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Re: The Colour Clock

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Post by bkrausz »

ars wrote: post #35
bkrausz wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Haha, I just did the same thing: http://nerdlife.net/colorclock.html

Small bug: Single digit hex codes are showing without the leading zero - it's probably affecting the colors as well.

Fixed, thanks.

Re: The Colour Clock

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Post by RossM »

joshes wrote: post #16

I wonder how well the color blind can detect second to second changes in hue? Not a complaint, just a genuine curiosity. Any color blind out there care to comment?

I'm red-green colour blind but have difficulty in describing colours in general (I see them and know what they are but sometimes (and especially if they're under a coloured light) I can't specifically say what colour a wall is, for example).

This is quite interesting as I can't really see second-by-second changes; at most I can see small jumps (not the radically large ones) you get every few seconds.

Re: The Colour Clock

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Post by Someone »

kemayo wrote: post #39
regularfry wrote: post #32

A shame that the fastest-moving value is placed in the portion of the spectrum where we have the least colour sensitivity. I'd have put hours in blue, myself. If I'd thought of it.

http://davidlynch.org/toys/colorclock/#hms http://davidlynch.org/toys/colorclock/#smh http://davidlynch.org/toys/colorclock/#mhs Or any other order, really.

Any order, yes, but things like http://davidlynch.org/toys/colorclock/#hsh do not work yet.

Re: The Colour Clock

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Post by kemayo »

Someone wrote: post #46
kemayo wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://davidlynch.org/toys/colorclock/#hms http://davidlynch.org/toys/colorclock/#smh http://davidlynch.org/toys/colorclock/#mhs Or any other order, really.

Any order, yes, but things like http://davidlynch.org/toys/colorclock/#hsh do not work yet.

Yeah, okay, they'll work now.

Re: The Colour Clock

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Post by kaichanvong »

bkrausz wrote: post #22
naz wrote: post #15

Awesome idea. I took some time to rewrite in HTML5: http://brisy.info/colors/ Though the colours I'm getting are different. I wonder why.

Haha, I just did the same thing: http://nerdlife.net/colorclock.html

Guys, get these on github. That way we can fork it & make it awesome as a team faster and better.

Re: The Colour Clock

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Post by regularfry »

pointernil wrote: post #37
regularfry wrote: post #32

A shame that the fastest-moving value is placed in the portion of the spectrum where we have the least colour sensitivity. I'd have put hours in blue, myself. If I'd thought of it.

I'm quite sure there are much more mappings from hh:mm:ss -> rgb which would be even more interesting or even practical. For sure the internet will iterate on this idea in just a few seconds :)

Yeah, HMS->HSL would be quite intriguing.
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