#the googles are made out of tinted glass btw

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Talk to me about colours, Molly!

*slams open like 3 doors* Oh hell yeah I’ve got a lot to say. This might turn out more rambly tho instead of nicely written since its a special interest of mine but who knows

SO BASICALLY one day I got curious as to why purple was called both purple and violet. The big main colors usually only really have like 1 name to them (like red is just red for an example). Its usually ones like magenta that can be applied to a variety of different hues, shades, tints etc. So I googled it

As you can see here, the left is violet and the right is purple. This was basically the info I was looking for but I ended up learning a bit more than just that. I learned that both of these colors aren’t just one big group, they’re actually completely different colors! In the same sense that cyan and indigo are different colors but often grouped together as just blue

You may be wondering, “how and why are they actually different?” Well.. So you see Luigi, there’s a thing called wavelengths right? Light hits these wavelengths and its basically how we see color. I want you to look up a rainbow, a naturally forming rainbow I mean. Have you ever noticed that there’s violet but no purple? Or even pink? There has never been purple or pink in a naturally formed rainbow. Never. Why? Well its because purple and pink do not have their own wavelengths. Instead they’re combinations. Purple is a perfect combo of red and indigo wavelengths while pink is just simply more on the red side of it. But going back to purple specifically, that’s the scientific reason as to why its not the same color as violet, which many would think is just a more blue-ish purple (which I had thought as well before I learned this)

As someone who has been working with hues lately for character designs (as in making a character for every single hue lol), I’ve learned a few things. To lay some things out, I’m going to list the hue for every pure color

0 is red 30 is orange 60 is yellow 120 is green 180 is cyan 240 is indigo 270 is violet 300 is purple 330 is pink

These are each of these colors at their purest forms. Red has no pink or orange in it, that yellow has no orange or green in it, etc. If you look closely, there’s a bit of a pattern here. Most of the these colors are spaced out by 30 (easily noticeable by orange and yellow, there’s 30 hues between them). There are 3 exceptions. Green has a very large range so the difference between yellow and green are 60. This applies to green-cyan and cyan-indigo. Cyan is the only color in between green and indigo, so I think that’s why there’s a large difference. But aside from that, going from indigo to violet, there’s a 30 hue difference. Same with from violet to purple (and purple to pink, pink to red). So the fact that violet and purple follows this pattern shows their differences even more. Oh and btw that first pic in the post here? Yeah that violet is the same hue as the one in the second pic, its just a bit darker. The same applies to the purple (except the purple in the first pic is even darker)

Pure purple, especially at brighter/lighter hues, is often mistaken for pink, or a more purple-pink. I made that mistake as well for practically my whole life! But its really not the case! Even looking at the difference between indigo and violet, you can see that violet is more of its own color, separate from indigo (indigo is a deeper color than violet btw). Its a bit hard for me to figure out how to show a visual in this next thing I wanna mention, so I’ll try my best!

I’m gonna use yellow here for the example. Pure yellow is 60 right? As you go backwards in the hue, even just by 10, there’s a noticeable difference, its more orangey. Go forward instead by 10 hues, and there’s some green in it. True neutral colors don’t last for to long before there’s a noticeable difference. The same applies to indigo and violet (tho because they’re both rather deep looking colors, it can be a bit hard to see the difference at first, you might have to mess with shades and tints to see it)

On the left, I have indigo (240) and violet (270). But between them I have a hue that is 255, basically a 15 difference between both colors. At the top row its a bit hard to see but for the bottom one, the middle one has a more clear difference between both colors. I tried making another example with colors that have a more obvious visual difference, orange and yellow. I hope this is a good enough example because I kind of have a better chance at explaining this verbally as oppose through text. But the point of this example is to show off that no, violet isn’t just a “bluer purple”. Hue 255 shows a violet that has indigo in it and indigo that violet in it. I can basically do the same thing for an in between of violet and purple (and purple and pink) but at this point, I think you get the picture (I also recommend using art programs to, except for ms paint. That one doesn’t properly show the color wheel. It doesn’t even assign the right hues for the colors either)

Part of figuring out how different violet and purple are really just comes to looking at the colors on your own. Mostly because again I’m not actually as good explaining it through text as I am explaining it verbally. But I can tell you a fun fact! I remember some time ago Youtube recommended me this video of a guy, who was colorblind, playing Minecraft with special designed glasses that was helping him see colors he couldn’t. He was red-green color blind btw. It was a cute video! But after watching that, I was recommended another video from the same person where his friends was playing Minecraft with him but with a red-green colorblind mod on. I don’t fully understand colorblindness, as its not as straight forward as I thought it was (like since yellow is in between red and green, I had thought he couldn’t see yellow but he actually could! If anything green would look yellow to him). One thing that stood out to me tho was how the Nether portal and Endermen eyes would turn indigo. Just straight up indigo. Now it makes sense that he can see indigo just fine, it really does stand out as a really beautiful color in that mod. But its the fact that the Nether portal was indigo. I couldn’t figure out for the longest time as to why that was. Even more so since he could see violet stuff. But after learning about wavelengths and stuff, I figured out why. Because he couldn’t see red at all, he couldn’t see the red in the purple color, since as stated purple is red and indigo combined. If this guy was green-indigo colorblind, then that portal would be red. So I thought that was pretty neat and worth mentioning!

