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Isle of Skye

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If you could be a color, what would you be?

_________________
Skye
...the intense blue of an Arizona summer sky.....

s_honey

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The Tourquoise found in the Indian Tears jewerly.


Isle of Skye wrote in message <79ogi7$4...@journal.concentric.net>...

Anamanda

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Skye, as usual, giving us a treat asks:


>If you could be a color, what would you be?
>

Midnight blue....Deep, dark, satiny

Smiles from the Pacific Northwest
Anamanda

Dan Mckinnon

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Isle of Skye <cgc...@concentric.net> wrote:
> If you could be a color, what would you be?

Paisley!

HEre's the story: in the 70's, I had a favourite patterned shirt
that was a deep blue-purple. SOmebody told me it was "Paisley".
For a long time, I thought that referred to the _colour_! <G>

Dan

> _________________
> Skye
> ...the intense blue of an Arizona summer sky.....

--

"Mrs. Peel, we're needed."

Rick

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Isle of Skye wrote:
>
> If you could be a color, what would you be?
>
> _________________
> Skye
> ...the intense blue of an Arizona summer sky.....

The green of Earth's renewal.

Frank

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On Tue, 09 Feb 1999 13:29:19 -0500, Rick <recl...@stc.net>
wrote:

Those five words are so evocative.

Frank

A.L. Lamb

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In article <79ogi7$4...@journal.concentric.net>, Isle of Skye
<cgc...@concentric.net> writes

>If you could be a color, what would you be?
>
>_________________
>Skye
>...the intense blue of an Arizona summer sky.....

On most days yellow, ...happy, bright, cheerful, positive. On certain
days red, ....an "in your face" sort of colour, assertive, ready to
fight for something I believe in. I always feel I'm a primary colour
though, no wishy-washy pastels for me!

Angela.

Rick

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Frank wrote:
>
> On Tue, 09 Feb 1999 13:29:19 -0500, Rick <recl...@stc.net>
> wrote:
>
> >Isle of Skye wrote:
> >>
> >> If you could be a color, what would you be?
> >>
> >> _________________
> >> Skye
> >> ...the intense blue of an Arizona summer sky.....
> >
> >The green of Earth's renewal.
>
> Those five words are so evocative.
>
> Frank

What can I say? I'm a Spring type person! <g>

matt or suzanne

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Just watch out for those spring storms..they can be doosies<g>
Suzanne

Rick

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Hi, Duchess!! Stick around and post some. These are nice folks.
Everybody, this is Suzanne. She is a nice lady from W.Virginia. And she
likes chocolate, too. <g>

Yes, Suzanne, the storms can be awesome. We have been having nice
springtype weather for about two weeks but it will change this week.
Starting with a bad hail storm today and getting really cold again this
weekend. Bummer. I had some outside work to do this weekend. :-(
Oh, well, if work was fun, everybody would want to do it. <g>

matt or suzanne

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Thanks Rick. I just might do that.
Suzanne

Powakee

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green, that way when i layed down on the grass in the park no body could
find me - unless i was wearing orange clothes and then i think i'd look
pretty bizarr

john
in the desert - where most things are one of 256 shades of brown

Anamanda

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John obviously knowing nothing of buffalos stated:

>green, that way when i layed down on the grass in the park no body could
>find me - unless i was wearing orange clothes and then i think i'd look
>pretty bizarr
>

Baby buffalo are orange when they are born and it is to hide them from coyotes,
because the predators are color blind and thus unable to spot the babes in the
tall grass....ain't Ma Nature grand?
So John, you will be safe from the coyotes in your orange apparel. Errrrrrr,
John, you don't really resemble a buffalo do you?.

Spuddie

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On 08 Feb 1999 21:20:07 PST, "Isle of Skye" <cgc...@concentric.net>
asked

>If you could be a color, what would you be?
>
>_________________
>Skye
>...the intense blue of an Arizona summer sky.....

