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Sorry for the (stupid) question, but I woke in the middle of the night and this question came out...?
Please, bear in mind I like all colors and that this post is not related to sex/gender identification, race or religious ideals, politics or whatever. It's purely about my/our perception of color and how it pleases me/us.
Background on this question and why it came to be: I'm in the visual arts "business", I live by the visual arts, either teaching, either doing whatever about it.
So, to me, the Pink color is a washed out Red. Pink is but one of the many shades of Red, as are some of the Brown colors. It's a color one will use when in the need to create a light spot in a Red gradient...
To me, Pink is a "not quite there" kind of color, it's neither White neither Red, an "in between" that is not particular appealing when isolated. Obviously, Pink relates to a broad spectrum of colors between almost Red and almost White (though there are some who don't consider White as a true color, but that's another discussion), where the majority doesn't do anything for me besides being a "passage" between 2 extremes.
So, transporting this into guitars, it makes me feel "meh", it doesn't really clicks on me. I can understand that many of you may like it and I accept it, it's simply that I can't like it. I can also understand and recognize a well made guitar and finish in Pink, but I'm not forced to like it, am I?
Curiously, this feel doesn't happen with other washed out colors from Greens, Blues or even Yellows, but from washed out Reds or Violets it's a big NO for me when isolated and covering large areas like a guitar body. It really doesn't work for me. However, going in the opposite direction into the Darkness (this grey hexa color code is double evil: #666666), most "in between" colors are interesting to me. It's just that Pink makes me have some sort of allergic reaction when isolated and in large areas...
So, the question is, why or why not Pink?
Please, bear in mind I like all colors and that this post is not related to sex/gender identification, race or religious ideals, politics or whatever. It's purely about my/our perception of color and how it pleases me/us.
Background on this question and why it came to be: I'm in the visual arts "business", I live by the visual arts, either teaching, either doing whatever about it.
So, to me, the Pink color is a washed out Red. Pink is but one of the many shades of Red, as are some of the Brown colors. It's a color one will use when in the need to create a light spot in a Red gradient...
To me, Pink is a "not quite there" kind of color, it's neither White neither Red, an "in between" that is not particular appealing when isolated. Obviously, Pink relates to a broad spectrum of colors between almost Red and almost White (though there are some who don't consider White as a true color, but that's another discussion), where the majority doesn't do anything for me besides being a "passage" between 2 extremes.
So, transporting this into guitars, it makes me feel "meh", it doesn't really clicks on me. I can understand that many of you may like it and I accept it, it's simply that I can't like it. I can also understand and recognize a well made guitar and finish in Pink, but I'm not forced to like it, am I?
Curiously, this feel doesn't happen with other washed out colors from Greens, Blues or even Yellows, but from washed out Reds or Violets it's a big NO for me when isolated and covering large areas like a guitar body. It really doesn't work for me. However, going in the opposite direction into the Darkness (this grey hexa color code is double evil: #666666), most "in between" colors are interesting to me. It's just that Pink makes me have some sort of allergic reaction when isolated and in large areas...
So, the question is, why or why not Pink?
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