Re: Colors

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

I wonder if most (all) cultures consider consonant cords pleasant (major), and
dissonant not (diminished 7th).  If so , it might be "genetic."  does the same
(as Eliz. suggests may) apply to colour combos?

bc


"Elizabeth J. Pyatt" wrote:

> > I don't have the reference but I recall an article from a language study
> > about the names that colors have and the fact that different languages have
> not always divided the color spectrum up the same way.

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> Also as a sticher, I would think that since similar color
> combinations are used often and are considered pleasing that most
> people are in fact reacting the same way to the same wavelengths. If
> blue and red were radically different for everyone, I'm not sure the
> combination of red and blue would be pleasing for everyone. Yet 'red'
> and 'blue' is considered to be a very classic color combination.
>
> Just my two cents there.
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> Elizabeth
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