Book-Color Histogram.
Red, Blue, Green, Yellow.
The (actual) distribution of my books.
A physical color histogram.
Day 200. July 19 2009.
explored.
and posted to gizmodo. mmhm.
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arwcheek, jdebner, Elliot Norwood, anikarenina, and 73 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Elliot Norwood (35 months ago | reply)
This is cool. I'm sure some kind of useful information can be gleaned from this, but I'm not entirely sure what... certainly makes me want to do it with my books though.
Patrick Gage (35 months ago | reply)
do it. i wanted to include white and black ... but I would have needed higher ceilings.
annaclare101 (35 months ago | reply)
Love it - beautifully framed. Had no idea books could be so colorful.
Elliot Norwood (35 months ago | reply)
@Patrick: Maybe I will, although there is that whole the gf and I are colorblind thing...
Next you should make a color balance card out of books :)
Patrick Gage (35 months ago | reply)
@annaclare101 books can be very very colorful (though my pink & purple section is super small) but when you sort them like this, a wonderful spectrum results
harraton (35 months ago | reply)
Books! I need to borrow some of these.
Patrick Gage (35 months ago | reply)
@harraton - you are welcome to them after they are moved into the new apartment and unpacked!
Phluff2002 (35 months ago | reply)
good thing we did not sort the basement books with way
you need a few more green books
piedbutcherbird (35 months ago | reply)
books are judged by their covers.
Just Katety (35 months ago | reply)
Very cool pic! Well done.
Patrick Gage (35 months ago | reply)
flowsun [deleted] (34 months ago | reply)
cool
See-ming Lee 李思明 SML (34 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called SML Fine Art = 大中小藝 = SML ファインアート, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
This rocks!
See-ming Lee 李思明 SML (32 months ago | reply)
I thought that you should check this out: Organizing by color - it's the grand daddy version of your experiment!
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Seen in the group"SML Viz" (?)
PhotoPuddle (31 months ago | reply)
Cool - everyone should organise their books by colour!
Patrick Gage (31 months ago | reply)
PhotoPuddle - i totally agree. Everyone should sort their books by color.
Carol VanHook (31 months ago | reply)
What a wonderful photograph and such a great representation of literary excellence!
charisbo (28 months ago | reply)
Hi!! i would like to use this photo in my job, how can i contact you? my mail is charisbo@yahoo.com, maybe i can put your name on it or something like that, please send me a mail in a response, thanks!
Kiawah Confectionery (28 months ago | reply)
Hi Patrick:
I LOVE this photo! I used it in our Top 5 events email:
www.kidcityny.com/cpw
Thank you so much for being a CC photographer!
H.Tilbe (26 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Let your World be full of Colour, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
H.Tilbe (26 months ago | reply)
Excellent image !!! Seen in:
Let your World be full of Colour
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J e n s (26 months ago | reply)
#hahaha# Awesome! :)
uninvented colors (25 months ago | reply)
love it!
a.n.k.i. (22 months ago | reply)
Hallo, ich bin der Administrator der Gruppe Book Nerds, und wir freuen uns, Ihr Foto unserer Gruppe hinzuzufügen.
This photo was invited and added to the Book Nerds group.
redwitch379 (21 months ago | reply)
Dear Patrick
Love this photo - would I be able to use in a ppt slide for a library induction?
Educational use - no profit involved, will attribute.
Nice bright image of books!
Many thanks.
Sue
Patrick Gage (21 months ago | reply)
Sue, of course you can - it is creative commons licensed and being an academic myself I love educational uses and libraries. Enjoy!
pawprints (20 months ago | reply)
very creative !!
plaisanter~ (19 months ago | reply)
Patrick- This is just great! I'm going to print a copy for the small, rural public library I work in; the bathroom walls need color. (But don't think my choice of display area reflects on the image, the bathroom walls are the only walls without books!) I will follow the CC license, of course, and put your name on it.
ignoranthistorian (18 months ago | reply)
I used your picture with a quote about books (of course) on my blog. Thanks!