What is your favourite colour, and why?

[Sparkz]

I was thinking about my favourite colour the other day, at the time my favourite colour was blue. Then I began to question that, did I think that my favourite colour was blue just because I'm a boy and thats my socially accectable colour. How do I choose one colour from the myriad avaliable.

If I go and buy new clothes, or a car, I'm really not interested in what colour it is, because to me a colour is simply that, a colour. I asked my fried what his favourite colour was and he said 'red', the reason being that to him red is passion, love, hate, blood, rage, intensity. To him red had a meaning. I've never thought about colours in that light.

Does colour hold any significance or sway in your life?

[Cassa]

A great majority of my clothes are black.

I like purple and orange.

[Ins0mniac]

Red! Blood! Murder! Death! Fire! Hell! Satan! Rape! War! Genocide! Decapitation!

:swear: :swear: :swear: :swear:





Um, my favourite colour is blue.

[miss elise]

How odd that I happened to be reading this thread while choosing a colour scheme for my new Winamp skin? Red does have a meaning, according to that paint add it incites passion. Also, thinkof all the things that are red, heaps of things, so red represents all of those things and works on the more primal parts of the brain to associate other feelings and emotions with it.

Red is my favorite colour.

I read in the book Peoplewatching that red lipstick turns men on because the labia (other lips) turn red when a woman is sexually aroused, and the lipstick is symbolising that. How cool!

[Holster]

i would have to say blue, it makes me feel calm and shit.

But i wear black mostly, and my car is black.

[utopian]

I'm rather partial to this one, myself.

[BlueBoy]

No Comment.

[Shez]

Is everyones favourite colour Blue ????

[thingy]

I ated the purpleberry.

I don't really have a favourite colour. To say I do would be a lie as my preference is constantly change, a mood thing I guess. All goes down really to the shade of particular colours.

[ShadowNemesis]

I have 2 faves. Lavender & Deep SeaGreen

[That Bloke]

Originally posted by Cassa
A great majority of my clothes are black.


Black is actually not a colour, it's the absence of colour, however in fabrics a true black pigment is not possible, often it's actually extremely dark shades of green or a colour that is purple when it fades.

My favourite colour used to be green, I think it was more logic than asthetics, the human eye sees more shades of green than it can of any other colour, also green light apparently travels the greatest distance.

Now I'm quite fond of blues, reds, Purples & similar but I don't know why.

[Buffy]

Originally posted by ShadowNemesis
I have 2 faves. Lavender & Deep SeaGreen

werd :cool:

[pleed]

I like green. The reason is because I think it looks nice.

[Asmodeus]

black.

yes, unknown to some, it is actually a color.

partially for practical reasons, my eye is wierd (the one that functions) and bright colors wither distract me, or just drive me nuts. I'm not a light lover. I look gay in red.

[That Bloke]

Originally posted by Asmodeus
black.

yes, unknown to some, it is actually a color.



Colour & all we really see is the visible spectrums of light, black is what there is when there is no light.

[utopian]

Octarine.

Pratchett geeks reprazent!

[mccorski]

Purple is the colour of choice

Purple shoes
Purple Pants
Purple Socks
Purple Jocks
Purple T
Purple EVERYTHING!!!

[Pirate]

Blue, because I am full of hate.

[gooey]

green man....

:weed:



im partial to blue as well.

[Salted_Chipmunk]

Red coz its faster than any other colour around. :D

[Cassa]

Originally posted by That_Bloke
Black is actually not a colour

I was waiting to see how long it would take someone to say that. I am well aware that black is not a colour, there is no such thing as a proper circle and Avril Lavigne is not actually a skater :p

[Princess]

I'm a Princess Pink

[That Bloke]

Originally posted by Cassa
Avril Lavigne is not actually a skater :p

She's not a punk either.

[gamooma]

I like green. No reason, I just like it.

I don't think anyone's said yellow yet, but people who like yellow a lot are supposedly either creatively brilliant or completely insane. I can't vouch for how true that is. :banana:

[Asmodeus]

Originally posted by That_Bloke
Colour & all we really see is the visible spectrums of light, black is what there is when there is no light.

darkness is when there is no light.

the color we see is what we get from the reflections of the objects around us. While we look at an apple and see it is red, it is in reality everything but red, since it absorbs all colors but those wavelengths we percieve as red and reflects them back. by extension, something that is white thusly would have no color since it reflects everything back, and black would be all colors since it keeps them all, which would explain why black objects heat up much more rapidly in the sun than white objects.

on top of that, all colors have an opposite color, red for green, etc, thus if white is a color, its opposite would be black which would by definition have to be a color.

