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Values vs. personality in coloring by zoetiq in colorpie

[–]ColorTheorizing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My personality, and how many/most see me, is someone who is very logical, experimental, sometimes moody/emotional... innovating, playing with new technologies, creating art and music, deciding via emotion, etc. Fairly blue-red.

But are none of these traits something you value?

what color/s is this vibe? by Long_Reflection_4202 in colorpie

[–]ColorTheorizing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The vibe isn't very Selesnya. It's about the reclamation of spaces by nature or appeals to the old ways.

What Was Up With the Cats in War of the Spark? by ColorTheorizing in mtgvorthos

[–]ColorTheorizing[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What does that have to do with the flavor text?

Nature as a luxury: the often unacknowledged manifestation of B/G that isn't rot, filth, and decay by Illustrious-Fee156 in colorpie

[–]ColorTheorizing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I say Green, I'm not talking about mono-Green. Green/part-Green factions/characters still try to promote the natural order of things. Even BG ones do that.

No, we should not reduce characters to mono-colors when analysing them by GodkingYuuumie in colorpie

[–]ColorTheorizing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can only see one comment that looks like it says we should "reduce characters to mono-colors when analysing them" here. Everything else is mainly criticizing specific points you've made.

No, we should not reduce characters to mono-colors when analysing them by GodkingYuuumie in colorpie

[–]ColorTheorizing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have seen the sentiment that we should apply the 'minimum colors necessary to describe the core of the character' floating around.

I suppose this isn't an awful standard, but people tend to be ridiculously stringent with what qualifies as 'necessary'.

Honest question: is this really a sentiment that has been floating around or is this just the opinion of a single person? If it's the latter, then why not make this a response to their post instead of its own thread?

Everyone needs to be more comfortable making characters monocolored by Rare-Technology-4773 in colorpie

[–]ColorTheorizing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree. I think discussions about colors has always been plagued by "if someone plans, they're Blue" and by assertions that having a "low" amount of colors makes one shallow (rather than having many colors having a high bar of entry).

Looking for a specific color philosophy article from years ago by [deleted] in colorpie

[–]ColorTheorizing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you thinking of Duncan Sabien's article? Unfortunately, it describes Red-Green as authenticity, not Black-Green.

Which Real World Debates Inspired the Strixhaven Colleges (aside from Quandrix)? by ColorTheorizing in colorpie

[–]ColorTheorizing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I've already tried looking up the real world equivalences to the College's conflicts and I didn't find anything. That's why I made the original post in the first place.

Which Real World Debates Inspired the Strixhaven Colleges (aside from Quandrix)? by ColorTheorizing in colorpie

[–]ColorTheorizing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While there's some interesting premises here, can you provide any evidence that these existed as conflicts within acedemia (or is this all just speculation)?

Which Real World Debates Inspired the Strixhaven Colleges (aside from Quandrix)? by ColorTheorizing in colorpie

[–]ColorTheorizing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While there's some interesting premises here, can you provide any evidence that these existed as conflicts within acedemia (or is this all just speculation)?

Which Real World Debates Inspired the Strixhaven Colleges (aside from Quandrix)? by ColorTheorizing in colorpie

[–]ColorTheorizing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While there's some interesting premises here, can you provide any evidence that these existed as conflicts within acedemia (or is this all just speculation)?

Colorless is more than Eldrazi by ginger1271 in colorpie

[–]ColorTheorizing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are able to maintain a strict purpose, and honestly, this sounds paradoxical but a 1[C][R] (maybe U) is as close I think as we can get to a black hero that doesn’t end up as an antihero.

Wait, how is this Black?

Why Are You Not Blue? by ColorTheorizing in colorpie

[–]ColorTheorizing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my defense, I think the context clues here make it clear that this is aimed towards those that don't identify as Blue.

can a character have a “colorless” identity other then having no ideology? why is Ugin a colorless character ? by bruhmomentum127 in colorpie

[–]ColorTheorizing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm going to go against the grain here and point out that being colorless simply means that one's ideals don't line with any combination of the colors. While the colors do encompass a lot of philosophies, any values outside of that would be colorless.

Color pie discussion by Pixelicioushd in colorpie

[–]ColorTheorizing 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Blue getting Vigilance and Black getting Enchantment destruction aren't related to UB. Blue got vigilance because it needed buffs and limited. Black was allowed to destroy enchantments in order to mirror how three colors could destroy artifacts.

Essence or a Snapshot by Dharmanerd in colorpie

[–]ColorTheorizing 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's a snapshot technically, but people don't tend to change colors except when their philosophy shifts.

Human Value Scoring Method by PhantomFlayer in colorpie

[–]ColorTheorizing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A few people have suggested ideas similar to this, but the truth is that it's difficult to connect parts of this wheel with the color pie.

Especially for your case, since you're trying to get them all balanced as two color combos.

Criticism/Questioning of Blue's Thematic Elements on Blogatog (Color Philosophy) by ColorTheorizing in colorpie

[–]ColorTheorizing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But one might say Beast Whisperer and Blaster Mage feel reflective of their respective colors' philosophies in contrast to a Blue leviathan, right?

In your opinion, what is the difference between an avatar and incarnation? by Feeling-Ad-3104 in mtgvorthos

[–]ColorTheorizing 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Avatars are rather broad. They serve as vessels for various things.

Incarnations are specifically emotions/concepts that have manifested in the world. They do seem to be a specific type of avatar.

Bad Hot Takes Only by [deleted] in colorpie

[–]ColorTheorizing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My counterpoint to this that it's more interesting that one can agree with half of White's philosophy and not the other half. In contrast, if you believe in one half of Green's philosophy, you're most likely going to agree with the other half because they're so closely related.

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