Tolkien in General

Isn't that more a question of classification/semantics though?

As opposed to what? Colour is a classification system after all.

Also according to Wikipedia...

Wikipedia wrote: "A dark blue eyeliner was applied on set to accentuate Powell's blue eyes"  [Blum, Edward J.; Harvey, Paul (2012). The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America. University of North Carolina Press]

And I'm glad to see we are back on topic!

David H wrote:As opposed to what? Colour is a classification system after all.

Yeah, I guess I would say that's a difference in classification, not perception.

It's a good question how much our mental classification affects perception. Take the fact that people of one language group often can't even hear differences in sounds that are fundamental to other language groups, or we don't realize how a vowel sound permutates depending on the word it's in. Same with color, which permutates depending on the surrounding colors.

But going back to the fundamentals of color, there's physical color which would be classified by the wavelength of light, then the physiologically identical color that comes from mixing two different wavelengths, like the purple being a combination of red and blue mentioned above. Or yellow being a mixture of red and green (additive colors, not subtractive like paint). Our brain is doing so much behind the scenes.

Elthir wrote:

"A dark blue eyeliner was applied on set to accentuate Powell's blue eyes"  [Blum, Edward J.; Harvey, Paul (2012). The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America. University of North Carolina Press]

So what do you think of Blum's book, Elthir? And more importantly, does it happen to mention what brand of eyeliner Jesus wore? {"Dark Blue" varies so much from brand to brand you know. }

Reminds me of Tolkien.

That is really nice.

Yeah I really like that too.

There's something about it, cosy

You guys think that there airconditioner unit mounted under the eaves helps it to feel cosy?

imagine they are pigeon boxes

synaesthesia is weird stuff. some people can hear, taste or smell colours. I wonder if they can see colours we cant?

I knew someone who heard colors. She also had perfect pitch, and every pitch was a different color to her. She couldn't stand listening to anything not tuned to concert pitch: I have to wonder what colors it made her see, or if she just grayed them all out.

halfwise wrote:I knew someone who heard colors.  She also had perfect pitch, and every pitch was a different color to her.  She couldn't stand listening to anything not tuned to concert pitch: I have to wonder what colors it made her see, or if she just grayed them all out.

Or if she was looking at horses, if she just whited them out

I have to at this point, it's in my 2015 contract with Forumshire.

Back to chuffing horses
Are you trying to get the last word Elthir ?

Yep, and that last word is mithroch (pronounce -ch as in German ach, and think mith as in Sindarin for "grey").

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Lord-Rings-J-R-R-Tolkien/dp/0544636341/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1450706048&sr=8-1

My sister-in-law is a pretty big Tolkien fan, so I got her this book for Christmas. I was paging through it while I was in Barnes and Nobel yesterday, and I'm kinda wishing I had bought one for myself too. I'm going to peruse through it again before I wrap it, but what I've seen so far is really impressive. This includes all of Tolkien's art, maps, and calligraphy during his time writing Lord of the Rings. I'm currently look at 8 illustrations showing the evolution of the inscription on the One Ring from first manuscript to final publication.

The commentary accompanying each set of images is well written and researched. The entire book is about 240 pages in length, and while I'm only about 30 pages in I can tell this would be a great purchase for any Tolkien fan on your Christmas list or for yourself.

I have that book, and highly recommend it! What's interesting is they go into all the backstory behind it - where Tolkien was in life, etc. As good to read as it is to look at.

I flipped through it as well. Another quality Hammond & Scull book, but I wasn't prepared to spend that much on it. I do have a couple of other Tolkien-related books on my Christmas list though.

Yeah it was a bit much, and I bought The Art of The Force Awakens for my brother. My wallet was like but I'm trying to get away from buying gift cards, at least for this year.

Not seen that one before- nice.

Not sure where to put this, but here goes. Might be old but i havn't seen it.

I enjoyed that