Opening interaction:
- "Hi there! My name is Colorvali! I am here if you want to change your appearance!" (If first time meeting)
- "Welcome back! Would you like to change your appearance?"
"Woah, an NPC?" chosen (only available if first time meeting):
- "My name is Colorvali, the first of hopefully many other Npcs! My job is to give customization to your birbs :3"
"Who are you?" chosen:
- "My name is Colorvali, the first of hopefully many other Npcs! My job is to give customization to your birbs :3"
"Can you yap?" chosen:
- "ya sure :3. Color! What an incredible, infuriating, awe-inspiring subject! It's both science and art, a dance of photons and perceptions. Let's start with the basics-or should I say, the eye-searingly complicated "basics" that make everyone think they understand color theory until they try to apply it and suddenly everything turn to mud. At the heart of color is light. Every color you've ever seen is a result of specific wavelengths of light hitting your retina. Think about that: the entire visible spectrum, from deep violet to fiery red, is a mere slice of electromagnetic radiation. Beyond it lies the invisible-infrared, ultraviolet, and so much more that we can only imagine. Yet within this narrow band, we've built entire civilizations of meaning, symbolism, and beauty. Red is passion or anger. Blue is calm or sadness. Green? Nature, envy, or even money, depending on the context. It's a visual language we've all agreed to speak... except when we don't. More on that later. Let's dive into the "science" part, shall we? Primary colors. Oh boy, here's where the chaos begins. Artists learn that red, yellow and blue are the primaries. That's fine if you're working with paint. But guess what? Light doesn't care about your tempera or gouache. In the realm of additive color (light-based), the primaries are red, green, and blue. Combine them, and you get white light. In subtractive color (pigment-based), it's cyan, magenta, and yellow. Mix them all, and you theoretically get black-though in practice, you get an icky, dark brown mess, because pigments are flawed, just like us. Then there's the infamous color wheel. What a deceptive little circle of lies! It promises harmony and balance: complementary colors that pop, analogous colors that soothe. But in practice, one wrong move and your carefully crafted palette looks like a clown explosion. And don't even get me started on tertiary colors. "Oh, just mix a primary and a secondary!" they say, as if that doesn't result in another hundred variations that have you questioning your life choices. But wait, it gets worse. Enter the realm of perception. How we see color isn't universal. It's filtered through biology, culture, and context. Take color blindness, for instance. Around 8% of men and 0.5% of women have some form of it, meaning they experience the world's palette in ways most of us can't fathom. And then there's cultural perception. White is purity in Western traditions, but in some Asian cultures, it's mourning. Red can signify good fortune in China, but in Western contexts, it's danger. Color is both universal and deeply personal, a paradox that makes it endlessly fascinating and maddening. Oh, and let's not forget about trends! Pantone's Color of the Year dictates palettes for everything from fashion to industrial design, as if a single shade can encapsulate the spirit of an entire year. Spoiler alert: it can't. Meanwhile, the rise of digital design has birthed its own insanity. Hex codes, RGB values, CMYK conversions-all designed to make your life easier, until you realize the beautiful teal you chose on screen looks like swamp water in print. And don't even get me started on the black hole of time that is trying to name colors. Is it "sunset orange" or "vermillion"? "Eggshell" or "off-white"? Entire industries exist to give absurdly specific names to colors that all look like 'beige' to most people. Who decided "Tuscan Sun" was more evocative than "yellowish"? And yet... despite all this complexity, color is miraculous. It's a visual symphony, capable of evoking emotions, memories, and dreams. It can make us feel joy, nostalgia, serenity, or even rage. It's in the blush of a sunrise, the iridescence of a beetle's shell, and the vivid strokes of a Van Gogh painting. No matter how much we analyze, categorize, and argue about it, color remains beautifully, defiantly alive-a testament to the fact that sometimes, the most maddening things in life are also the most magical."
After changing color:
- "Looking FRESH"
- "I wanna boop >:3 ... May I?"
- "Uh, sure!" chosen:
- "No" chosen:
- "Very fancy!"
- "Awh, you look adorable!
- "And just like that, a brand new you!"
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