[Glompbot]

Strangely enough... My favourite colours happen to be the colours used in the ZGeek Forums.

But not because of that reason.

[Sparkz]

Did you know that the makeup of butterfly wings is such that instead of reflecting all other colours except that which you see, the wing is actually made up of prisims which channel the light and bounce back the colour you see. In effect, it's the opposite way colours normally work.

I thought that white was all colours, taking that from the experiment we did as kids with the colour wheel, spin a wheel full of colours fast enough, and you get white.

[sagit]

I like white...but only when they're green :p


no, hang on a sec. white is supposed not a colour, but i dont give a pigs bum about that. i like whiteness. it is good (especially when its on top of the beautiful blackness of Guinness)

[utopian]

It depends on if you're doing additive or subtractive blends. Light is additive, but art (paint) is subtractive. When you shine a red light and a green light on a white surface you get yellow. When you mix red and green paint you get brown.

It's all to do with the way colour is mixed.

Subtractive blending works by the object reflecting only certain wavelengths of light. The three primary colours are red, blue and green (shut up, it is not yellow; the only reason yellow is a "primary" colour is because it can't be made by mixing other colours in art). Something red only reflects the "red" wavelengths, something green will only reflect those colours that contain green wavelengths. Something brown reflects those colours that are common to red and green, we call these "brown".

Additive blending works by starting with nothing and adding extra wavelengths to it. HTML colour codes are additive. Using the RRGGBB standard, red is #FF0000, green is #00FF00 and blue is #0000FF. Red + Green = #FFFF00 which is yellow. Red + Blue = #FF00FF which is Magenta. Blue + Green = #00FFFF which is Cyan.

When you print something from a computer, it will either use RGB ink or CMYK ink (the K is black). The different colour schemes depend on which way the ink is being blended, Additively or Subtractively.

And who said art had nothing to do with science? ;)

[DodgyAmnesiac]

blood

[LisaJ]

My favourite colours...well Blue is my favourite..always has been, though, these days I must say my favourite colours depend on my mood. I've started to take a liking to Red, do like wearing white as it complements my dark skin,(but never wear it when Im eating...always spill something on it), some shades of purple and green (even though I think it makes me look like a tree), I like tan, but not brown (too much brown, makes me look like a tree trunk)...thats about it though, I do have mostly black pants and wear coloured shirts...

[Asmodeus]

Originally posted by utopian
It depends on if you're doing additive or subtractive blends. Light is additive, but art (paint) is subtractive. When you shine a red light and a green light on a white surface you get yellow. When you mix red and green paint you get brown.
..etc etc etc etc

by your definition there is then:
no 0 in any number system
objects can only acceletate
the kelvin scale can't exist
there is no ground in electronics
all negative numbers are imaginary.

[Wizard of Oz]

.. no box of chocolates for guessing what colour the WoZ favours .. has always been my colour since I can remember being able to name them .. I can read things without my glasses if I use a green overlay ..

.. on red .. I no longer wear any clothes that are red .. a woman once pointed out that on days I wore red my character changed to being more aggressive and argumentative .. and it is true ..

[imp]

Black like my heart.....
I mean. Blue

[utopian]

Originally posted by Asmodeus
by your definition there is then:
no 0 in any number system
objects can only acceletate
the kelvin scale can't exist
there is no ground in electronics
all negative numbers are imaginary.
No. I'm talking about colour blending, not the non-existance of negative numbers.

Additive blending is when you start with nothing and add light to it. Subtractive blending is when you start with everything and subtract wavelengths of light.

[RASPUTIN]

My fav colour is a burnt orange. Almost exactly like the colour the monaro is painted. Other than that I love blue because of the ocean and sky and green because of the bush. Both those places make me feel good. Now the ultimate would be me sitting in an orange manaro sitting in the bush by the ocean on a cloudless day.. ahhh bliss.

[kyuss]

Black, it just looks good. Oh and i like black jelly beans, maybe that has something to do with it.......

[MsKara]

Black, purple and silver, in that order.
Every other colour is merely there to make these ones look good.

