Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!news.glorb.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 17:53:06 -0500 Message-ID: <55A4415A.78A4@ix.netcom.com> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 15:53:14 -0700 From: The Starmaker Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.astronomy,sci.physics,sci.physics.relativity,rec.arts.sf.written, Subject: Re: Near True References: <55871A72.769A@ix.netcom.com> <55A0825A.1973@ix.netcom.com> <55A082C3.2BF9@ix.netcom.com> <55A34275.701F@ix.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 67 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 23.241.144.149 X-Trace: sv3-WyMmGkrR8jKCTbUFkB4DelEMi7iThtFe0c11BCoiZtsKgHk0WLo88xN4ijNQ1cHbznksXsBtTY8kRC4!XXsdO5rMNXkxk1Qauuwge8pZfLOr19+0OfpRM+CdNH3pf1lRY10A+v2nFICMRJnwmW5il4tJDaDV!wJHDau9Mgzs= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3548 Xref: aioe.org alt.astronomy:270920 sci.physics:506881 sci.physics.relativity:357035 rec.arts.sf.written:416031 Michael Moroney wrote: > > The Starmaker writes: > > > False color means...meant to deceive. incorrect, not according with truth or fact. > > > > Do you have a different dictionary? > > How NASA uses the term: > > http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question20.html > > Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_color Okay, yours user-edited website reads: A false-color image is an image that depicts an object in colors that differ from those a photograph (a "true-color" image) would show. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_color Now, can you translate that into...English? Or do i have to translate it for you? https://www.google.com/#q=define+differ dif·fer 'dif?r/ verb verb: differ; 3rd person present: differs; past tense: differed; past participle: differed; gerund or present participle: differing be unlike or dissimilar. "the second set of data differed from the first" synonyms: contrast with, be different from, be dissimilar to, be unlike, vary from, diverge from, deviate from, conflict with, run counter to, be incompatible with, be at odds with, go against, contradict "the second set of data differed from the first" antonyms: resemble disagree. "he differed from his contemporaries in ethical matters" synonyms: disagree, conflict, be at variance, be at odds, be in dispute, not see eye to eye "the two sides differed over this issue" antonyms: agree https://www.google.com/#q=define+differ In other words...False_color A false-color image is an image that depicts an object in colors that 'unlike' from those a photograph (a "true-color" image) would show. A false-color image is an image that depicts an object in colors that 'disagree' from those a photograph (a "true-color" image) would show. A false-color image is an image that depicts an object in colors that 'conflict' from those a photograph (a "true-color" image) would show. I don't see any difference....it's still 'meant to deceive, incorrect, not according with truth or fact.' 'unlike' from those a photograph (a "true-color" image) would show. it's truly false...