Magnificent deep royal purple

Cheryl

~~~Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives,
and some weave gold thread. Both contribute to make
the whole picture beautiful and unique.~~~ (Unknown)

Dan Mckinnon

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Anamanda <anam...@aol.com> wrote:

Okay, remember I am a skeptic by nature, I'm logical, and I question
things....

> Baby buffalo are orange when they are born and it is to hide them
> from coyotes,
> because the predators are color blind

Okay, now - if the predators are _colour_ blind, why does the _colour_
of the baby buffalo _matter_! ?....<G>

Now, they still see in shades of gray, and it would be advantageous for
the babies to be the same shade of gray ( and pattern if possible) as
their surroundings...

and thus unable to spot the babes in the
> tall grass...

So now you are saying it is the _tall_ grass_ that is hiding them! <G>

Dan

> Smiles from the Pacific Northwest
> Anamanda

--

Alan

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>> > > > On Tue, 09 Feb 1999 13:29:19 -0500, Rick <recl...@stc.net>
>> > > > wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > >Isle of Skye wrote:
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> If you could be a color, what would you be?
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> _________________
>> > > > >> Skye
>> > > > >> ...the intense blue of an Arizona summer sky.....


Awwwwww...shucks...that would have to be MAUVE!!!!!

Alan

Cathy:)

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A.L. Lamb wrote in message ...

>In article <79ogi7$4...@journal.concentric.net>, Isle of Skye
><cgc...@concentric.net> writes
>>If you could be a color, what would you be?
>>
>>_________________
>>Skye
>>...the intense blue of an Arizona summer sky.....
>
>On most days yellow, ...happy, bright, cheerful, positive. On certain
>days red, ....an "in your face" sort of colour, assertive, ready to
>fight for something I believe in. I always feel I'm a primary colour
>though, no wishy-washy pastels for me!
>
>Angela.

I enjoy the wishy- washy pastels. They remind me of Spring and Easter
colors. My favorite is pink. My poor husband has to share a pink bedroom
with me. Pink reminds me of being a "lady" for some reason. Maybe cuz most
times I am not. LOL!!! That was a joke, folks. I really and truly can act
like a lady. :)
Cathy:)

Frank

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On Tue, 09 Feb 1999 17:46:07 -0500, Rick <recl...@stc.net>
wrote:

>Frank wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 09 Feb 1999 13:29:19 -0500, Rick <recl...@stc.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Isle of Skye wrote:
>> >>

>> >> If you could be a color, what would you be?
>> >>
>> >> _________________
>> >> Skye
>> >> ...the intense blue of an Arizona summer sky.....
>> >

>> >The green of Earth's renewal.
>>
>> Those five words are so evocative.
>>
>> Frank
>
>What can I say? I'm a Spring type person! <g>

I guess I'm a word type person. <g>

Frank


Dazzy Deb

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"Isle of Skye" <cgc...@concentric.net> wrote:

>If you could be a color, what would you be?

Your latest questions I'm having a hard time answering. I'm soooooo
complicated. <BWG>

Dazzy Deb
Heaven Doesn't Want Me, and Hell is Afraid I'll Take Over


Karen Ferguson

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On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 13:47:58 -0000, "Alan" <bag...@dial.pipex.com>
wrote:

>
>>> > > > On Tue, 09 Feb 1999 13:29:19 -0500, Rick <recl...@stc.net>
>>> > > > wrote:
>>> > > >

>>> > > > >Isle of Skye wrote:
>>> > > > >>
>>> > > > >> If you could be a color, what would you be?
>>> > > > >>

>>> > > > >> _________________
>>> > > > >> Skye
>>> > > > >> ...the intense blue of an Arizona summer sky.....
>
>

>Awwwwww...shucks...that would have to be MAUVE!!!!!
>
>Alan

But, you already are!! Aren't ya??

Karen

(change shy to ca to reply)


Alan

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Karen Ferguson wrote in message <36c250bc...@news.magma.ca>...

Lololol...and you wouldn't of had anything to do with that...