(oh btw its okay to reblog this post if anyone wants to ;w;)

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get to know me tag

Got tagged by @mikasas-titties. Oh hai~

Rules: Answer these 92 statements and tag 20 people

LAST:

1. Drink: water

2. Phone call: it was for work


3. Text message: buddy i met while travelling :D


4. Song you listened to: hamilton. specifically hurricane. rn


5. Time you cried: hysterical screaming followed by some tears last night. dw it was actually a good thing :D

HAVE YOU:


6. Dated someone twice: never been on one bby


7. Kissed someone and regretted it: lolnah

8. Been cheated on: no


9. Lost someone special: yeh


10. Been depressed: mmhm

11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: my one hangover told me to never get drunk again. i disobeyed

LIST 3 FAVORITE COLORS: communist red, black is the new black, gold that i’ll never see (i’m trying to be funny pls clap laugh)

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU:


15. Made new friends: uhhhhhh. oh shit, yes

16. Fallen out of love: no

17. Laughed until you cried: that’s not a thing i do


18. Found out someone was talking about you: HAHAHAHAHAHA yes


19. Met someone who changed you: ofc

20. Found out who your friends are: tbh that happens every other month so


21. Kissed someone on your Facebook list: lolnah

GENERAL:


22. How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: save like three i for some reason haven’t removed

23. Do you have any pets: MY DOGGIE IS BACK HOME ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD SOMEBODY PLS TELL HER I LOVE HER

24. Do you want to change your name: no


25. What did you do for your last Birthday: drunch and arcade in the city with my college bbies

26. What time did you wake up: noon, hence me pulling an all-nighter


27. What were you doing at midnight last night: screaming at my friend back at home while she took a break from work to sit in a car to hear how much i love her

28. Name something you can’t wait for: to go outside and go biking :~)


29. When was the last time you saw your mom: last month

30. What is one thing you wish you could change in your life: that my friends stop having to grind so hard for a living. and join me in my adventures across the goddamn globe


31. What are you listening right now: hamilton

32. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: yes. his name is also pardeep


33. Something that is getting on your nerves: overeducated self-righteous liberals (totally not partisan btw just a little annoyed with one part of intersectionality pls do not sue) with their heads up their asses

34. Most visited website: google

LOST QUESTIONS. 


35. Mole/s: too quick a count, b


36. Mark/s: stretch marks and scars si


37. Childhood dream: kung fu master *^*

38. Hair color: black


39. Long or short hair: long

40. Do you have a crush on someone: i am having an affair with Zhang Yixing’s digital cheekbones

41. What do you like about yourself: i occasionally do things like recklessly run up mountains at high altitudes, choke, and die. tru story

42. Piercings: earrings

43. Blood type: B


44. Nickname: PT

45. Relationship status: single b

46. Zodiac: virgo

47. Pronouns: she/ her 


48. Favorite TV Show: parks and rec but also pls someone watch beiping wu zhanshi with me

49. Tattoos: might get one, but they’re expensive


50. Right or left hand: right

51. Surgery: dental only

52. Hair dyed in different color: actually tinted it blue for vague effect. it worked so well you still can’t see it

53. Sport: biking, kickboxing/ sanda, taolu, badminton, hiking, long-distance running (but i HATE running)


55. Vacation: i want to bike across asia one day. tru story

56. Pair of trainers: uh. um. puma? i think? idk. i just wear them

MORE GENERAL:


57. Eating: nothing, but i’ve been living off a lot of kimchi

58. Drinking: my spit :P

59. I’m about to: work out. it is midnight


61. Waiting for: my roommate to get out of the shower so i can use the bathroom

62. Want: to get better at the language i’m studying rn. which is my native language. BUT I CAN’T READ UGUUUUU


63. Get married: nah


64. Career: lots and lots of kung fu and current job redacted

WHICH IS BETTER


65. Hugs or kisses: hugs. my asian ass doesn’t comprehend kisses


66. Lips or eyes: eyes


67. Shorter or taller: taller

68. Older or younger: older 


70. Nice arms or nice stomach: wai not bothhhh


71. Sensitive or loud: both. why are these two opposites here doe

72. Hook up or relationship: relationship, but let’s be real. both are mehhhh

73. Troublemaker or hesitant: someone needs to go on adventures on me but also make sure my troublemaking ass doesn’t get me killed, SO

HAVE YOU EVER:


74. Kissed a Stranger: no

75. Drank hard liquor: lol who do you think i am


76. Lost glasses/contact lenses: YES. THEY WERE EXPENSIVE


77. Turned someone down: OH BOI SIT DOWN I GOT STORIES yes

78. Sex on the first date: PFFFFTTTBBTFFFFF HAHAHAHAHA


79. Broken someone’s heart: yeah. not proud of it, but i WASSSSS awful

80. Had your heart broken: ofc lol


81. Been arrested: no


82. Cried when someone died: i had to force it actually

83. Fallen for a friend: sorta kinda

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:


84. Yourself: ofc

85. Miracles: yah but sometimes


86. Love at first sight: even less sometimes

87. Santa Claus: my inner child says yes but my me says no

88. Kiss on the first date: uhhhh, not for me no

OTHER:


90. Current best friend name: they are secret shhhh just know that most of them don’t use tumblr and i love them


91. Eye color: black

92. Favorite movie: RAILROAD FUCKING TIGERS SOMEBODY WATCH IT SO WE CAN LAUGH ABOUT HOW MUCH OF A GODDAMN MEME IT IS PLS AND TY

NOW, TAG 20 PEOPLE: tag yo’selves