What Color Is This Owl?

[seoulsearch]

there are shades, tones, and tints of pure colors, which in Winston's case appears to be blue.

And the Pantone Color Matching system is a largely standardized color reproduction system.

I'd say Winstone is Cornflower Blue.
This was my initial leaning and comparison shows that my eye for color is fairly spot on.

I absolutely loved these charts, thank you so much for posting them!!

I LOVE color and the endless variations of it. One of the things I look forward to in heaven is seeing colors we've never seen before, and all the variations of things that will probably be familiar to us, but will all be brand-new.

 

[seoulsearch]

Blue green is NOT a calming color, not when it is worn by a pushy, needy owl...

Uh oh!..

Here we go...

What? Blue green has made me nervous ever since the meetup. I think I have PTWD. Post-Traumatic Winston Disorder. Every time I see that particular shade I jump and automatically make sure I know where the exit is.

Winston is a bit cautious around humans. His track record is a bit sketchy to say the least. When my nephews were little, they used to grab him with grubby hands, hang him by his ears, and toss him through the air like a football.

Winston's experience at a meetup with about 5 other CC'ers was also quite checkered:

* Rodney and Pippy gave him pats, a cuddle or two, and offered to share food.
* Winston made fast friends with Miss Pippy's bunny slippers, Fuzzy and Wuzzy (I named them -- so yes I can admit to pushing my delusions on everyone around me!)
* Cinder tried to strangle Winston in her sleep.
* Winston was very curious about The One Who Identifies As a Faraway Cat (Lynx,) and tried to go on for a hug. He was also curious about what Lynx was eating (unless it was that abominable cow tongue!!) But Lynx wasn't having any of it and poor Winston felt a bit rejected. But Winston is a survivor! He will go on to conquer future meetups!

(Lynx does indeed give me the "Calvin and Hobbes" treatment when it comes to my little jokes involved inanimate friends. It makes for some great comedic moments and we are always bantering about something.)

I want to sincerely thank everyone who has been participating in this thread!!! It's been so much fun to read the replies and I really appreciate that others here have such great senses of humor/willingness to discuss even the silliest things.

Life is so serious and downtrodden at times, it's really nice to have Christian friends to kick back and have a few laughs with.

 

[seoulsearch]

This exercise has been another God wink for me, seeing the color as Lake blue connects it to the symbolism of the Hebrew letter "mem," which is water.

Wow, this is super interesting. I've read different summaries of what various colors symbolize in the Bible.

I've always wondered what your username meant, so thank you very much for explaining! It is amazing how many different properties God packed into water (healing, calming, something to be very cautious around, etc.)

I love that you went into detail about the different shades, descriptions, wordings, etc. Details like this aren't one of my strong points (I can only dig so deep) but I find it fascinating and really enjoy seeing others with that kind of talent sharing their depth of knowledge.

 

[Mem]

I absolutely loved these charts, thank you so much for posting them!!

I LOVE color and the endless variations of it. One of the things I look forward to in heaven is seeing colors we've never seen before, and all the variations of things that will probably be familiar to us, but will all be brand-new.

I sometimes wonder if I'd been given small glimpses of perfect harmony in all of existence, when God is all in all. I was tending to my flowers recently and a four-armed hanging basket stand with I also attached a wind chime to and used to have a hummingbird feeder suspended from. I don't have the hummingbird feeder there this year because as far as I could see, it attracted no hummingbirds. And, just as I was sighing with a resignation that it would never be that any hummingbirds ever visit my garden, I noticed quick movement beside me and had flown right up to within arm reach, but just for a few seconds because it left again when I turned my head toward it (thinking that I might get a chance to 'stare'? at it... haaaa!). I don't know if it realized that I was there or exactly what attracted it. If I was a hummingbird whisper, tho, I think it was say, "Ah, yes! impatients. I love love love them!"

 

[NewLifeInChrist]

Hey Everyone,

I may or may not own a little guy who looks exactly like this:

(What can I say, I enjoy the simple things in life.)

His name is Winston.

I have an ongoing... discussion... with a friend about what color Winston is.

My friend says Winston is mint green.

I say Winston is turquoise (mix of green and blue, leaning more blue.)

* What do YOU all think? What color is Winston?

I personally find color, and all aspects of it to be fascinating.

* Do you have colors you have a hard time telling apart? (peach vs. pink, lavender vs. purple, blues vs. green, etc.)

* Are there any time when you have others pick out colors for/instead of you because you can't describe/tell what they are?

* Does anyone struggle with color blindness, and what have your experiences been? I once knew a guy who could only see variations of white, black, and gray, so when he was driving, he had to go by whether the top, middle, or lowest light was on. I'm not sure what he did for flashing arrows of varying color though. Has anyone else dealt with this?

* Do you dream in color, black and white, or both?

Your friend may have cataracts. They tend to add yellow to images, thus making this owl look more green.

 

[seoulsearch]

Your friend may have cataracts. They tend to add yellow to images, thus making this owl look more green.

This is a quite logical and reasonable suggestion.

And I'm sure this friend will be VERY open to me telling him that, too!!!

HEY, ANONYMOUS FRIEND (@Lynx)!!! ARE YOU SURE YOU DON"T HAVE CATARACTS???!

Now all we have to do is sit and wait. The bait has been set out, and I'm sure he'll be in here to pounce at any minute.

 

[Lynx]

No I don't.

