when it comes to odor.
Re: Olo (Color)
#60It is possible to see something close (how close I don't know) by saturating the S & M cones instead of avoiding them. Wikipedia refers to these as 'chimerical colors': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_color#Chimerical_co...
Demonstration of this: https://dynomight.net/colors/ ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44594808 )
The fun part is the big red dot on the green background animation. Even before clicking it, as my eyes dart across it, small dark blue/black electric arc like shapes manifest all around the edges of the circle either reaching to the edge of the square or curving back to the circle like solar flares. I am red-green colorblind too.