New basic color: Squant?

miomar • 19 August 2012 at 11:34 AM

So recently I found a site claiming that they discovered a new basic color; squant. After doing my research it turned out to be a real color too! As curious as I am I immediately wanted to see it, but you need to download a plug-in so your computer can actually view it. Because I'm such a "bab luck Brian" the download failed and now I'm waiting for a mail from their support team... =^P
Have you seen the color squant? Do you think you can describe how it looks (probably not =^P) or would you love to see it? This is the place to talk about it! =^D

The site:
http://www.negativland.com/archives/015squant/photos.html

cqpkytty • 19 August 2012 at 12:02 PM

I wish I could see it, the plugin didn't work :/

Meteoroid • 19 August 2012 at 12:03 PM

@miomar, squant is simply a hoax that has been floating around since forever on the internet. The plug-in does not work in the least. Squant is unfortunately a very fictitious color.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Edge_(radio)

miomar • 19 August 2012 at 12:07 PM

@Meteroid
Oh well, that's too bad I guess?

UPDATE:
There are people who claim that they have seen the color squant and that the plug-in worked. I'll do more research...

Deleted • 19 August 2012 at 12:28 PM

lol fail.

Meteoroid • 19 August 2012 at 12:31 PM

@miomar, No need to research. Those people are simply playing along to keep the joke alive. The plug-in will never work. 😋

miomar • 19 August 2012 at 12:36 PM

@Meteroid
I guess it's too good to be real then... But there seems to be another new color that hunans can't see, at least there is one... =^P

cqpkytty • 19 August 2012 at 12:58 PM

@miomar
All electromagnetic waves (not just the visible light part) are colors. So there are plenty of colors we can't see.
Infrared, ultraviolet, microwaves, x-rays, radio waves, gamma rays.
I think butterflies can see ultraviolet, I heard it somewhere 😋

piucca • 19 August 2012 at 3:17 PM

@miomar

It is alright, the first time I heard of it I was very excited
until I did some poking around and found
out it was sadly not real.

There are some animals that can see colors we are not able to 😊
That is what I am waiting for, so we can place goggles on our heads and switch over to see what different creatures see in their daily life.

miomar • 19 August 2012 at 5:41 PM

I send a message saying the plug-in didn't work and I got a message from "Mel Yaminto the Web Schlump (no idea what that means) and Pantomime horse" (that's who he/she said he/she was) that "the team" would look after it. Are you kidding me? =^|

@Piucca
@Meteoroid
@Cqpkytty
@darthvader

piucca • 19 August 2012 at 6:11 PM

@miomar
That is really weird lol

balletninja • 19 August 2012 at 6:21 PM

It is like the fourth dimension: new colors.

We can't even comprehend it.

miomar • 19 August 2012 at 6:22 PM

@Piucca
I'm still not giving up thought, what if there is squant but people just say it's fake because the plug-in mostly fails?

Meteoroid • 19 August 2012 at 9:01 PM

@miomar I'm not saying that there aren't colors we can't see, but a plug-in program is simply unable to do such a thing. A current monitor would not be able to process that. Not to mention that Squant -is- a hoax, meaning you wont see it anytime soon.

faybaybay • 19 August 2012 at 9:02 PM

Squant is a cool name, it reminds me of squanto

inhabitant • 26 August 2012 at 9:49 AM

@miomar

Squant is a catchy name XD and i can't download the plug-in xD

cat • 26 August 2012 at 9:54 AM

@miomar There is also a thing where you can see like... Blueish-yellow. Or purplish-green. I have no idea what it's called, though.

dandiestlion • 26 August 2012 at 5:49 PM

When I read the original post, I immediately thought "Wait, am I reading some spam email?!" because that sounds like a scam to me. You shouldn't have to download something to see a color... the idea is ludicrous to say the least.

miomar • 26 August 2012 at 6:26 PM

Lol, just wondered, if they really discovered Squant, then how in the world did the people from the Color festival get squant colored stuff?

Meteoroid • 26 August 2012 at 6:36 PM

@miomar, They didn't. It's a fake website to go along with a fake color. 😋

toy • 26 August 2012 at 7:17 PM

Its like the Tree Octopus...
It has its own website and everything.
PIctures, claims... Yeah.
But it's completely fake.

http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/