auggie Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I'm American so gray but for some reason when I was young I came to the conclusion that when you were describing a person (eyes, hair, etc.) you used grey. I still find myself doing this occasionally. Link to post Share on other sites
_Kes_ Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Grey. Can't quite say why, but gray bothers me to no end. And I'm from Cali. Link to post Share on other sites
orangeisthenewiloveyou Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 i voted "grey," and i'm in America Oh, I had thought the spelling gray was a bit of wit combining grey-a together. It honestly hadn't occurred to me that it was the US spelling. i do really like this, though Link to post Share on other sites
Caspian Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Ok, this doesn't seem to be progressing toward a resolution, so I propose another compromise: "light black." Thoughts? :lol: Link to post Share on other sites
Wineblood Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Ok, this doesn't seem to be progressing toward a resolution, so I propose another compromise: "light black." Thoughts? :lol: Please, it's obviously "Dark White". Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Black-ish Link to post Share on other sites
Faelights Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Blackish white? Whitish black? XD Link to post Share on other sites
Caspian Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Noooo!! Ok, this compromise clearly isn't working. New idea: Let's call it "#878787". That's the RGB color code for THIS COLOR. It lies exactly in the middle between black (#000000) and white (#ffffff). EDIT: If the color doesn't appear to be exactly in the middle between black and white, keep in mind that the background against you're viewing it has some color which may bias your eyes. Link to post Share on other sites
Member33070 Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 Noooo!! Ok, this compromise clearly isn't working. New idea: Let's call it "#878787". That's the RGB color code for THIS COLOR. It lies exactly in the middle between black (#000000) and white (#ffffff). EDIT: If the color doesn't appear to be exactly in the middle between black and white, keep in mind that the background against you're viewing it has some color which may bias your eyes. But then that implies that grays are in the middle of the spectrum exactly, and a bunch of them aren't. In general I like your idea though. :P (I kind of wish it was possible to have the definition so concrete that we could make a quiz that would give grays their hex code color of their orientation...lol...but that will never happen and I would hate it if life was that simple anyway!) Link to post Share on other sites
Cirdan Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 It's actually impossible to show a completely middle shade on a computer. The closest middle shade between #0000000 and #ffffff is #7f7f7f, or possibly #808080. #878787 would be slightly towards white (sexual end of the spectrum....) 00 = 0, ff=255 (0+255)/2=127.5 - normally this would be rounded up mathematically but computers tend to just ignore any non integer component unless you instruct them otherwise.... 127=7f, 128=80 Link to post Share on other sites
Caspian Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Oh, oh.... hmm... yeah, I did that wrong. How in the world did I come up with 87? Yeah, something clearly went wrong with my algebra. Link to post Share on other sites
Jillianimal Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 I go with gray cause I'm a silly American. I didn't think so many people use the "e". Link to post Share on other sites
cometa Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Noooo!! Ok, this compromise clearly isn't working. New idea: Let's call it "#878787". That's the RGB color code for THIS COLOR. It lies exactly in the middle between black (#000000) and white (#ffffff). EDIT: If the color doesn't appear to be exactly in the middle between black and white, keep in mind that the background against you're viewing it has some color which may bias your eyes. But then that implies that grays are in the middle of the spectrum exactly, and a bunch of them aren't. In general I like your idea though. :P (I kind of wish it was possible to have the definition so concrete that we could make a quiz that would give grays their hex code color of their orientation...lol...but that will never happen and I would hate it if life was that simple anyway!) People could pick the hex code for the colour that suits where their sexuality lies. But that could get complicated. Link to post Share on other sites
Murmur Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I spell it both ways, but I favor "grey". Link to post Share on other sites
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