kavkem:colour-vision
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| | x | x | | yes | osodi | green | turquoise | | | | x | x | | yes | osodi | green | turquoise | | ||
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| x | | x | x | no | ::: | ::: | ::: | | | x | | x | x | no | ::: | ::: | ::: | | ||
| x | x | | x | no | ::: | ::: | ::: | | | x | x | | x | no | ::: | ::: | ::: | | ||
- | | | x | | x | no | sos̈et | + | | | x | | x | no | **sos̈et** | green-violet | green-ultraviolet; |
- | | x | | x | | no | validi | red-turquoise | magenta | | + | | x | | x | | no | **validi** | red-turquoise | magenta | |
We derive that there are three imaginary lines of colour, of which we can unfortunately only imagine one: | We derive that there are three imaginary lines of colour, of which we can unfortunately only imagine one: | ||
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| x | x | | x | no | ::: | ::: | ::: | | | x | x | | x | no | ::: | ::: | ::: | | ||
- | This is because the last two variants of // | + | This is because the last two variants of // |
===== Hue Modifiers ===== | ===== Hue Modifiers ===== | ||
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Not all colours are spectral, as we already know. What about **vals̈et**? | Not all colours are spectral, as we already know. What about **vals̈et**? | ||
- | * **zys̈' | + | * **zys̈' |
* **vas̈' | * **vas̈' | ||
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===== Saturation Modifiers ===== | ===== Saturation Modifiers ===== | ||
- | amur'ini | + | The kavkem language has **saturation modifiers** as well. |
- | amur' | + | |
- | amur' | + | They would not think to use the word ' |
- | amur' | + | |
+ | Instead, their word for saturation derives from **heavy** (//muri//) the more //heavy// a colour, the more it displaces the other spectral colours. | ||
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+ | The modifier word itself - //amur// - is a linguistic opposite of this concept, and we will translate it as //diluted// (or //pale//, even if 'pale' describes both saturation and lightness effects in English and we are here talking //only// about saturation effects). | ||
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+ | ^ Kendane͡ivash ^ English ^ | ||
+ | | //amur' | ||
+ | | // | ||
+ | | // | ||
+ | | //amur' | ||
+ | | //amur' | ||
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+ | The term // | ||
Example, again using **valek**: | Example, again using **valek**: | ||
- | {{: | + | | {{: |
+ | |1 | | ||
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+ | **amur' | ||
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+ | **amur' | ||
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+ | **amur valek** is roughly where the 3 in our example is - a definite red, but still rather subdued. | ||
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+ | **amur' | ||
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+ | **(amur' | ||
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+ | (**// | ||
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+ | This affects compound colours much the same way - the less they are washed out by unrelated colour components, the more '// | ||
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+ | Saturation modifiers also have some implications for // | ||
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+ | ^ //valek// ^ //oso// ^ //idi// ^ //s̈elet// ^ spectral ^ Kendane͡ivash ^ English (kavkem) ^ | ||
+ | | x | | ||
+ | | x | | x | x | no | amur' | ||
+ | | x | x | | x | no | amur' | ||
===== Lightness Modifiers ===== | ===== Lightness Modifiers ===== | ||
- | vem'- | + | Finally, kavkema have **lightness modifiers** in the form of the prefixes **vem'** and **ath'**. |
- | ath'- | + | |
Example, again using **valek**: | Example, again using **valek**: | ||
- | {{: | + | | {{: |
+ | |1 |2 | ||
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+ | The colours depicted here are, roughly speaking: | ||
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+ | ^ Position ^ Name ^ Translation ^ | ||
+ | | 1 | //izi// | black | | ||
+ | | 2 | **// | ||
+ | | 3 | //valek// | red | | ||
+ | | 4 | **// | ||
+ | | 5 | //zel// | white | | ||
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+ | In regards to physical phenomena, positions 1 to 3 are the only in the example that truly involve lightness. Position 3 is as light as red can get - there are no dark components to the colour. The colours between positions 3 to 5 are technically an increased lightness of //all other// spectral colours - in other words, a change of saturation. | ||
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+ | Given the kavkema sensitivity to lightness, however, the importance to them is indeed the overall power delivered to the retina. When red can no longer increase in lightness, the lightness of the colour impression can be increased with the other spectral colours. | ||
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+ | This of course harkens back to our favourite mystery colour, // | ||
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+ | ^ //valek// ^ //oso// ^ //idi// ^ //s̈elet// ^ spectral ^ Kendane͡ivash ^ English (kavkem) ^ | ||
+ | | x | | ||
+ | | x | | x | x | no | amur' | ||
+ | | x | x | | x | no | amur' | ||
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+ | ===== Combining the modifiers ===== | ||
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+ | Generally speaking, any order of combinations is understood and describe the same colours, except where local dialect has defined otherwise. The ' | ||
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+ | **[amur...] [ath'/ | ||
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+ | The default modifiers that are assumed if none of a particular type are supplied are: | ||
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+ | ^ Modifier ^ Default ^ Meaning ^ | ||
+ | | //amur// | // | ||
+ | | //ath' / vem'// | neither | regular - neither light, nor dark | | ||
+ | | // | ||
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+ | Examples: | ||
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+ | ^ Example ^ Translation ^ Meaning ^ | ||
+ | | //valek// | red | fully saturated (implied) red | | ||
+ | | // | ||
+ | | // | ||
+ | | // | ||
+ | | // | ||
+ | | // | ||
+ | | // | ||
+ | | //amur ath' | ||
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+ | ===== Scientific colours ===== | ||
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+ | Spectral colour //ranges// also have **scientific names**. With the exception of //valek//, each primary colour of the kavkem qualia (//valek//, //oso//, //idi// and // | ||
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+ | ^ scientific term ^ wavelength ^ associated quale ^ | ||
+ | | banthu | ~500 to ~700 nm | valek | | ||
+ | | tasath | ~400 to ~600 nm | oso | | ||
+ | | venthu | ~300 to ~500 nm | idi | | ||
+ | | edath | ~200 to ~400 nm | s̈elet | | ||
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+ | The ~100 nm overlap implies that the colours must be shared between terms. And indeed, formally, //oso// is still in the //banthu// band, although near the edge, whereas it is closer to the center of the //tasath// band. Similarly, //idi// is still n the //tasath// band, but much more central in the //venthu// band. //s̈elet// manages to almost escape // | ||
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+ | {{: | ||
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+ | The scientific terms are typically used when talking about the colour cones themselves, as theoretical absorption bands - they are not precisely defined by wavelength, but by the ' | ||
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+ | These terms are in use by (sufficiently literate) kavkema and local Threadwielders, |
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