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ancientsgate · March 26, 2013 10:22 am

Sparrow wrote:
... I think it's safe to assume that Ben has a similar unpredictable eye color.

Not in the show he doesn't. To me, they always appear to be that pale sea glass green. I think there are a lot of manippers out there who are making them blue, for reasons or their own. There's no reason why a pale green eye would suddenly appear as a bright crystal blue, unless the photo was artifically colorized that way. Drives me crazy, but yeah, I need to get over it, lol.

Sparrow · March 26, 2013 1:05 pm

ancientsgate wrote:
Not in the show he doesn't. To me, they always appear to be that pale sea glass green. I think there are a lot of manippers out there who are making them blue, for reasons or their own. There's no reason why a pale green eye would suddenly appear as a bright crystal blue, unless the photo was artifically colorized that way. Drives me crazy, but yeah, I need to get over it, lol.

Hmmm I don't know, they don't always look the same to me. In fact, in the show, they often do look light blue.

ancientsgate · March 26, 2013 7:08 pm

Sparrow wrote:
Hmmm I don't know, they don't always look the same to me. In fact, in the show, they often do look light blue.

My husband and I have had a few conversations like this, going around and around about what is green and what is blue. We've finally decided that one or both of us is at least slightly colorblind. Apparently the perception of degrees of hue are at least partially individual, especially in the green-blue spectrum. I can't think of any reason why what I see as always-green someone else sees as blue. ???

veecee · March 26, 2013 8:37 pm

Shades in the aqua, turquoise, teal, and other green-blue range are certainly perceived differently -- more as blue by some and more as green by some. I remember looking for a particular car in a parking lot with someone once. He was looking for green and I was looking for blue, and it was the same car.

But as for Ben's eyes in the show, we might also be seeing slightly different colors depending on what screen/device we're looking at. You've probably ordered something online only to find it a different color in person from what you thought.

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Sparrow · March 26, 2013 8:40 pm

Well, it is true that different individuals percieve colors slightly differently. To me, his eyes appear to change between light blue, light gray and a shade of green that I would call the green side of turquoise.

ancientsgate · March 26, 2013 10:37 pm

Sparrow wrote:
Well, it is true that different individuals percieve colors slightly differently. To me, his eyes appear to change between light blue, light gray and a shade of green that I would call the green side of turquoise.

One thing we can always agree upon--- whatever color they are, they're bee-yoo-tee-full.... mmmmm.

horserider99 · March 26, 2013 11:02 pm

ancientsgate wrote:
Sparrow wrote:
Well, it is true that different individuals percieve colors slightly differently. To me, his eyes appear to change between light blue, light gray and a shade of green that I would call the green side of turquoise.
One thing we can always agree upon--- whatever color they are, they're bee-yoo-tee-full.... mmmmm.

No one will disagree with that. My eyes change colour depending on what I'm wearing, so maybe his eyes do that?

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SusiGo · March 26, 2013 11:10 pm

Oooh, one of my favourites. So beautiful.

Sparrow · March 27, 2013 7:17 am

It's Wednesday. Wednesday is violin day.

Mrs.Wenceslas · March 28, 2013 11:36 am

Oo a Wednesday pleasure!

Sparrow · March 28, 2013 12:03 pm

Thursday was hands day, if I remember correctly.

tobeornot221b · March 28, 2013 7:46 pm

Violins...hands...you can't play the violin without hands can you?

SusiGo · March 28, 2013 7:55 pm

*thud*

Harriet · March 28, 2013 8:41 pm

Tobe, even being ill you can still cause a lot of trouble THUD

Sparrow · March 28, 2013 8:52 pm

tobeornot221b wrote:
Violins...hands...you can't play the violin without hands can you?

It's like Wednesday and Thursday together. This picture is so beautiful.

SusiGo · March 28, 2013 9:11 pm

Harriet wrote:
Tobe, even being ill you can still cause a lot of trouble THUD

Trouble? It's just one of her calm, meditative pics so that we have a quiet night.

Mrs.Wenceslas · March 28, 2013 9:15 pm

Indeed.good night*

Harriet · March 28, 2013 9:24 pm

SusiGo wrote:
Trouble? It's just one of her calm, meditative pics so that we have a quiet night.

Oh, sorry, how could I forget

SusiGo · March 28, 2013 9:25 pm

This needs to be posted again.

QuiteExtraordinary · March 28, 2013 9:52 pm

Yes, that definitely needed to be posted again.

Shadow, light, lashes, neck, nice hair, and a notebook: