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mopinko

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13. vast array? no. very limited.
Sat Jan 25, 2020, 12:13 PM
Jan 2020

emerald greens, rusty reds, creams and greys. pretty much it for ground colors.
now, inclusions are where there are more colors, but those are pretty limited, too.

i had the great gift of a trip to india about 10 years ago.
my tongue was regularly on the floor.
one hotel had a huge front desk of sapphire. pools of translucent light blue, in a sandy colored matrix. lit from behind.

the temples and the taj. omg.

but one thing that cracked me up was the truck stops.
in india, everything is made of marble. cheap places are tiled in grey marble.
now, tetrachrome and painter to boot, so, there are several pairs of colors that most people cant even tell apart, but i love one and absolutely despise the other.
one of those pairs is cad red and carmine red.
another is warm/cool greys. iow, blue greys/yellow greys.
all the cheap joints had the warm greys.

i am totally cool grey. this applies to hair color, too. i, happily, have the silvery color from my dad's side. my sisters are cursed w the yellowish grey from my mom. they hate me.

thanks for coming to my ted talk- on color and emotion.

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Thanks for that! luvs2sing Jan 2020 #1
My pleasure. It is beautiful, but also distracting. MineralMan Jan 2020 #2
Basically the same pattern at the UN, I believe, though a different color... Wounded Bear Jan 2020 #3
Yes. I don't really like the marble background at the UN. MineralMan Jan 2020 #4
That's what i thought when I first saw it malaise Jan 2020 #12
i should have known someone else here would notice. mopinko Jan 2020 #5
Metamorphic rock is fascinating. MineralMan Jan 2020 #7
vast array? no. very limited. mopinko Jan 2020 #13
Thanks for that research, MM - Did you Backseat Driver Jan 2020 #6
I didn't notice that, I'm afraid. MineralMan Jan 2020 #8
Found it - not really sure on identity of statue, but LOL in any case! Backseat Driver Jan 2020 #10
Good eye! Good catch! MineralMan Jan 2020 #11
'Fine point' empedocles Jan 2020 #9
Are the drapes new behind the chief justice? pwb Jan 2020 #14
I don't know. I like rocks. MineralMan Jan 2020 #15
Thank you, I have been admiring it, it is beautiful Perseus Jan 2020 #16
How did you know that was what I was wondering?! KPN Jan 2020 #17
Thank you! I had my tv repaired and was working on color settings and nearly looked it up myself chowder66 Jan 2020 #18
Thanks, I gave up after 30 minutes Cicada Jan 2020 #19
I tried to dig into that too! maxsolomon Jan 2020 #20
well it was obviously marble, I tend to notice stone work as the husband is a masonry contractor Kali Jan 2020 #21
Thanks! livvy Feb 2021 #22
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