[THO]

Chrome yellow

[THO]

yay! killed it :banana:

[excalibur]

I got bored, went through old threads and found this.

My fave colours are Black, and Blood Red. and the shiny silver glint of a new blade.

[and3w]

Ultraviolet...way cool in the clubs of my youth:D

[TK-421]

Nuclear baby shit green.

Or maybe Orange, dunno why, i think i just plain like the look of it, or even yellow it was the colour of my escort which was my first car.

[MoleTeaser]

I've always found this colour to be quite pleasant on the eye.

[flow]

I like


I can't see it


I also don't know it's name.

[BtrFly]

i personally want my car to be electric blue however i am rather partial to the colour red and it suits me when i wear it.

oh and purple . i like purple .

see warm colours suit me more than cool colours, so i wear a lot of bright coloured clothing, but i like blue on objects... and in eyes. i love blue eyes :p

[metalhed00]

Mine is black. Most of my shirts are black, but I'm slowly moving to grey. My car is black too and the rest after that probably will be too.

I had a friend who said his favorite color was clear. What a dipshit! :D

[saige]

I border on two. Blue as it's like the ocean. Unless it's green. ;) And brown, as it's like Mother Earth and as shit happens.

[chip256]

Black would have to be my favourite, along with the dark blu/purple/black paint jobs that you see occasionally on cars. White is a nice contrast sometimes tho.

[metalhed00]

Originally posted by chip256
Black would have to be my favourite, along with the dark blu/purple/black paint jobs that you see occasionally on cars. White is a nice contrast sometimes tho.

I thought about painting a 90% gray or clear stripe across my car. The clear would just kind of have to reflect the light differently. Sound good? If so, don't steal my idea!!!!!

[c:\>_]

The brown colour that is the skin colour of south american goddess'.

[Megabyte]

That would be green and I guess it's got something to do with dragons and elves...I'm really not sure.

[excalibur]

I did well at reviving this thread methinks

[Benwah]

Originally posted by excalibur
I did well at reviving this thread methinks

You win the daily "reviving an ancient thread" medal today



My favourite colour is silver, it's shiny, most metals are silver and it's the most dangerous colour to have your car (YAY! my car is silver!)

[Colonel Kurtz]

Green, just 'cos

[excalibur]

Originally posted by Benwah
You win the daily "reviving an ancient thread" medal today)

WOOHOO!!! I win!!!!

[annie]

most of my clothes are black, and i would say thats my favourite, but if i go by the whole 'black is not a colour' thing, i'd go dark deep green... such an individual :P

[wibble]

I like green. No reason...

[Bostonmess]

Very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, almost black, dark grey ;)

'Cos I'm mad.

[metalhed00]

Originally posted by Benwah
You win the daily "reviving an ancient thread" medal today



My favourite colour is silver, it's shiny, most metals are silver and it's the most dangerous colour to have your car (YAY! my car is silver!)

Why is silver the most dangerous color to have? I never heard of that. I know its the easiest color to keep clean and black is the hardest (mine's blacxk!).

[saige]

Black's the hardest to keep clean... When did that happen?

[metalhed00]

Originally posted by saige
Black's the hardest to keep clean... When did that happen?

March 19, 1974 at 3:08 P.M.

[Benwah]

Originally posted by metalhed00
Why is silver the most dangerous color to have? I never heard of that. I know its the easiest color to keep clean and black is the hardest (mine's blacxk!).

'cos it's close to grey which is the colour of concrete (where I drive it most, around grey concrete buildings and roads) and it reflects everything else around it, thus, it "changes to" (or more accurately reflects the' colours around it to match the enviroment it's driving through

[Thyrd]

Black because it makes but arse look smaller than it really is.:D

nah I'd say Dark Blue, I have always found I like that colour for some reason.

[metalhed00]

Originally posted by Benwah
'cos it's close to grey which is the colour of concrete (where I drive it most, around grey concrete buildings and roads) and it reflects everything else around it, thus, it "changes to" (or more accurately reflects the' colours around it to match the enviroment it's driving through

Nifty! Most of the roads here are blacktop, so I guess that means I'm driving the most dangerous car! Awesome!!!

[pleed]

I like green.. I don't know why, I guess I just think it looks rather strapping.

[katydyd35]

yellow..the color of smiles and excitement .. the second is that sea blueish green you see in some waters you dive in..its like you can see straight thru to the bottom no matter what the depth

[diggy]

blue
calms me for some reason, dunno why

[label]

Hot Pink

Analyse that!

