Fun with colors - the Rainbow
BelgarathMTH
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LOL, so, I've gotten to where I love to use the BG:EE colored circles to create a rainbow effect - you know, ROY G. BIV - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo/violet. And, to those of "my peeps" who were alive and partying in the 1990's, you know that the color rainbow also was our gay pride symbol.
Now, if only there was a more "orangey" orange! I've tried the deepest burnt orange color, and the deepest brown, and so far, the best approximation of orange I can get is with the deep brown, for Jaheira.
I've got sorcerer me as red, Jaheira as orange/brown, representing the earth, Ajantis as yellow (Ilvastarr shield is emerald green on golden yellow), Branwen as green (as implied by her portrait, and wearing the Ankheg plate as a compensation for her low strength), Khalid as blue/indigo (the "cool" head in the party), and Imoen as violet/pink (pink links violet to red on the color wheel, which is why rendered pink and purple often look the same on computers).
Isn't playing with colors fun?
Now, if only there was a more "orangey" orange! I've tried the deepest burnt orange color, and the deepest brown, and so far, the best approximation of orange I can get is with the deep brown, for Jaheira.
I've got sorcerer me as red, Jaheira as orange/brown, representing the earth, Ajantis as yellow (Ilvastarr shield is emerald green on golden yellow), Branwen as green (as implied by her portrait, and wearing the Ankheg plate as a compensation for her low strength), Khalid as blue/indigo (the "cool" head in the party), and Imoen as violet/pink (pink links violet to red on the color wheel, which is why rendered pink and purple often look the same on computers).
Isn't playing with colors fun?
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When I was young, and clubbing every possible weekend night and holiday night, I frequented the clubs which played exactly the "Colors of the Rainbow" type music, all night long, with lightshows, and even fog machines! My favorite club would even shoot sparks down from the ceiling to punctuate the best percussion riffs. And, there were dozens of ripped, athletic guys who loved to take their shirts off and dance to the whole production while showing off their hard-earned, hours per day gym workouts! Ah, such memories! I was so happy and filled with joy on those magical nights.
BG:EE, and your "Colors of the Rainbow" song is the closest I've gotten to duplicating the "magic", in a long, long time, since those days.
My thanks to you, and these artists, for making me remember what it feels like to experience true, unbridled joy!
EDIT: Oh, as to "when and how"? My mind is hard-wired to think in colors. Not only visual colors, but in musical tone colors, as well. To me, my mind and being seek harmonization between all categories of being. The Hindus and Buddhists often refer to the concept as "Chakras". But, I was completely self-aware of the Chakras, long before I ever studied world religions and philosophy and got an intellectual understanding of the concept.
Like I said, I think I'm "hard-wired" to just "get it." Such as it is. (channeling Xan)... "For all the good it's done me. Enlighenment is pointless."
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Probably not as fun as what Bel did, though.
It's just that I notice that you seem to prefer the "hot" colors - red, orange, and yellow.
I'm pretty sure the rainbow is still the symbol.
I kind of wish the color choices would get updated though, what we have is too limited, IMO.
I actually prefer earthtones in my personal wardrobe. I tend to wear a lot of brown, green, and red.
Then comes the fun part when I paint my chaos dudes. 20 cultists, the chaos lord, the helbrute (giant posessed walking machine of doom), 6 chosen of chaos, 9 chaos space marines, 4 possessed space marines, 3 chaos bikers, a posessed champion, an aspiring chaos lord, and a transport vehicle.
Can't wait. It'll keep me busy through the holiday season for sure.
I'm wondering where you picked up a "brighter colors" vibe from me. Outside of my figurines, I don't think I've posted many photos. Like I said, at least on my person, I prefer more muted earth tones. Also tend to prefer cool colors (blues, greys, blacks). I'm weird in that I hate the sun. I love a good rainy day, or better yet the period before it rains when the sky is just grey. It's really calming to me.
I hope there will be a BG:EE version of SK soon, which would also help me start rebuilding my portrait collection.
RAINBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWS!