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Flat tire on Salvation Mountain

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Odds and Sods

Dr. Shinobu Ishihara Color Test
Helen emailed over the very cool X-Rite color test. The accompanying letter said that women are apparently superior in how they see colour. According to X-Rite (the people who supply Munsell colour products), 1 out of 255 women and 1 out of 12 men have some form of color vision deficiency.

I scored a 12.  I assume that is pretty average. Let me know how you do.


Sanoguy offers this cool picture he took on the monkey trail recently in Bali. He was visiting a son that lives there. Although there is a slight familial resemblance, this is not his son.


Brett just came back from Hopi and Canyon de Chelle and sent over this gorgeous picture of Spider Rock.


I saw this homeless person on Mission Rd. during the morning commute. Right off my street. She was sporting a healthy beard and flipped me a peace sign. Pretty good vibes really, didn't seem psychotic. We don't get that many homeless with carts around these parts.

I saw a lot of homeless on my way to and from from the Padres last week. Lined up around 15th and market. Large encampments and tent cities. I looked at one guy reading a paperback and made eye contact. Smart guy, could have been any one of us. Just broker.



I stole this picture from Barbara at Banar Designs and made a composite. She took a lot of nice shots at the fair. Barbara used to design album covers as well as a bunch of other arty things and is really a lot of fun and a loyal blast reader to boot.


8 comments:

Sanoguy said...

Nor is it moi... no self portraits here!!!

Anonymous said...

I scored 62. The only time I had to use a color
chart was in scoring canned tomatoes. There's a
Munsell chart you use to give them a grade. Obviously
I was not the right person for that job.

H.

Anonymous said...

Interesting test, I did it quickly and scored a seven... think I could ace it if I took more time. Misplaced three in blue-green and four in red-violet.

kb

North County Film Club said...

That composite of my photo from the fair is great. I think I'll steal it for my blog. If we enter it in a show do we put both our names on it?
I only scored 24 on the color test-that was on my second try! I'm supposed to be a color expert. Helen suggested my screen might be off a bit. Maybe needs calibrating. Couldn't possibly be me! From now on I'm coming to you for color testing.
Barbara

Blue Heron said...

Glad to share credit with you, Barbara.

Robert

WildBill said...

I also went through it quickly and scored an 8. Then slowly and meticulously I repeated the test by rearranging and comparing individual swatches, as well as pulling back and looking at the whole group. That method got me a 16.

hobo_beans said...

Where do you think she imported that cart from?
It looks kind of like a target cart, but slightly different...

Blue Heron said...

Four of us did the color test jointly yesterday. We collectively scored a four. Three out of four aced their portion.