Hmm... I realized recently that things have stupid names. Like my three-toed woodpecker in that blue light and water thread, which eventually turned into a pirate parrot who needs lockpicking/demolition skills to get his birdseed. And red grapes (*The* red grapes from The Subject Line). They're not really read, they're more purple. But they're not called purple grapes. People basically name things according to color and easy to recognize traits, because it makes those animals easy to recognize and identify. But most "blue" things are actually grey. "Red" things are more of a purple, or pink at best. Like onions. A red onion isn't red. It's purple. Even I can tell the difference between red and purple. But maybe they thought be calling the onion purple, it would feel insulted and cry or something. I wouldn't want to be called purple... that's a stupid name. So they called it red so it would be cool. But if they wanted it to be really neat, why don't they call it a Blood Onion? Or a Crimson Onion? or Onion of Flames? Those are better names than Red Onion, or the more descriptive Purple Onion.

And then comes along one of the only really red fruits, that could actually be called a red something, because rather than being purple, it's actually red, yay! But then the retarded farmer called it a tomato...

Many penguins mourn that day.

The only good named fruit is... the Orange! Even though I dislike all citrus fruits except Lemons and Ruby Red Grapefruit (which is actually more of a pink), Oranges have the best name because they're actually orange.

The End.

what about
"Black" and "White" people???!!!!

jeez, that confused me so much when I was four.
I told my my mom that people were brown and pink!

You know they dye red delicious apples in the states to make them red?

For the color blind (not me) your argument is null.

so what can be done about this?
wanna petition someone/something? march to the capitol?

im colour blind but i can still tell the difference between red and purple.

so whats the diffrence between a green and red apple then?

Originally posted by WellCookedFetus
so whats the diffrence between a green and red apple then?
They taste different.

I was asking about their color... from the stand point of someone that is red/green color blind. Maybe you were aware of that and are just @#$%ing with me, thats ok would like a strait answer though, just think it is intresting to know.

its easy to tell the difference between a green and red apple, the problem i have is when we start getting into colours like perriwinkle red (i might have made that colour up but you know what i mean). i have trouble with blue-pink-purple as well as green-red.

the enzyme that creates the sucrose in the pulp turns the skin red?

no. not really.

what kind of color blind are you? :confused:

i know that im red-green colour blind.....so is my brother and 2 of my uncles on my mums side of the family. i dunno if there is even such thing as blue-purple colour blindness, but the fact remains that i can never tell which is which.

and yes i can tell the difference between a red and a green traffic light. :)

ya one is on top of the other right?