would ya???....

Alan

Karen Ferguson

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On Thu, 11 Feb 1999 10:01:44 -0000, "Alan" <bag...@dial.pipex.com>
wrote:

>
>Karen Ferguson wrote in message <36c250bc...@news.magma.ca>...
>>On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 13:47:58 -0000, "Alan" <bag...@dial.pipex.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>> > > > On Tue, 09 Feb 1999 13:29:19 -0500, Rick <recl...@stc.net>
>>>>> > > > wrote:
>>>>> > > >
>>>>> > > > >Isle of Skye wrote:
>>>>> > > > >>
>>>>> > > > >> If you could be a color, what would you be?
>>>>> > > > >>
>>>>> > > > >> _________________
>>>>> > > > >> Skye
>>>>> > > > >> ...the intense blue of an Arizona summer sky.....
>>>
>>>
>>>Awwwwww...shucks...that would have to be MAUVE!!!!!
>>>
>>>Alan
>>
>>But, you already are!! Aren't ya??
>>
>>Karen
>

>Lololol...and you wouldn't of had anything to do with that...
>would ya???....
>
>Alan

Me!!?? Oh no.....color me innocent! 0:-)

Ed Hawley

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Black, so I could represent all colors....

Ed.

Jean Walton

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Based on today I'd have to be a rainbow because I was Red when I got mad
with the terrible teen, in Royal Blue mood when training the new guy on the
group at work, Orange (or mental) trying to figure out this new package
we've been given, Green with envy when I heard someone in our office had won
a balloon trip as a prize (I'd love to do that), Black despair on arriving
home and reading my bank statement and White and drifting as i lazily browse
through this newsgroup.

Frank wrote in message <36c68e23...@supernews.spectra.net>...


>On Tue, 09 Feb 1999 13:29:19 -0500, Rick <recl...@stc.net>
>wrote:
>

>>Isle of Skye wrote:
>>>
>>> If you could be a color, what would you be?
>>>
>>> _________________
>>> Skye
>>> ...the intense blue of an Arizona summer sky.....
>>

Dan Mckinnon

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Ed Hawley <th...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Black, so I could represent all colors....

Ed, isn't black the ABSENCE of all colour! <G>

(Or am I misunderstanding ...?)

It's black at night because there is no light....

White is composed of all colours...

Dan

> Ed.

Alan

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Karen Ferguson wrote in message <36c2e05b...@news.magma.ca>...

>On Thu, 11 Feb 1999 10:01:44 -0000, "Alan" <bag...@dial.pipex.com>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>Karen Ferguson wrote in message <36c250bc...@news.magma.ca>...
>>>On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 13:47:58 -0000, "Alan" <bag...@dial.pipex.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> > > > On Tue, 09 Feb 1999 13:29:19 -0500, Rick <recl...@stc.net>
>>>>>> > > > wrote:
>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>> > > > >Isle of Skye wrote:
>>>>>> > > > >>
>>>>>> > > > >> If you could be a color, what would you be?
>>>>>> > > > >>
>>>>>> > > > >> _________________
>>>>>> > > > >> Skye
>>>>>> > > > >> ...the intense blue of an Arizona summer sky.....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Awwwwww...shucks...that would have to be MAUVE!!!!!
>>>>
>>>>Alan
>>>
>>>But, you already are!! Aren't ya??
>>>
>>>Karen
>>
>>Lololol...and you wouldn't of had anything to do with that...
>>would ya???....
>>
>>Alan
>
>Me!!?? Oh no.....color me innocent! 0:-)
>
>Karen
>
>(change shy to ca to reply)
>

I would if I could think of an innocent color!!!

Alan

Cathy:)

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Don't know about that Dan. If you have a color cartridge in your printer and
you want to print in black, all the colors together make black. So maybe Ed
is right.
Cathy:)
Dan Mckinnon wrote in message <79vnos$fvk$3...@news.interlog.com>...

Karen Ferguson

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>I would if I could think of an innocent color!!!
>
>Alan

Ummm...how about pink?? That sounds innocent enough eh?

Nadine

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Alan wrote:
>
