I'm wide all wake ^_^
With working night shift when the weekend comes around I'm still up all night. It is very boring and quiet.

Hello Fading ^_^
I think it hatched in ten minutes.

Yeah, I did it myself so now I know it is true. It still probably doesn't happen very often though. I have yet to find out if breeding a colored striped with a white striped/or other colored striped can produce a colored striiped. (did you understand that XD) I've only come up with white ones. I can't try very often because I am lacking in females. These three better become female or I'm going to be kicking some hatchling butts.

Unfortunately, I can't be like that anymore because of freaking school. But I refuse to go to bed until my dumb hippogryph grows up. She only needs one more click, but I can't seem to get one ANYWHERE D:

I just finished unpacking into my school dorms, took me over three hours and my stomachache hadn't been helping :sweat:

It feels great that I've finally settled in...with the exception that there is no air conditioning and the temperature is currently over 33 degrees Celsius and very hot and sticky. :gonk:

EDIT: I clicked the Hippogryph and it grew up :D

Thank you so much. xD That was driving me freaking nuts.
33... degrees... Celsius? -Googles-
Oh, shit, that is HOT. I am sorry.

And now I think I am going to be scooting off to bed now. Nighty night, guys.

lol Yeah xD At least there's the ceiling fan...but it's going to be a nightmare tonight when I try to sleep on my mattress >___>;

'Night Fabby, sleep well ^__^

Good night Fabby ^_^

Fading-- do you have a room mate at the dorm? No air conditioning sucks. I hope you packed some fans, or do you only have the ceiling fan?

Yeah, it's four person a room here. The others haven't arrived yet and the school offices where I can buy the air conditioning cards are all closed because it's the weekend and school doesn't start until next week on Monday...

I have a very small mini-fan, but the wind generated by it isn't very strong so I'm fanning myself with an old-fashioned hand-motored fan right now xD;;

Four people to a room, dang, I hope that is a big room. Air conditioning cards? Mini fans still feel good enough if you have it right next to your head (like five inches away) and would be better than wearing yourself out by fanning kyourself.

thx for putting this up. my dragon died yesterday and i revived it, but i need my others to mature soon D: i love them cause their cute, so please click? *puppy eyes*

Wow, you should put them onto Soti's Emergency Room, they barely have any time left o__o

Originally Posted by Fabby

-pokes the eggballs-
One of these days, I'm going to bother with DC again. Maybe.

I keep saying the same thing to myself.
Somehow I get the feeling it won't be until after the holidays, although I may try to get myself a Christmas dragon.
Other than that, though, working two jobs doesn't leave one much time for internets.

Dum dee dum~
Happy Saturday. ;B

Hello everyone

I gotta get back into the pet swing. Heh.

Hey everyone. Maybe it's safe to adopt a dragon egg or 2. I'm not going to be going anywhere with unreliable internet for 2 weeks.

My problem isn't that I don't have enough time for dragons, I just can't bring myself to be interested anymore. I guess between the constantly crappy AP, caveblock and my dragons never breeding ANYTHING I got a little irritated >_>

DragonCave kinda got boring for me. When I found Squiby, I was intrigued more. D:

Although it needs a helluva lot more features and easier ways to find specific species, I love how it's more or less an artist haven. I'm not able to draw or anything of that sort myself, but I appreciate the work that goes into it, and I love seeing average Joes producing pretty stuff on a communal adoptable site. ;o

Well if you think about it white = all colors black = no color. Unlike albino which is a lack of pigment.
My brother has no problem balancing dragons and work.

have you ever used a color wheel? black is ALL colors while white is lack of colors. why else would adding white to a color make it lighter?
same thing with the light from the sun. when the light from the sun reaches items they get lighter, and when there is a lack of light things get darker.

You're both right >_> It depends on whether you're talking in terms of Crayola or light. As far as light goes, white is all colors and black is the absence of color, but in the markers and pencils terms of colors black is all colors and white is none.

But technically, light reaching things doesn't make them lighter... it just makes you perceive them to be lighter. Something that's blue is still blue whether it's lit up or not.

"Are black and white colors?"

The answer to this question is one of the most debated issues about color. Ask a scientist and you'll get the physics reply: “Black is not a color, white is a color.” Ask an artist or a child with crayons and you'll get another: “Black is a color, white is not a color.” (Maybe!)

A basic understanding of how colors are created is the first step in providing correct answers. Here are two examples of how colors exist:
two apples - tangible and intangible (on TV)

The color of a tangible object is the result of pigments or molecular coloring agents. For example, the color of a red apple is the result of molecular coloring agents on the surface of the apple. Also, a painting of a red apple is the result of red pigments used to create the image.

The colors of objects viewed on a television set or on a computer monitor are the result of colored light. If you're not familiar with how colors are created by light, look at your monitor or television screen close up. Put your eye right up against the screen. A small magnifying glass might help. This is what you will see.

A simplified way to explain it is that the color of a red apple on a computer or television is created by photons of red light that are transmitted within the electronic system.
Primary Colors

It's also important to understand the concept of "primary" colors. The fundamental rule is that there are three colors that cannot be made by mixing other colors together. These three, red, blue, and yellow, are known as the primary colors.


