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[[File:Tiresian_blue_(GC_Blue).jpg|thumb|Blue Protocol version of the "Tiresian blue" article.]]'''Tiresian blue''' is a hue of the color blue which is visible only during prophecy and fortune-telling events.
[[File:Tiresian_blue_(GC_Blue).jpg|thumb|Blue Protocol version of the "Tiresian blue" article.]]'''Tiresian blue''' is a hue of the color blue which is visible only during prophecy and fortune-telling events.


== Commentary ==
== Description ==


One cannot normally perceive Tiresian blue, because it is only perceivable while genuine prophecy or fortune-telling is actually in progress.
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]].
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 ==
== In the News ==

Revision as of 16:03, 4 May 2021

Blue Protocol version of the "Tiresian blue" article.

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

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