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'''Tiresian blue''' is a hue of the color blue which is visible only during prophecy and fortune-telling events.
[[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 ==
== Commentary ==


One cannot normally ''perceive'' Tiresian blue, because it is only perceivable while genuine prophecy or fortune-telling is actually in progress.
Context: "Whuuuuuut?"
 
<blockquote>
Yes.  That is what I said at first.


Compare [[Numen (nonfiction)]] and [[Cryptographic numen]].
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 ==
== In the News ==


<gallery>
<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>
</gallery>


== Fiction cross-reference ==
== 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]]
* [[Cryptographic numen]] - some cryptographic numen have been reported to glow Tiresian blue; this may be a blue version of [[Gray light]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Scrying engine]] - commonly use Tiresian blue to indicate stochastic confidence
* [[Scrying engine]] - commonly use Tiresian blue to indicate stochastic confidence
* [[Tyler Tork Blue]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
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* [[4578a1 (nonfiction)]]
* [[4578a1 (nonfiction)]]
* [[Blue (nonfiction)]]
* [[Blue (nonfiction)]]
* [[Blue Foliage 2 (nonfiction)]]
* [[Color (nonfiction)]]
* [[Color (nonfiction)]]
* [[Numen (nonfiction)]]
* [[Numen (nonfiction)]]
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== External links ==
== External links ==


* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue Blue] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiresias Tiresias] @ 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:Fiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Blue (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Blue (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Colors (nonfiction)]]


[[Category:Cryptographic numina]]
[[Category:Colors]]
[[Category:Colors]]
[[Category:Scrying engines]]

Latest revision as of 06:10, 13 September 2023

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 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

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

Social media

  • Post @ Twitter (13 September 2023)
  • Post @ Twitter (27 August 2021) - "Tiresian Blue sighting?"
  • Post @ Twitter (4 April 2021)