Now that we've described two different categories of colors (pigment and light-generated) and have a definition of primary colors, the answer to whether black and white are colors can be answered.

Red, Green, and Blue
(The primary colors of light)

The question:
Are black and white colors when generated as light?

The answers:
1. Black is the absence of color (and is therefore not a color)

Explanation:
When there is no light, everything is black. Test this out by going into a photographic dark room. There are no photons of light. In other words, there are no photons of colors.

2. White is the blending of all colors and is a color.

Explanation:
Light appears colorless or white. Sunlight is white light that is composed of all the colors of the spectrum. A rainbow is proof. You can't see the colors of sunlight except when atmospheric conditions bend the light rays and create a rainbow. You can also use a prism to demonstrate this.

Fact: The sum of all the colors of light add up to white.

This is additive color theory.


Color Theory 2 - Color as Pigment or Molecular Coloring Agents
(Subtractive Color Theory)

Red, Yellow, and Blue
(The primary colors of pigments in the art world)

Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow
(The primary colors of inks in the printing industry*)
The question:
Are black and white colors when they exist as pigments or as molecular coloring agents?

The answer:
Black is a color. (Chemists will confirm this!)
paint

Explanation:
Here's a simple way to show how black is made: Combine all three primary colors (red yellow and blue) using a liquid paint or you even food coloring. You
won't get a jet black, but the point will be clear. The history of black pigments includes charcoal, iron metals, and other chemicals as the source of black paints.
Resource: History of Pigments

Therefore, if someone argues that black is the absence of color, you can reply, “What is in a tube of black paint?” However, you must add the fact that black is a color when you are referring to the color of pigments and the coloring agents of tangible objects.


Is white a color?
No white is not a color.
... but .... in some cases you could say that white is a color.

The grey area:
Technically, pure white is the absence of color. In other words, you can't mix colors to create white. Therefore, white is the absence of color in the strictest sense of the definition.

However, when you examine the pigment chemistry of white, ground-up substances (such as chalk and bone) or chemicals (such as titanium and zinc) are used to create the many nuances of white in paint, chalk, crayons - and even products such as Noxema. It's worth noting that white paper is made by bleaching tree bark (paper pulp). Therefore, you could say that white is a color in the context of pigment chemistry.

Footnote:Note: In theory, mixing equal amounts of three primary colors should produce shades of grey or black when all three are fully saturated. In the print industry, cyan, magenta and yellow tend to produce muddy brown colors. For this reason, a fourth "primary" pigment, black, is often used in addition to the cyan, magenta, and yellow colors.

The final answer to whether black and white are colors takes other factors into consideration.


Part 3 –Vision and Reflection

Colors exist in the larger context of human vision. Consider the fact that there are three parts to the process of the perception of color.

1. The medium - The color as it exists as a pigment/colorant (such as the color of a tangible object) or as light (such as the color of an image on a television screen).

2. The sender - How the color is transmitted.

3. The receiver - How humans see color. In other words, how we receive information about color.

(If a tree falls in the forest and there is nobody around does it make a sound? Does a color exist if there is no one to see it?)

Is black a color? Is white a color?

The answer to whether white and black are colors combines both of the theories described in Part 1 and Part 2. Pigments and coloring agents are only half of the answer.

Here's how we see color:

The color of a tangible object originates as a molecular coloring agent on the surface of the apple. We see the color of an object because that object reflects “a color” to the eye. Every color is the effect of a specific wavelength. Link to Electromagnetic Spectrum at Color Matters.

In the case of the apple, we see the color red because the red apple reflects the specific wavelength of red (440nm is red).

The same theory applies to black and white.

Is black a color?

No, black is not a color; a black object absorbs all the colors of the visible spectrum and reflects none of them to the eyes.
The grey area about black:
A black object may look black, but, technically, it may still be reflecting some light. For example, a black pigment results from a combination of several pigments that collectively absorb most colors. If appropriate proportions of three primary pigments are mixed, the result reflects so little light as to be called "black." In reality, what appears to be black may be reflecting some light.

In physics, a black body is a perfect absorber of light.

Is white a color?

Yes, white is a color. White reflects all the colors of the visible light spectrum to the eyes.

In conclusion

The colors we see are simply a degree of how much of this color present in light is reflected. To be completely accurate, a color reflects the wavelengths in the NM range that our retinal cones respond to.

The medium is the process of reflection of the wavelength of the color.
The receiver is our eyes which receive the wavelength of the color.

okay, with that explanation, I am getting that maybe it's something still being argued over? *shrugs* all I know is that I think I'm about done talking about it. *falls outta her chair*

-blinks- That is an absolutely huge wall of text. xD

That wall of text hurt my brain. ._.;

Actually, I was getting a headache regardless, but it was the finishing touch. ;~;!

Lols, the parts that I skimmed through were certainly interesting, though!

I love your pretty dress with your bright green mohawk ;]

Aww, thanks Fabby. =D!

I love your pretty pudao with your pretty hair. D:!