"Cosmic Latte is the known colour of the universe. Who is its sister? Ivory has a tint of yellow, what does it taste like? Amber Shift grows warm and warmer, but how long can its temperature dance for? Sleet tried to sleep but couldn't put off a hard melt, who sharpened its edges? Wheat, sustainer of many—when did this shade of white begin to rust?"
- http://www.ceriph.net/home.htm
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and now a quick look over at wikipedia-
Naming of the color
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| The original and incorrect color thought to describe the universe was "cosmic turquoise" due to an error in the way that the software used had calculated the shade.[2] |
The color was displayed in a Washington Post article.[citation needed] Glazebrook jokingly said that he was looking for suggestions for a name for the new color. Several people who read the article sent in suggestions. These were the results of a vote of the scientists involved based on the new color.
| Color Name | Credit | Number of votes from JHU astronomers |
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| Cosmic Latte | Peter Drum | 6 |
| Cappuccino Cosmico | Peter Drum | 17 |
| Big Bang Buff/Blush/Beige | Many entrants | 13 |
| Cosmic Cream | Several entrants | 8 |
| Astronomer Green | Unknown | 8 |
| Astronomer Almost | Lisa Rose | 7 |
| Skyvory | Michael Howard | 7 |
| Univeige | Several entrants | 6 |
| Cosmic Khaki | Unknown | 5 |
| Primordial Clam Chowder | Unknown | 4 |
Though Drum's suggestion "Cappuccino Cosmico" received the most votes, Glazebrook and Baldry preferred Drum's other suggestion (Cosmic Latte). Drum came up with the name while sitting at a Starbucks coffee house drinking a latte and reading the Post. Drum noticed that the color of the Universe as displayed in the Washington Post was the same color as his latte.
i'd personally go for 'Primordial Clam Chowder'.
far out!
and and and, i just realised that cosmic turquoise shade is the colour you see in my lil collage up there! woo!
1 comment:
Haha, I thought that color was like the one on your header. :)
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