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Changing colors

tommen September 12, 2020 at 19:55 3025 views 11 comments
What could be something, can be anything, that if you change its color to white it will get a whole different meaning ?
i'm taking a design course and i have a task to make a project and its theme is "white",
so i'm trying to go with this direction
will appreciate any idea :)

Comments (11)

TheMadFool September 12, 2020 at 20:11 #451628
Surprise your instructor or whoever will assess your work by using all the colors in the rainbow. White, after all, is a fusion of all colors. White gives you virtually unlimited freedom as far as hues go.
Deleted User September 12, 2020 at 20:48 #451632
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jgill September 12, 2020 at 20:56 #451634
A highly colored painting turned to pure white leaves nothing but an empty canvas.
Nils Loc September 12, 2020 at 23:14 #451652
Smithsonian Magazine: True Colors, by Matthew Gurewitsch

Teeth are important these days for the sake of making an impression. Show up to class with a mouth full of char-coaled teeth, red teeth, yellow teeth, blue teeth, green teeth. Folks might take a guess as to what you've been eating... Or just how sane you might be.
praxis September 13, 2020 at 01:37 #451694
Quoting tommen
What could be something, can be anything, that if you change its color to white it will get a whole different meaning ?


A person.
creativesoul September 13, 2020 at 01:39 #451696
Reply to praxis

:smirk:
praxis September 13, 2020 at 15:54 #451795
Reply to creativesoul

No? Okay, how about a wedding dress. A black dress would make a statement, of some sort.

According to vowsbridal.com, a black dress represents power, sexuality, sophistication, formality, wealth, mystery, depth, and best of all, sheer style.
Metaphysician Undercover September 13, 2020 at 16:45 #451817
Quoting tommen
What could be something, can be anything, that if you change its color to white it will get a whole different meaning ?


Try any colour, or black is the best. If you change black to white it gets a whole different meaning.

Seriously though, anything which has a particular colour as part of its essential nature takes on a different meaning if you change its colour. So the sky for example is blue, but if it goes to white, we go from a clear day to a cloudy day. And if the sky goes black, we go from day to night. Or, the grass is green. But if the grass goes to white there is a problem here, and if goes to black, it changes from living to dead.

There are many things you can think of, whose colour is essential to their nature, an orange is orange, the night is black, etc., and if you change the colour of one of these things, that will produce a whole different meaning, because it throws an element of incoherency at you. 'The night was an eerie shade of white.'
ssu September 13, 2020 at 20:44 #451879
Quoting praxis
No? Okay, how about a wedding dress. A black dress would make a statement, of some sort.


Actually here the traditional bride's dress was black.

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_db September 13, 2020 at 21:41 #451905
Reply to tommen Albinism. Or maybe just skin pigmentation in general, which means so much to so many for such dumb reasons.
praxis September 14, 2020 at 04:04 #451983
Reply to ssu

Ah, but the veil is white, and judging by the expression on her face is like a flag signaling surrender.