And that picture is still not an accurate representation. Even cinder said so, and you know how objective and logical she can't help but be.

 

[Subhumanoidal]

I've always thought sleep studies, particularly relating to dreams, to be interesting. I believe I that was the subject of my earliest papers I wrote in 7th grade English. I chose the subject of sleep interpretation and so then learned of Freud. I'm sure I might've done better without learning of his theories though. Maybe I'll just chalk it up to a lesson in the practice of shrewdness, so that exercise doesn't seem as wasted.

For a while I experienced a couple of episodes of what I forget the technical term someone told me the phenomenon is called now, but it's where you're just drifting off and then are pulled back awake with a loud BOOM!

Only sleep study I know anything about is the one I did years ago for sleep apnea. 😅
I find the idea of studying more about sleep intriguing, but thinking too much about it makes me anxious when I have to go to sleep. So it's something I don't study.

Hmm... not sure I've ever heard of that.
As a teen I used to doze off in Sunday morning service every week. And I'd get that startled almost launch yourself out of your seat wakeup hahaha. Did it other places too, but church seemed to be the main one. I had to take to sitting in the very back against the wall, to minimize being seen haha.
I don't do it so much now. And when it does happen it's not near as bad.

 

[Mem]

Only sleep study I know anything about is the one I did years ago for sleep apnea. 😅
I find the idea of studying more about sleep intriguing, but thinking too much about it makes me anxious when I have to go to sleep. So it's something I don't study.

Hmm... not sure I've ever heard of that.
As a teen I used to doze off in Sunday morning service every week. And I'd get that startled almost launch yourself out of your seat wakeup hahaha. Did it other places too, but church seemed to be the main one. I had to take to sitting in the very back against the wall, to minimize being seen haha.
I don't do it so much now. And when it does happen it's not near as bad.

I had to look it up again or it've bugged me until I did. It's EHS, a type of sleeping disorder that isn't as dramatic as it sounds, called Exploding Head Syndrome.

 

[Ruby123]

I would say that Winston is aqua in colour.

 

[Mem]

Do you have colors you have a hard time telling apart? (peach vs. pink, lavender vs. purple, blues vs. green, etc.)

I found this searching for 'semper augustus blue' which is claimed as the rarest blue occuring in nature (but I don't think it is the semper augustus blue I was searching out, ... since it's rare, I guess... 'shrug). It looks lavender purple blue to me.

 

[Mem]

I don't know if the is the 'semper augustus blue' either but it looks like a more definite blue. blue jeans blue maybe

 

[Mem]

I found a description from researchhistory.org (2011, May 14)
it was a tulip of extraordinary beauty, its midnight-blue petals topped by a band of pure white and accented with crimson flares.

oh well, if this is an accurate description, then Winston is definitely not semper augustus blue.... wait, a minute... can't you just ask him what color he is?!

 

[Jesus_Freak21]

I think winston is sky blue. but that is just me!

 

[Cold]

I don't know if the is the 'semper augustus blue' either but it looks like a more definite blue. blue jeans blue maybe

You mean purple jeans?

 

[Mem]

You mean purple jeans?

Indigo serge de Nimes

 

[Cold]

 

[Subhumanoidal]

I've always thought sleep studies, particularly relating to dreams, to be interesting. I believe I that was the subject of my earliest papers I wrote in 7th grade English. I chose the subject of sleep interpretation and so then learned of Freud. I'm sure I might've done better without learning of his theories though. Maybe I'll just chalk it up to a lesson in the practice of shrewdness, so that exercise doesn't seem as wasted.

For a while I experienced a couple of episodes of what I forget the technical term someone told me the phenomenon is called now, but it's where you're just drifting off and then are pulled back awake with a loud BOOM!

Only sleep study I know anything about is the one I did years ago for sleep apnea. 😅
I find the idea of studying more about sleep intriguing, but thinking too much about it makes me anxious when I have to go to sleep. So it's something I don't study.

Hmm... not sure I've ever heard of that.
As a teen I used to doze off in Sunday morning service every week. And I'd get that startled almost launch yourself out of your seat wakeup hahaha. Did it other places too, but church seemed to be the main one. I had to take to sitting in the very back against the wall, to minimize being seen haha.
I don't do it so much now. And when it does happen it's not near as bad.

 

[Subhumanoidal]

The rabbi I used to tune in on that used to have a slot on TCT mentioned why he always wore a yellow tie. I'd never keyed in on that it was a psychology to it but the reality of that only piques my interest more. Why are we drawn to yellow... and alert to red, or is it orange?... and as @seoulsearch apparently has demonstrate, calmed by blue?

Yes, blue is calming.
Wearing black can cause aggressive behavior. A study was done years ago and found that the LA Raiders football team (known for wearing all black) has the highest amount of fouls and penalties of any other team.
Red is not only alerting, but gives off the appearance of being stronger and healthier. So fighters wearing red can sometimes gain a small advantage over other fighters.
I'd never heard of yellow as being a color that draws people in. Perhaps because it's a bit of a weak, mild color. Non-threatening.
I know on the show Scrubs they referenced color psychology a few times haha. "Beautiful in blue, feared in grey" 😂

 

[Subhumanoidal]

I had to look it up again or it've bugged me until I did. It's EHS, a type of sleeping disorder that isn't as dramatic as it sounds, called Exploding Head Syndrome.

Sounds like a bad disorder to have, but that name is hilarious.