30-03-2016, 02:20 PM
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It reminded me of the Voynich waters so I looked for this thread. I'm glad to see juergen already mentioned the important part: many ancient cultures did not distinguish between blue and green. While we see these colours as totally different, they did not.
What this means is that at least we shouldn't find it too absurd that green is used for water- they saw it as shades of the same color. As Diane says, specific shades were matched with certian types of water. The Ancients even tended to describe a particular sea as leek-green, assigning different shades to others. That doesn't mean they thought those waters were strang or dirty. Green was just within the accepted range of colors to describe and depict waters.
It reminded me of the Voynich waters so I looked for this thread. I'm glad to see juergen already mentioned the important part: many ancient cultures did not distinguish between blue and green. While we see these colours as totally different, they did not.
What this means is that at least we shouldn't find it too absurd that green is used for water- they saw it as shades of the same color. As Diane says, specific shades were matched with certian types of water. The Ancients even tended to describe a particular sea as leek-green, assigning different shades to others. That doesn't mean they thought those waters were strang or dirty. Green was just within the accepted range of colors to describe and depict waters.