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 20:50:39 -0700 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 137 Message-ID: <67D1048F.2020@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> <67D0D829.8A4@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 04:50:16 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="58ed36bde2df18246cb5f2e1ce728858"; logging-data="2563971"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX198awyMWB5ELARbCYNU/4yz4OC/nMc/xPc=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:oR0Sh8EreReR4IWuY03vQjmvTx8= X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 250311-4, 03/11/2025), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:661827 sci.physics:891793 comp.os.linux.advocacy:687347 The Starmaker wrote: > > 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???? > Since Wiki is your choice of reading true facts... Listed here is: Red is a primary color Blue is a primary color Yellow is a primary color Green is a primary color https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_symbolism -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.