> Karen Ferguson wrote in message <36c2e05b...@news.magma.ca>...
> >On Thu, 11 Feb 1999 10:01:44 -0000, "Alan" <bag...@dial.pipex.com>
> >wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>Karen Ferguson wrote in message <36c250bc...@news.magma.ca>...
> >>>On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 13:47:58 -0000, "Alan" <bag...@dial.pipex.com>
> >>>wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>> > > > On Tue, 09 Feb 1999 13:29:19 -0500, Rick <recl...@stc.net>
> >>>>>> > > > wrote:
> >>>>>> > > >
> >>>>>> > > > >Isle of Skye wrote:
> >>>>>> > > > >>
> >>>>>> > > > >> If you could be a color, what would you be?
> >>>>>> > > > >>
> >>>>>> > > > >> _________________
> >>>>>> > > > >> Skye
> >>>>>> > > > >> ...the intense blue of an Arizona summer sky.....
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Awwwwww...shucks...that would have to be MAUVE!!!!!
> >>>>
> >>>>Alan
> >>>
> >>>But, you already are!! Aren't ya??
> >>>
> >>>Karen
> >>
> >>Lololol...and you wouldn't of had anything to do with that...
> >>would ya???....
> >>
> >>Alan
> >
> >Me!!?? Oh no.....color me innocent! 0:-)
> >
> >Karen
> >
> >(change shy to ca to reply)
> >
>
> I would if I could think of an innocent color!!!
>
> Alan

There is no innocent color on the
face of this earth that could discribe
Karen because she just isn't that innocent

Nadine


A.L. Lamb

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In article <79s72h$gcm$1...@node17.cwnet.frontiernet.net>, Cathy:)
<bu...@frontiernet.net> writes

>
>A.L. Lamb wrote in message ...
>>In article <79ogi7$4...@journal.concentric.net>, Isle of Skye
>><cgc...@concentric.net> writes
>>>If you could be a color, what would you be?
>>>
>>>_________________
>>>Skye
>>>...the intense blue of an Arizona summer sky.....
>>
>>On most days yellow, ...happy, bright, cheerful, positive. On certain
>>days red, ....an "in your face" sort of colour, assertive, ready to
>>fight for something I believe in. I always feel I'm a primary colour
>>though, no wishy-washy pastels for me!
>>
>>Angela.
>
>I enjoy the wishy- washy pastels. They remind me of Spring and Easter
>colors. My favorite is pink. My poor husband has to share a pink bedroom
>with me. Pink reminds me of being a "lady" for some reason. Maybe cuz most
>times I am not. LOL!!! That was a joke, folks. I really and truly can act
>like a lady. :)
>Cathy:)

My bedroom was already nicely decorated in peach and cream when I moved
into this house Cathy, so I really had no excuse to change it, but I did
Neil's in yellow!

Angela.

Cathy:)

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A.L. Lamb wrote in message
>
>My bedroom was already nicely decorated in peach and cream when I moved
>into this house Cathy, so I really had no excuse to change it, but I did
>Neil's in yellow!
>
>Angela.

Was that pastel yellow Angela? The peaches and cream sounds wonderful. It
too sounds very ladylike. I wonder what colors have to say about us? Some
people enjoy the bold bright colors while some of us enjoy the more reserved
lighter colors.
Cathy:)

Dan Mckinnon

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Cathy:) <bu...@frontiernet.net> wrote:
To: "Cathy:)" <bu...@frontiernet.net>
Subject: Re: Something to Ponder #5
Newsgroups: alt.penpals.forty-plus-yrs
In-Reply-To: <79ogi7$4...@journal.concentric.net> <36C2F2C7...@earthlink.net> <79vnos$fvk$3...@news.interlog.com> <7a1j8o$teg$1...@node17.cwnet.frontiernet.net>

In article <7a1j8o$teg$1...@node17.cwnet.frontiernet.net> you wrote:
> Don't know about that Dan. If you have a color cartridge in your printer and
> you want to print in black, all the colors together make black. So maybe Ed
> is right.

Colour is tricky - what you are talking about is _additive_ colour, I
think, and point taken, but...

... when we physically SEE the black that is printed out, it is because
the ink is absorbing all the light waves, and reflecting no light to our
eyes, so our _eyes_ are receiving no colours...

Or think of your computer monitor, which works by _emitting_ light, not
reflecting it. When you see black, it is because the red, green, and blue
electron beams are not illuminating the respective coloured phosphors.
