absence of white

By disposable

we went from blue...to new

dappled in yellow

dipped in orange

flamed to hot pink

from hot pink to red

and now we're fading fast

from red to grey

and we've never even seen

...white

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© 2008 disposable
Published on Tuesday, December 9, 2008.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • Devilish On Monday, November 28, 2011, Devilish (2633)By person wrote:

    Ok .. Well How nice.... Scholar

  • A former member wrote: time spent along a color chart,..id really like to hear your version of white? Scholar

  • disposable On Tuesday, December 9, 2008, disposable (103)By person wrote:

    *additive

  • disposable On Tuesday, December 9, 2008, disposable (103)By person wrote:

    well ty aleas. i am aware of subtractive colors and i hadn't made the connection. the thought is definitely appreciated and its a very interesting observation! the intention though was to play on colors being our feelings--the subject being love. as in blue=sad and white being the purest form of love. hope i didnt ruin it for you now. lol

  • Aleas On Tuesday, December 9, 2008, Aleas (169)By person wrote:

    Kind of interesting. Humans see in spectrums of red, blue and green. When all three cones are activated, that's when we see white. So to say "we've never even seen white" is to say despite it all, we've really been blind all along. Not sure if that's what you were intending, but it's still a neat little connection.

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