Re: [KV] Colors (was Re: Movies)

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From: <jfoster@kansas.net>
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Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: [KV] Colors (was Re: Movies)

> <pre>
> Glenn pondered
> > Hmm, wonder what Kra'vak primary colors are ?
> >
> > Maybe Red (blood), White (bone) and ???
>
> Green (skin), pink (circulatory fluid) and purple (nerve/brain tissue)
>
> </pre>
>
> Which assumes they even see in the same spectrum as humans. Has this
been
> discussed in any of the KV 'backstory' stuff?
>
> Also, IIRC, primary colors were chosen because of their 'primacy' in
the
color
> spectrum (and differ from medium to medium) and not necessarily
because of
> species preference. Then again, it's not like there's another species
that's
> voiced an opinion on the subject (to my
> knowledge...)
>
>
This raises the question of what are the primary colours if the KV see
in
IR. The primary colours are such that mixing them produces the other
colours
WE can see, but wouldn`t it be different if the KV visual spectrum is
shifted up (?) the frequency?