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Ryokotsusai Posts: 248 Joined: 10/5/2005 Status: offline	Does Gravity have a color? - 2/27/2007 0:26:58 This may seem a little bit wierd, but does anybody have any ideas on what colors, if any, can be tied to gravity... I am working on a web site, that is based, in name, and soon to be in design on gravity, but I have no idea what colors I would use, as i have never actually seen gravity itself any ideas would help, thanks _____________________________ The world is more like it is now than it ever has been before. --Dwight Eisenhower


jaybee Posts: 14207 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: Does Gravity have a color? - 2/27/2007 5:03:05 And I thought I had problems with bicycle parts. Gravity is sort of, well it's, kind of, errrr, sort of nothing coloured. Isn't it? The only colour that leapt to mind was a sort of see through pale grey ish with sparkly bits. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to Ryokotsusai)


Nicole Posts: 2855 Joined: 9/15/2004 From: Nambucca / Kempsey, Australia Status: offline	RE: Does Gravity have a color? - 2/27/2007 5:07:53 quote: ORIGINAL: jaybee sort of see through pale grey ish with sparkly bits. Make it transparent! _____________________________ (in reply to jaybee)


jaybee Posts: 14207 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: Does Gravity have a color? - 2/27/2007 5:11:19 Type gravity into Google and then hit the Images search. Seems nobody has any idea what gravity looks like although there are a couple of pictures of gravity measurements. Wouldn't do a site in those colours though. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to jaybee)


Donkey Posts: 3929 Joined: 11/13/2001 From: Blackfield United Kingdom Status: offline	RE: Does Gravity have a color? - 2/27/2007 6:36:22 .gravity{color: transparent;} unless of course it's a typo and you mean gravy which is thick and brown. _____________________________ I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't. Samuel Clemens (in reply to jaybee)


Ryokotsusai Posts: 248 Joined: 10/5/2005 Status: offline	RE: Does Gravity have a color? - 2/27/2007 8:30:05 I don't know if they would appreciate an "invisible site" although I think it would make things easy on me, and grey was the only color i could think of too <.< maybe pale colors, just off of grey... i don't know I'm not super worried, its for a friend, and its not like i have a short amount of time to get everything done quote: unless of course it's a typo and you mean gravy which is thick and brown. mmm... gravy... strangely I feel hungry... _____________________________ The world is more like it is now than it ever has been before. --Dwight Eisenhower (in reply to Donkey)


Mike54 Posts: 4796 Joined: 3/26/2001 From: Way Up Over Status: offline	RE: Does Gravity have a color? - 2/27/2007 9:15:01 You could go with black. The most intense gravitational force known is a black hole. Of course a "black hole" is technically invisible as no light can escape from it. < Message edited by Mike54 -- 2/27/2007 9:30:27 > _____________________________ Who was the first guy that looked at a cow and said, "I think that I'll drink whatever comes out of those things when I squeeze them"? New photogalleries, stop by sometime. (in reply to Ryokotsusai)


Donkey Posts: 3929 Joined: 11/13/2001 From: Blackfield United Kingdom Status: offline	RE: Does Gravity have a color? - 2/27/2007 9:44:15 I see gravity as a light turquoise with occasional flecks of light green, a sort of underwater vision colour. The logic is: Gravity is what holds us down on the earth The earth is mainly blue /green and white (seen from space) Blue+green+white = light turquoise. _____________________________ I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't. Samuel Clemens (in reply to Mike54)


mtfm Posts: 426 Joined: 1/13/2006 From: Mesa, AZ Status: offline	RE: Does Gravity have a color? - 2/27/2007 11:32:12 Wow, what a metaphysical question! Yellow & Red, if you can pick two colors, a shade of orange if you can only pick one. -Red and yellow are both primary colors and almost as ubiquitous as gravity. -Red and yellow are both very "forceful" colors, and gravity is a force -Red and yellow are the colors of extreme pressure, since extreme pressure builds extreme heat (think of lava-- it is orange, and theory has it that it is heated so much due to the constant pressure of all the earth's crust above it....gravity causes that pressure) -Gravity puts things into motion. Motion equals friction. Friction makes things hot-- ie red hot or hot enough to burst into flames (yellow flames) here's my thinking: To me gravity equals motion or pressure whether real or potential. (I know this isn't technically accurate, but stay with me here...) Gravity is basically a force that tends to put things into motion. When they're not in motion, they "want" to be. Put a cup of water on a table, it is motionless, but take the table away and it falls due to gravity. Also when you think about it, the whole cosmos is constantly in motion, with its motions either being caused by or affected by gravity. So, choose the color of motion and/or pressure and by association you have the color of gravity. To me, it's red and yellow so that's my vote. _____________________________ Is this possible? How about this? What about....? (in reply to Ryokotsusai)


jaybee Posts: 14207 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: Does Gravity have a color? - 2/27/2007 12:18:22 quote: motions either being caused by or affected by gravity. So, choose the color of motion and/or pressure and by association you have the color of gravity. My OH was reading this over my shoulder and decided it should be brown.. but he only read the last bit and assumed you were talking about bodily functions. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to mtfm)


BobbyDouglas Posts: 5479 Joined: 5/15/2003 From: Arizona Status: offline	RE: Does Gravity have a color? - 2/27/2007 14:07:50 I would go with some sort of milky white/gray color. _____________________________ Arizona Web Design - Mr Bobs Web Design in Arizona The Arizona Web Hosting Challenge (in reply to jaybee)

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RE: Does Gravity have a color? - 2/27/2007 14:34:12

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unless of course it's a typo and you mean gravy which is thick and brown.

