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A funny thing happens when you have a kid. Your brain starts questioning assumptions.
Like, why do we teach our kids that all of these hues are blue?
Especially when compared to the warm hues.
Like, why do we teach our kids that all of these hues are blue?
Especially when compared to the warm hues.
Orange is the color that really leaves me scratching my head. Why does *orange* get so much attention as a brief blend between hues, blues occupy so much of the visible spectrum of light.
Why don't *aqua* or *teal* get equal treatment compared to *orange*?
Why don't *aqua* or *teal* get equal treatment compared to *orange*?
Is it because we can't decide as a culture what to call that glowing hue? We can't settle as a society on aqua?
I guarantee you kids would have as easy a time saying *aqua* as they do *orange*. (Orange is hard to say)
Look how little orange there is.
I guarantee you kids would have as easy a time saying *aqua* as they do *orange*. (Orange is hard to say)
Look how little orange there is.
If I had to guess, it's because of the primary color mixing mantra we imprint on our youth. You can't mix *aqua* with paint, but you can mix red with yellow to get *orange.*
We celebrate subtractive color (mixing with pigment) more than we do mixing with light.
We celebrate subtractive color (mixing with pigment) more than we do mixing with light.
Except: kids are bombarded with this color on their screens. It's in every damn app right now. Kids experience color via pixel just as much as they do via pigment.
Orange snuck in when it had the chance, and it has a fruit to go along with it. Kids learn about fruits early, too. Win win.
If only there was something named *aqua* that we could associate with this very special blue hue. If only it covered 75% of the Earth's surface.
Addendum: It doesn't seem fair to leave green out.
Green also covers a huge range of hues—nearly as much as blue.
As red approaches yellow, we call it orange.
As green approaches yellow, we still call it green.
(and for you yellow-green folks, imagine saying yellow-red)
Green also covers a huge range of hues—nearly as much as blue.
As red approaches yellow, we call it orange.
As green approaches yellow, we still call it green.
(and for you yellow-green folks, imagine saying yellow-red)
