how many colors are in the world

[RedPickle]

I know there are like millions of shades of every color, but how many total colors are there in the world, including all the different shades and such? Is there a set standard of all the colors in the world or does everyone make up their own name for different colors

 

[CPA]

I would think it's infinite. But what do I know.

 

[Javin]

What kinda stupid ffing question is this?

 

[NathanBWF]

i'm pretty sure that no one has ever counted them all up....i don't even think it could be accomplished, way too many variations of colors....

 

[cpals]

Infinite, there are even colors that we cannot conceive (sp) of on the color scale.

 

[Placer14]

4,294,967,296...I suck at math

I can't wait for the upgrade!

 

[RedPickle]

Originally posted by: Javin
What kinda stupid ffing question is this?

i was just wondering cause one little child ask me this question and i had absolutely no answer

 

[clamum]

Infinite just like numbers.

 

[Woodchuck2000]

It's effectively infinite. It's like asking 'How many musical notes are there in the world...'

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

let me reiterate what has been said before....


STOP POSTING

 

[Nitemare]

256?

 

[isaacmacdonald]

concievably there may be an infinite number of gradations of color, but there's certainly a maximum to humanly percievable colors. Color ranges are described as Gamuts. Typical human perception is most likely described as a very wide gamut.

 

[TheJoker6900]

Havn't got a clue. I'd say thousands.

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: CPA
I would think it's infinite. But what do I know.

 

[RyanM]

Technically, humans can only perceive roughly 64,000 colors at any given time. So while over your life, you may percieve, say, 10 million colors, at any given time, you can only distinguish between 64K of them.

It sounds weird, but it's one of those neat little tricks our optical system plays on us we don't even realize.

 

[Fiveohhh]

Originally posted by: isaacmacdonald
concievably there may be an infinite number of gradations of color, but there's certainly a maximum to humanly percievable colors. Color ranges are described as Gamuts. Typical human perception is most likely described as a very wide gamut.

you may be only to see a certain range, but even within that range I'd have to say there are an infinite amount. and if there isn't it would be impossible to get an exact number cause one person first of all is going to see a different amount than another. Secondly no one person would be able to count all the different coloers they can see.

 

[GigaCluster]

The computer can offer us 32-bit color (I've heard of 48-bit color, but that's just ridiculous), so there must be need for it... that equals 4,294,967,296 discrete colors.

 

[Fiveohhh]

I suppose theres only red green and blue. Every other color you see is a variation of the three...

 

[edro]

Originally posted by: GigaCluster
The computer can offer us 32-bit color (I've heard of 48-bit color, but that's just ridiculous), so there must be need for it... that equals 4,294,967,296 discrete colors.

Bout time someone says something about that gj.

And yes, they are infinite, just like numbers. If you assign a number value to each of the primary colors, them add like 1 Blue, 4 Red, and 1.213453425324564564564 yellow, it will be different than adding 1.213453425324564564565 yellow.

Colors = teh numbers. Just like everything else in this analog world.

 

[Czar]

around 64 thousand, because 3dfx doesnt want to give us more colors

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: GigaCluster
The computer can offer us 32-bit color (I've heard of 48-bit color, but that's just ridiculous), so there must be need for it... that equals 4,294,967,296 discrete colors.

its actually 24bits, which are about 16.7 million colors, the 8bits are for alpha

 

[merlocka]

d00d, i have a 3dfx card and tehy told me there are only 22bits of colorz in teh w0rld so i bought teh voodoo card.

 

[RyanM]

Originally posted by: GigaCluster
The computer can offer us 32-bit color (I've heard of 48-bit color, but that's just ridiculous), so there must be need for it... that equals 4,294,967,296 discrete colors.

48 bit color exists so that there is as little error through each step of the image manipulation as possible.

Technically, infinite colors exist, but the important thing to remember is that regardless of whether they exist, we simply cannot percieve them all.

 

[MeanMeosh]

i'm guessing 32 bits worth =P

 

[Mutilator]

Aren't there only 3 colors? Red, Yellow, and Blue? Every other color is just a combination of those 3.
Ofcourse it's been many many years since I had that art class in elementary school.