This is probably the closest to primary blue in the thread, IMO.
Not to slam anyone's taste, but, yeah, there's a reason why it's an uncommon color.
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Primary Blue
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This is probably the closest to primary blue in the thread, IMO.
Not to slam anyone's taste, but, yeah, there's a reason why it's an uncommon color.
i'm presently building a very sparkly lake placid blue tele bass and it will kick any non-sparkly primary blue bass' butt.
sparkly basses sound better-this is a scientifically proven fact.
sparkly basses sound better-this is a scientifically proven fact.
Not that guy but it depends on which color system you are looking at. Sure, for additive (RGB) and subtractive (RYB) blue is a primary color but when looking at the print system (CYMK) it's a secondary color. Granted this is all pedantic.
Personally I don't mind straight blue finishes, though they look best when they're a metallic or trans finish. Carvin has a nice vivid trans blue and I've seen some nice metallic blues as well.
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Then again I'm a sucker for blue basses anyway.
I respectfully disagree, red, green and blue are the primary colors for light, not pigment.
I think it can come off as cheap looking, but you put it on a nicely designed bass and I think that plastic-like look could appeal to the kid in us. To each his own though. I like bold, solid colors.
Hopkins
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The plastic look is what makes it cheap looking IMHO, everyone has differing opinions but majority opinion is what counts if you are in business to sell. I like bold solid colors also, but some colors lend themselves better to that style.
Ah well that makes sense. In business to sell go with the majority opinion. I'd be a terrible business man anyway.
Hopkins
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The only color pallet that I know of that blue is not a primary is in 4 color printing, in which cyan takes blues place. But I consider that man made, the primaries provided by nature, light passing through a prism are red, blue and yellow.
Subtractive color wheel differs Artist v. Physicist v. Printer. So, all of you are right!
Primary colors almost never appeal to adults, secondary and tertiary colors do. Given a choice, a child will usually favor a primary over anything. They are simple and vibrant. But, then there's Mondrian.
The colors in living spaces are very good indicators of the age group of the occupant. Tertiary being the most "grown up".
Ever notice the color of car someone who's going through a midlife crisis buys? It's almost always a primary. Return to childhood. The psychology of colors is an interesting field.
Anyway, a primary blue bass is a midlife crisis bass. OP, you ok? I kid.
Primary colors almost never appeal to adults, secondary and tertiary colors do. Given a choice, a child will usually favor a primary over anything. They are simple and vibrant. But, then there's Mondrian.
The colors in living spaces are very good indicators of the age group of the occupant. Tertiary being the most "grown up".
Ever notice the color of car someone who's going through a midlife crisis buys? It's almost always a primary. Return to childhood. The psychology of colors is an interesting field.
Anyway, a primary blue bass is a midlife crisis bass. OP, you ok? I kid.
I apologize for my approach, I said that to get those that were taught traditional color theory to take a look at what I was saying by restated another old (false, to me) paradigm: In the light spectrum Red, Green and Blue are primary.
Televisions and video monitors have already been adding other "primary" colors because they can't reproduce all the perceivable colors. I would ask that we consider the question: "Why would more "primary" colors be be needed if the triadic light primaries were already correct?"
I have a different theory and I will risk ridicule: The triadic pigment and triadic light spectrum are actually one and the same; Yellow, Cyan and Magenta. Time will tell, just remember years from now when you are on Cash Cab that you heard it on TalkBass.
More importantly than any color theories, I like blue.
I have a 2 year old though and another baby on the way. I wonder if that has to do with it. I like psychology too. Never thought about it but yeah you always see the red yellow or blue corvette. Pretty interesting. Maybe a deep part of my psyche is stuck in childhood where I suffered some emotional trauma I've yet to unlock and am thus always seeking to soothe and comfort that poor wounded child deep within. That's probably it. How much do I owe you?
Me too. Interestingly, when me and my brother were little tykes, I always got blue toys and he always got red, so I always associated red with my brother for some reason. Now I have a red bass, but I had a hard time getting used to it because I always thought of red as my "opposite." (There's a little psych problem for you Matt O).
Never asked him if he actually liked red or if he just got shafted being the younger one.
If you want to analyze it, it could be a bonding thing with your child. I often see parents of young children wearing primaries. I'm not sure if it's a subconscious thing or chosen intentionally, but it certainly is for the purposes of bonding.
Or, you just like that particular hue of blue.
Free of charge, my friend!
That's beyond my pay grade, but I suggest you fill the bathtub with red plastic things, get in, and call your brother. When he answers, say "how ya like me now" and hang up.
I don't know if that will do anything at all for you, but I think it's, at the very least, hilarious.
I think that maybe there aren't more primary blue instruments out there, is because there isn't much of a demand for the. Fender has made 5 shades of blue that I can think of: Sonic, Daphne, Aqua Marine, Lake Placid, and Ice Blue Met. No primary or vivid blue.
If an instrument is made with good looking wood, it will be displayed. Natural, White or Butterscotch Blonde, Sunburst, or a transparent finish of some type.
On rare occasions, Fender, for instance, has made (Grafitti) Yellow and (Competition?) Orange.
I think the reason, (at least partially) is that certain colors simply don't look dramatic under stage lighting. Black, White, Sunburst, Red, they look good under stage lighting. What color clothes do most people usually wear on stage? Black, white, maybe red, and their pants, black or Denim blue.
Vivid Blue, Grafitti Yellow and Competition Orange would good onstage during a daytime show, but under stage lighting, eh, maybe not so much.
I've heard other people talk about this (instrument colors and how things look onstage) before, so I think that there may be some validity to this theory.
Then again, I could be wrong.
If an instrument is made with good looking wood, it will be displayed. Natural, White or Butterscotch Blonde, Sunburst, or a transparent finish of some type.
On rare occasions, Fender, for instance, has made (Grafitti) Yellow and (Competition?) Orange.
I think the reason, (at least partially) is that certain colors simply don't look dramatic under stage lighting. Black, White, Sunburst, Red, they look good under stage lighting. What color clothes do most people usually wear on stage? Black, white, maybe red, and their pants, black or Denim blue.
Vivid Blue, Grafitti Yellow and Competition Orange would good onstage during a daytime show, but under stage lighting, eh, maybe not so much.
I've heard other people talk about this (instrument colors and how things look onstage) before, so I think that there may be some validity to this theory.
Then again, I could be wrong.
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