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Tiresian blue is a | [[File:Tiresian_Blue_-_sighting_(27_August_2021).jpg|thumb|Tiresian Blue - possible sighting (27 August 2021).]]'''Tiresian blue''' is a hue of the color blue which is visible only during prophecy and fortune-telling events. | ||
== Description == | |||
One cannot normally perceive Tiresian blue, because it is only perceivable while genuine prophecy or fortune-telling is actually in progress. | |||
Compare [[Numen (nonfiction)|Numen]] and [[Cryptographic numen]]. | |||
== Commentary == | |||
Context: "Whuuuuuut?" | |||
<blockquote> | |||
Yes. That is what I said at first. | |||
Since then I have imagined other impossible colors. It takes a little getting used to, but it can be done. | |||
Once you have a theory of impossible colors, theories about real colors become much easier. | |||
</blockquote> | |||
== In the News == | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Blue Foliage 2.jpg|link=Blue Foliage 2 (nonfiction)|2017: Signed first edition of '''''[[Blue Foliage 2 (nonfiction)|Blue Foliage 2]]''''' stolen from the Walker Art Museum in [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]. | |||
File:0b9493 - Tyler Tork Blue.jpg|link=Tyler Tork Blue|"'''[[Tyler Tork Blue]]'''" (also known as hexadecimal color code '''#0b9493''') is a color in the teal blue range claimed by Tyler Tork on the morning of 1 June 2021. | |||
File:Color swatch 4578a1.png|link=4578a1 (nonfiction)|'''[[4578a1 (nonfiction)|4578a1]]''' is a hexadecimal number representing a blue which [[I]] find pleasing. | |||
File:Crimson Droid.jpg|link=Crimson Droid|Tiresian blue makes a cameo appearance in 2015 gothic science tragedy film '''''[[Crimson Droid]]'''''. | |||
File:Pale Blue Dot.png|link=Pale Blue Dot (nonfiction)|2017: Steganographic analysis of the famous '''''[[Pale Blue Dot (nonfiction)|Pale Blue Dot]]''''' photograph unexpectedly reveals "nearly a petabyte" of encrypted data relating to [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions. | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Fiction cross-reference == | |||
* ''[[Crimson Droid]]'' | |||
* [[Cryptographic numen]] - some cryptographic numen have been reported to glow Tiresian blue; this may be a blue version of [[Gray light]] | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
* [[Scrying engine]] - commonly use Tiresian blue to indicate stochastic confidence | |||
* [[Tyler Tork Blue]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | |||
* [[4578a1 (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Blue (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Blue Foliage 2 (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Color (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Numen (nonfiction)]] | |||
== External links == | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue Blue] @ Wikipedia | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiresias Tiresias] @ Wikipedia | |||
=== Social media === | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1701946369013858796 Post] @ Twitter (13 September 2023) | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1431447947569475586 Post] @ Twitter (27 August 2021) - "Tiresian Blue sighting?" | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1389714182677880832 Post] @ Twitter (4 April 2021) | |||
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Blue (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Colors (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Cryptographic numina]] | |||
[[Category:Colors]] | |||
[[Category:Scrying engines]] | |||
Latest revision as of 06:10, 13 September 2023
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Tiresian blue is a hue of the color blue which is visible only during prophecy and fortune-telling events.
Description
One cannot normally perceive Tiresian blue, because it is only perceivable while genuine prophecy or fortune-telling is actually in progress.
Compare Numen and Cryptographic numen.
Commentary
Context: "Whuuuuuut?"
Yes. That is what I said at first.
Since then I have imagined other impossible colors. It takes a little getting used to, but it can be done.
Once you have a theory of impossible colors, theories about real colors become much easier.
In the News
2017: Signed first edition of Blue Foliage 2 stolen from the Walker Art Museum in New Minneapolis, Canada.
"Tyler Tork Blue" (also known as hexadecimal color code #0b9493) is a color in the teal blue range claimed by Tyler Tork on the morning of 1 June 2021.
Tiresian blue makes a cameo appearance in 2015 gothic science tragedy film Crimson Droid.
2017: Steganographic analysis of the famous Pale Blue Dot photograph unexpectedly reveals "nearly a petabyte" of encrypted data relating to Gnomon algorithm functions.
Fiction cross-reference
- Crimson Droid
- Cryptographic numen - some cryptographic numen have been reported to glow Tiresian blue; this may be a blue version of Gray light
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Scrying engine - commonly use Tiresian blue to indicate stochastic confidence
- Tyler Tork Blue
Nonfiction cross-reference
- 4578a1 (nonfiction)
- Blue (nonfiction)
- Blue Foliage 2 (nonfiction)
- Color (nonfiction)
- Numen (nonfiction)