If a guy can identify colors....

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Eli

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Uh....

You would have to be either color blind or a complete moron to not be able to tell the difference between magenta/purple, aqua/blue, teal/green......
 

MetalMat

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From what I understand, Men should only be able to see a certain number of colors and these colors all have either a *Light* or *Dark* prefix if anything. Here are the colors:

Black
White
Green
Orange
Blue
Brown
Yellow
Purple
Red
Grey

There may be some exceptions
Pink could be considered a light red, but deserves it own place
Gold and Silver are also independent
Khaki / Tan could also be its own color due to the fact that the when I was in the NAVY ROTC, there was a *Khaki* uniform.

Besides that I don't think any other color should be used.
Examples:
Kelly Green = Light Green
Sky Blue = Light Blue
Maroon = Dark Red
etc........
 

LeadMagnet

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it is widely understood by men that real men only see Red, Green, and Blue.
Black, White, and grey are not considered colors
 

BladeWalker

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How can you be certain that we even see the same color or shade? I had an argument with a friend about whether his Accura is sonic blue or purple.
 

Leejai

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Originally posted by: BladeWalker
How can you be certain that we even see the same color or shade? I had an argument with a friend about whether his Accura is sonic blue or purple.

ok, now you've gone too far...arguing over color shades??????:roll:
 

Lonyo

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Real men can only see in 256 levels of each colour, and should signify colours by number, not name, so red is 255, 0, 0. black is 255, 255, 255 etc :p
 

yukichigai

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Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Originally posted by: Anubis
no because thoes are real colors

tope, beige and mavue are fake colors

What if a guy can actually spell the names of the colors?

Taupe, Beige, and Mauve? :p
How about if you've figured out the trick? See, they're all the same color, just on different things:

If it's on a wall it's Taupe

If it's on clothing or an animal it's Beige

If it's on a couch or other furniture it's Mauve
 

Feldenak

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Magenta and Purple I know.

Blue and Green, I know.

I have no idea what color teal is....by your association, I'm assuming is some variation of green.
 

yukichigai

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Originally posted by: Feldenak
Magenta and Purple I know.

Blue and Green, I know.

I have no idea what color teal is....by your association, I'm assuming is some variation of green.
Teal is the fancy name they give to Blue-Green.

See I know what the colors are, but in my mind I'm thinking "Blue-Green", "Red-Purple", "Yellow-Green"....
 

Cerb

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Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Originally posted by: cr4zymofo
I.E. magenta, violet, teal, aqua, green.... etc. Is he considered "girlie man" or "metro"?
Green? Voilet?

Don't bring ROYGBIV into this!
It's a poor way of doing it, anyhow. Silly youngins aren't bein' taught right no more. Color cube? No, it's all about some fruit named Roy. What IS the world coming to?
:p