If you DO combine red, green, and blue, at the right leves, you WILL get
white light emitted, which your eye will see! <G>

Dan

> Cathy:)

A.L. Lamb

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In article <7a21om$26ri$1...@node17.cwnet.frontiernet.net>, Cathy:)
<bu...@frontiernet.net> writes
>

No, bright sunshine yellow of course! Mind you, I did choose a cream
three piece when I started buying my "new life" furniture, so I guess I
do have my occasional pastel moments! <G>

Now then, thinking of what colours say about us:
I have mainly had red cars, but this time chose a black car but still
with bright red seats; I re-painted my front door a really shiny black
gloss with brass handles and stuff; my kitchen is bright yellow with the
odd tasteful bright blue and green tulip every now and again in a
ceiling border and all white cupboards and appliances; my living room
and dining room are cream and turquoise with dark oak furniture (hey I
am English after all you know! <G>), my bedroom is peach and cream with
antique pine wood furniture; Neil's room is bright yellow with pale pine
furniture; my study is pink with black furniture (but only because I
haven't decorated it yet and the last owner had it pink!); both
bathrooms are peach and white; my fingernails are red (at the moment)
and I prefer green eye shadow! Oh and absolutely nothing in my house,
wardrobe or life is **ever** pastel blue ....yuk! So,...Any psycho-
analysts in the house? <G>

Angela.

MistySky7

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Skye ... I like your color. When I lived in Arizona I went by Dustysky, for
the reds, oranges and deep blues of the sky there as the sunset. I would have
to say mauve for myself. A cool, tranquil color. In reality and if you asked
my husband, he would say more a bright red for my very Aries personality ...
lol.


Shirley

"Like is just too short, to take too serious .....

Kelpie

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<snipped>


>eyes, so our _eyes_ are receiving no colours...

<snipped some more>


>If you DO combine red, green, and blue, at the right leves, you WILL get
>white light emitted, which your eye will see! <G>
>
> Dan
>

Then it all depends on how you look at it? :)

Kelpie

"The important thing is not to stop questioning."
-Albert Einstein

Dan Mckinnon

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Kelpie <kel...@net.ntl.com> wrote:
> >If you DO combine red, green, and blue, at the right leves, you WILL get
> >white light emitted, which your eye will see! <G>
> >
> > Dan
> Then it all depends on how you look at it? :)

LOL - Yes!

And no...<G>

Dan

> Kelpie

Kelpie

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Dan Mckinnon wrote in message <7a4tob$2ki$3...@news.interlog.com>...

>Kelpie <kel...@net.ntl.com> wrote:
>> >If you DO combine red, green, and blue, at the right leves, you WILL get
>> >white light emitted, which your eye will see! <G>
>> >
>> > Dan
>> Then it all depends on how you look at it? :)
>
> LOL - Yes!
>
> And no...<G>
>

Said Dan covering all the options.<G>

> Dan
>
>> Kelpie


arsinee

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Jean Walton wrote:
>
> Based on today I'd have to be a rainbow because I was Red when I got mad
> with the terrible teen, in Royal Blue mood when training the new guy on the
> group at work, Orange (or mental) trying to figure out this new package
> we've been given, Green with envy when I heard someone in our office had won
> a balloon trip as a prize (I'd love to do that), Black despair on arriving
> home and reading my bank statement and White and drifting as i lazily browse
> through this newsgroup.

Talk about passing a ponderable test with flying colours.

Arsinee

Isle of Skye

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arsinee wrote in message <36C823...@total.net>...

I'll second that!

Skye

Gognito

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Hmmmm, what color would I be? I think I would be PURPLE because it relates to
passion (passion, as in, jumping into life and all it has to offer).

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