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My OH was reading this over my shoulder and decided it should be brown

So that's two votes for brown...?

Though for entirely different reasons and at very different stages of the game...

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Is this possible? How about this? What about....?

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womble Posts: 5721 Joined: 3/14/2005 From: Living on the edge Status: offline	RE: Does Gravity have a color? - 2/27/2007 15:56:55 Neon blue _____________________________ ~~ "A cruel god ain't no god at all" ~~ ~~ Erase hate. Practice love. ~~ (in reply to mtfm)


d a v e Posts: 4195 Joined: 7/24/2002 From: England (but live in Finland now) Status: offline	RE: Does Gravity have a color? - 2/27/2007 16:13:07 black _____________________________ David Prescott Gekko web design (in reply to womble)


Ryokotsusai Posts: 248 Joined: 10/5/2005 Status: offline	RE: Does Gravity have a color? - 2/27/2007 19:48:50 Wow, i didn't expect so many responses, or that so many people were willing to think about the color of something invisible Red and yellow, i find, seem to overpower everything else when i use them, but I like orange I had, after I made my second post, these colors in mind, but i am still thinking... Thumbnail Image Attachment (1) _____________________________ The world is more like it is now than it ever has been before. --Dwight Eisenhower (in reply to d a v e)


Nicole Posts: 2855 Joined: 9/15/2004 From: Nambucca / Kempsey, Australia Status: offline	RE: Does Gravity have a color? - 2/28/2007 1:19:47 I think the colours you had in mind, and other shades of grey are a bit too close to sky colours and other sites that talk about wind. Have you searched for ideas from sites about wind? I did just quickly and noticed that they seem to use a lot of blues. I tend to think the colours mentioned in "Tennessee Nights" on this page would be good. _____________________________ (in reply to Ryokotsusai)


Swirl Posts: 2708 From: Cincinnati, Ohio USA Status: offline	RE: Does Gravity have a color? - 2/28/2007 8:51:10 This site has some great color tools. The Color Wizard allows you to select random color combinations. Who knows, you may just land on the perfect scheme. http://www.colorsontheweb.com/colorwizard.asp Altavista (images) had some abstract representations of gravity that you might find helpful. Good luck with the project! Swirl < Message edited by Swirl -- 2/28/2007 13:21:39 > _____________________________ Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. -- Jimi Hendrix (in reply to Nicole)


Donkey Posts: 3929 Joined: 11/13/2001 From: Blackfield United Kingdom Status: offline	RE: Does Gravity have a color? - 2/28/2007 9:28:43 quote: Have you searched for ideas from sites about wind? They all advise a dose of bicarbonate of soda, but that's colourless. So not much help there then. _____________________________ I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't. Samuel Clemens (in reply to Nicole)


Starhugger Posts: 538 Joined: 4/12/2005 Status: offline	RE: Does Gravity have a color? - 3/6/2007 18:47:35 This is an old discussion but it intrigued me so I'll offer my thoughts. When I think of gravity, I don't think of a colour as such, but of shape, contrast and change. Gravity could be conveyed by any image that squashes or bulges it on the bottom, as if it's "landing." I'm thinking of a course in animation I took years ago. One of the hardest things to do in animation is to give the characters a sense of weight and gravity. One of the ways to do that is to show their feet bulging a bit and their body sinking a bit when they take a step, for instance. Or a bouncing ball becoming squished and oval or pear-shaped when it comes in contact with the ground. Something to give the impression that the object is interacting with the ground (and therefore, perhaps, the bottom of the screen), which we tend to associate with gravity. So you might start by looking around some sites on how to create animated figures. I would also consider thinking about images or objects that convey other themes or ideas about the site's topic, and make them look weighted or heavy. In other words, treat "gravity" more like an adjective rather than a noun; a quality rather than the idea itself. We only know gravity is there because of how objects behave as a result of it. You might also play around with different shadow effects that happen when an object is flush against a surface, which might convey the idea that the object is weighted to that surface. I hope you post the URL. I'd love to see what you come up with! Starhugger (in reply to Donkey)


sentinel Posts: 569 Joined: 5/4/2005 From: Chicago, Illinois Status: offline	RE: Does Gravity have a color? - 3/7/2007 14:44:57 Look up images on black holes. Biggest user of gravity thus far in the known universe... =) Personally I think colors related to space would work well. _____________________________ No matter where you go, there you are. (in reply to Starhugger)