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Haku1234567890
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I'm trying to find list of colors that hurt eyes (that's hard to look at them) and make myself a skin out of those colors, any list like that on the web

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daleks
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Any neon color. Neon yellow would probably be the worst.

EmperorPalpatine
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Fluorescent yellow. I'll prove it.

http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00bvFQouftvPkU/Reflective-Sheeting-Fluorescent-Yellow-.jpg

xXKashitoXx
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I think yellow hurts the eyes the most, but I don't know.

idontsuckthatmuch
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Well, I live in this neighborhood where I always drive past this one particular house.

Nothing special about that, but they always put Christmas lights on during the holidays, and the color is a very bright blue that hurts my eyes every time I drive past it at night.

So I'd pick that.

Graham
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Fluorescent Greeeeen too.

But I'll just link to this non-color too.

FallenSky
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Depends on the situation. The worst color to look at will be white if there's plenty of light because of the albedo factor. There's even a disease that affects adventurers wo go up North, in the Arctic for example. They say the reflection of the sun on the endless snowfields can make you go crazy if you witness it too long.

I remember that time when I had an exam for my eyes; they were so sore the doctor had to put a solution in them that dilatated my pupils. Afterwards, I couldn't even stand to look straight up while walking. Even the white sidewalks were completely unbearable to look at so I had to walk on the grass, looking down to make it back home :P.

marcosca7
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bright red / fluorescent yellow / neon green

EmperorPalpatine
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bright red / fluorescent yellow / neon green

I take it you hate stoplights?

But I'll just link to this non-color too.

That was annoying! I looked at it for about a minute and started trippin!
iMogwai
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Fluorescent yellow. I'll prove it.


I don't think it's that bad. Reminds me of bananas. I like bananas.

I don't really think any colours hurt your eyes themselves, though I'm sure that some ways of producing those colours could, like the Christmas decorations someone mentioned. Shapes, however, can be really freaky to look at, as Graham demonstrated.

Anyways, it's only logical that the more light that enters your eyes, the more it'd hurt, and by that logic, the colour that is the worst to look at should be white.
EmperorPalpatine
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Fluorescent Greeeeen too.

My room is painted Limeade, so I'm used to it. [the one in the link isn't my room, but it's roughly the same color walls]
Haku1234567890
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Fluorescent Greeeeen too.

But I'll just link to this non-color too.


Holly ****, need to bookmark that

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BTW I made it [red][blue]
Its soo bad it even flickers lol (lok at the six'th one)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Dithering_example_red_blue.png
iMogwai
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TBH, I think the fifth was more annoying than the sixth, but I don't think neither was all that painful to look at.

BTW, since we're on the theme of optical illusions, can you see the numbers in this picture?

http://guybingley.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/capture_1.jpg

I found it while Googling &quotictures that hurt your eyes" >_>

Patrick2011
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BTW, since we're on the theme of optical illusions, can you see the numbers in this picture?

*the relevant picture*


I see the numbers 0-5, but the 6 is cut off.
snowguy13
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Any bright or neon version of a typical color. Neon green, yellow, pink especially. Did you know yellow has been proven to make people more irritable, and green more calm?

Patrick2011
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Did you know yellow has been proven to make people more irritable, and green more calm?


I didn't know that before it was posted. Speaking of yellow and green, my favorite color is green and my original armatar was the shield with a green background. As for yellow, there is no such thing as a shield with a yellow background. If you think I'm wrong, you should look at this armatar:

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee400/Patrick2011b/Armatars/OrangeArmatar.png

I think the background color is orange, but somebody once thought the background color was yellow.
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