Attention, Swan!
3/20/2006 10:55:00 AM
My uncle thinks he's clever, but he thinks I'm cleverer. Prove you're the cleverest in the comments, and answer his answerless question: "Why is a blue tarp blue?"
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Blue has the shortest wavelength range of the three additive primary colors. Within the visible wavelength spectrum, violet and blue wavelengths are scattered more efficiently than other wavelengths. This means that it won't reflect light energy as much as lighter colors nor will it absorb it as much as darker colors.
Or maybe its just because a blue snooker ball has a 5 point value.
posted at 11:36 AM
compositing.
posted at 11:45 AM
Man, I was going to say it had something to do with the Smurfs and Gargamel, but then Pablo went all "big brains" on us. Now I feel dumb(er).
posted at 1:34 PM
Bah. I'm sure it's a direct copy from wikipedia or something.
Hahah. That's funny. I wrote that before realizing he actually links to the wikipedia entry in his post. Sigh.
Before posting this entry, I was hoping that there would be an answer out there somewhere, but Google turned up empty. Maybe my blog will become the resource for the answer to this question. Finally, a niche.
posted at 1:38 PM
I actually already knew that blue has the shortest wavelength... but I linked to WP so that you guys would actually believe me! :)
posted at 4:12 PM
Because if it was green we wouldn't know where to stop mowing.
posted at 4:17 PM
similiar to Amberance response. If it was green then it would be a green tarp.
posted at 9:18 AM
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