infoplease.com— "Like death and taxes, there is no escaping color. It is ubiquitous. Yet what does it all mean? Why are people more relaxed in green rooms? Why do weightlifters do their best in blue gyms?"
Feb 13, 2006View in Crawl 4
To pile on, I'm talking about things like these. :-)"Purple sometimes symbolizes royalty, dating back to Roman times, when clothing dyed with Tyrian purple was limited to the upper classes. The color, which was closer to crimson than our idea of purple, was the favored color of many kings and queens. Byzantine empresses gave birth in the Purple Chamber of the palace of the Byzantine Emperors."
"Not technology related... :P"Obvisouly your new to digg.This is put under the science catagory on digg and science is realted to digg.You'll see why this on digg in a few days if not hours.
what the hell is this?! It looks like a freaking horror scope. How can black indicate submission AND power at the same time? The article also implies that doctors wear white because it "implies sterility" Or maybe its so they can tell when they themselves are contaminated, and its easier to see things like blood on...Worst article on digg I've ever seen on the front page
@SkeletaLlamaAnother reason docs & surgeons wear spinach green scrubs is that that particular color is the complement of blood red. You look down into someone's red guts for hours on end, then look up--there's a green afterimage. If you're seeing green all over the place, it puts a lot of fatigue on your eyes, prolonging the surgical procedure as the eyes adjust to the blood red, then to the room/nurses/&c. and back again.
jugalatorFeb 13, 2006
To pile on, I'm talking about things like these. :-)"Purple sometimes symbolizes royalty, dating back to Roman times, when clothing dyed with Tyrian purple was limited to the upper classes. The color, which was closer to crimson than our idea of purple, was the favored color of many kings and queens. Byzantine empresses gave birth in the Purple Chamber of the palace of the Byzantine Emperors."
scott1Feb 14, 2006
"Not technology related... :P"Obvisouly your new to digg.This is put under the science catagory on digg and science is realted to digg.You'll see why this on digg in a few days if not hours.
Closed AccountFeb 14, 2006
what the hell is this?! It looks like a freaking horror scope. How can black indicate submission AND power at the same time? The article also implies that doctors wear white because it "implies sterility" Or maybe its so they can tell when they themselves are contaminated, and its easier to see things like blood on...Worst article on digg I've ever seen on the front page
rp53Feb 14, 2006
Even the dog won't eat the blue jello.
granthobbsFeb 14, 2006
The claims made about the meanings of the colors in the U.S. flag were, in fact, accurate.See the Wikipedia article for further information: <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Flag">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Flag</a>
thepalehunterFeb 14, 2006
"The color of the sky and the ocean, blue is one of the most popular colors." Uh huh...
strych9Feb 14, 2006
There must be a way to undigg something, right?
tek1024Feb 21, 2006
@SkeletaLlamaAnother reason docs & surgeons wear spinach green scrubs is that that particular color is the complement of blood red. You look down into someone's red guts for hours on end, then look up--there's a green afterimage. If you're seeing green all over the place, it puts a lot of fatigue on your eyes, prolonging the surgical procedure as the eyes adjust to the blood red, then to the room/nurses/&c. and back again.