Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Mercury Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 17:41:13 -0700 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 120 Message-ID: <67D0D829.8A4@ix.netcom.com> References: <67BB6153.2A27@ix.netcom.com> <67BCEE03.2982@ix.netcom.com> <67BD3FBC.6F9A@ix.netcom.com> <67BD5C59.1D0B@ix.netcom.com> <67BD6013.139C@ix.netcom.com> <67BE0A1A.53A9@ix.netcom.com> <67BE4AA2.352B@ix.netcom.com> <67BFB72B.118C@ix.netcom.com> <67C1FF76.7432@ix.netcom.com> <67C2101E.38B8@ix.netcom.com> <67C2AE5C.603F@ix.netcom.com> <67C374B7.2B27@ix.netcom.com> <67C3838B.79C4@ix.netcom.com> <67C4060D.1FC1@ix.netcom.com> <67C7F9E0.50EA@ix.netcom.com> <67C8A415.7043@ix.netcom.com> <67C93419.480E@ix.netcom.com> <67CA1436.1ECE@ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 01:40:52 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="58ed36bde2df18246cb5f2e1ce728858"; logging-data="2378559"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18UnDXDTqIwWV9d5ywYpa2726a/FmUueEk=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:OVkHcwxV9BnN2/kos5EmfvryhgM= X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 250311-4, 03/11/2025), Outbound message Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:661826 sci.physics:891792 comp.os.linux.advocacy:687346 Thomas Heger wrote: > > Am Donnerstag000006, 06.03.2025 um 22:31 schrieb The Starmaker: > > Thomas Heger wrote: > >> > >> Am Donnerstag000006, 06.03.2025 um 06:35 schrieb The Starmaker: > >> > >>>>> Can you name the Primary Colors? > >>>>> > >>>>> If you ask that question to ANYBODY..they will all give you the WRONG > >>>>> answers. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Here is the right answer: red, blue, green and yellow. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> definition: > >>>>> pri·ma·ry a primary color. > >>>>> > >>>>> https://www.google.com/search?q=define+primary&oq=define+primary > >>>> > >>>> Not true for light: > >>>> > >>>> With color-picker(1), if I mix red and green, I get yellow. > >>>> > >>>> https://imgur.com/ZBxIObk > >>> > >>> Another person as inglish for a second language.. > >>> > >>> The Question reads: "Can you name the Primary Colors?" > >>> > >>> you named 3, you're missing the color Blue. > >>> > >>> > >> There are no such things as 'the primary colours', because color itself > >> is a function of the (human) eyes and brain. > >> > >> But 'human eyes' are actually specific to us as human beings and > >> therefore not 'primary'. > >> > >> What we humans regard as colour is created by three types of cells in > >> the eyes, which are receptive for certain spectra in the visible range, > >> which we humans call 'red', 'green' and 'blue'. > >> > >> With these three types of cell we can see colours in the visible part of > >> the vast range of possible em-frequencies. > >> > >> Other creatures have different eyes and can see diffent colours, > >> possibly with a different set of primary colours (for which we have no > >> names). > >> > >> TH > > > > > > I gave everybody a link so they can understand the definition of the > > word..."primary". > > > > > > The link states: > > > > definition: > > a primary color. > > > > > > > > And dis German guy sez "There are no such things as 'the primary > > colours'"! > > Look at this: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichromacy > > Quote: > "The normal explanation of trichromacy is that the organism's retina > contains three types of color receptors (called cone cells in > vertebrates) with different absorption spectra. In actuality, the number > of such receptor types may be greater than three, since different types > may be active at different light intensities. In vertebrates with three > types of cone cells, at low light intensities the rod cells may > contribute to color vision. > > Humans and other animals that are trichromatsHumans and some other > mammals have evolved trichromacy based partly on pigments inherited from > early vertebrates. In fish and birds, for example, four pigments are > used for vision. " > > > > > Is anybody surprised? > > > > > > > > > > I cannot even ask dat German guy to name 'a primary color' since he > > tinks "There are no such things as 'primary colours'" > > > Well, you need to specify, to which kind of beings you refer with > 'primary colour'. > > Humans have three primary colours, which are called 'red, blue and green'. > > ... > > TH Are you saying Yellow is not a primary color???? -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.