Today's online issue of HandEye Magazine has an article about the color white, by Sass Brown. It prompted me to share with you some of my favorite white images, which are at my Tumblr blog. These are images I have found throughout the www. To see the details regarding these photos and their makers, click HERE (you'll have to click on the photos twice to get to the details).
I do have a question regarding the composition of the color white. The HandEye article defines white as being nearly devoid of color and describes black as consisting of all colors. I was taught, in the 1950s, just the opposite - that white was composed of all colors and that black represented the absence of color. Have times changed? I know I was taught about the GNP (Gross National Product) but now it's the GDP (Gross Domestic Product), and the number of planets has changed, and the role of women in society has changed. So, what's the truth about black and white? (Yes, I know - the relationship between Black and White has changed too. )
But brown is the new black.
ReplyDeleteI think they got it backwards. You are right about black and white.
ReplyDeleteOf course I love this.
ReplyDeleteAnd I was taught as HandEye describes...but perhaps it depends on what medium one is working in?
Lovely post, Morna.
Great thoughts you got there, believe I may possibly try just some of it throughout my daily life.by Revathi
ReplyDeleteThanks all!
ReplyDeleteWhen you are talking about light then white is the presence of all colors and black is the absence. When you are talking about paint, dye, etc. then white is the absence and black is the presence of all colors.
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