[psi_ko]

dark purple, dark red and black

i alternate between those

[fastfood]

Somewhere in the middle of this thing.

Hey Colour Psychologist is a profession, they just had one on TV, go figure.

[Serpent_Girl]

my favourite colour is silver (if that is a colour i dunno) if not, then purple.:p

[Feryl]

Purple has been my undisputed favourite colour for over 13 years. I just suddenly realised one day (about 13 years ago) that I owned heaps and heaps of purple things, and if given a choice of buying an article in a range of colours, I would always go for purple. So it's hard to define WHY it's my favourite, coz I never consciously chose it. I continue to like it though because it's rich and decadent and passionate.

As for meaning... somebody told me years later that purple represents sexual frustration. Which would have been very apt at the time, as I was a virgin. But even during the periods in my life when I've been gettin' plenty, purple has remained my favourite. Which says to me that it more accurately represents lust.... that would make a lot of sense.

[t101]

Dark Emerald Green
Almost-Moroon Dark Red
Dark Purple
Burnt Orange

Um, there seems to be a pattern there :)

Oh yeah, and really don't like blue for some reason. Or yellow for that matter....

[108]

Brown

Because it's so damn funny. Brown. Hehe.

And Feryl's post got me googling for colour meanings. I only got any meaningful links when I removed the 'u''s from both favourite and colour ..grumble grumble..

psychology.com (http://psychology.about.com/library/bl/blcolor_brwn.htm) (click on "What Researchers Say...")
some random page (http://members.tripod.com/ClanOfDanu/colors.html)

[reaperman]

dark green

[DexX]

Midnight blue, dark desaturated purple, and pale yellowish cream.

The middle one is the car colour I want, and is the colour I always make my car in computer driving games. Think of it as kind of... purple smoke in dim light.

[rin]

i love blue and green!!! :)

nice soothing colours :)

red is hot too :)

[Feryl]

Originally posted by katydyd35
yellow..the color of smiles... I think you need to get some of those Macleans whitening strips :D

[Cpt Jellybean]

Deep Blue

[dilligaf]

Green coz it ownz.

Black coz it is mysterious

Red coz it goes faster

[That Bloke]

Originally posted by dilligaf


Black coz it is mysterious


So mysterious that it's not even a colour.

[dilligaf]

Originally posted by That_Bloke
So mysterious that it's not even a colour.

Its a colour to me. i love it, when you wear it, people dont hassle you. Scares people away.

[That Bloke]

Originally posted by dilligaf
when you wear it, people dont hassle you. .

Really? 7-8 years ago I'd found that wearing black brought more hassle around here, now I wear black trousers(usually chords) & the rest is either grey or dark maroon.

[dilligaf]

Originally posted by That_Bloke
Really? 7-8 years ago I'd found that wearing black brought more hassle around here, now I wear black trousers(usually chords) & the rest is either grey or dark maroon.

I wear my trenchcoat most days. Its black and no-one ever talks to me, just the way i like it. :D

[ezer]

when i wear my trench coat, i dont get hassled much either, but there always some, but that leads to a fun game,

who can pick up the most year 7's at once, invert them and lowed them not to carefully.

[That Bloke]

Originally posted by dilligaf
I wear my trenchcoat most days. Its black and no-one ever talks to me, just the way i like it. :D

I once had me an awesome grey heavy woolen German trenchcoat(Formerly issued to Ran Schuppan) but it was stolen out of a mate's Cortina...........There was a stereo that wasn't even screwed in but no, they didn't want that, they had to take the fucking coat.

[johny_roberts]

Light blue kind of like the background here. My truck is blue, eyes are blue and as of late my balls are blue :D I guess blue suites me........:banana:

[bassbogan]

black and red.....just cause.

[TheAwesome]

Blue



just cause

[Androssi]

After much contemplation, i think baby blue is my favourite colour. BUT i also think that too much of it would send me insane......or gay.

[Elf_Girl]

you're all gonna think im crazy. I like hot pink, or metallic purple. my bedroom is a rly thick pink so its good enough tehehehehehheheeee...

[pnkru`]

Fav colour is Navy blue. Anything blue I like. I only ever wear blue. Always gotta have blue. There is no other colour that came come close to the goodness of Blue and that is final. :D