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Ash Kvetchum@Ash_Kvetchum@nicecrew.digital (2026-07-22 15:21:06)
>it says he's black skinned

This is same as when Black Hebrew Israelites point to the Song of Solomon where he laments he works in the field for nought beneath the harsh sun and his skin and bones are black and they go :dasrite:
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Blurry Moon@sun@shitposter.world (2026-07-22 15:25:18)
@Ash_Kvetchum @Humpleupagus @penguin @JeffGrimesArt @adequate @mushroom_soup there's already scholarly writing on colors being "weird" to contemporary readers in the oddysey, homer also says the ocean is the color of wine among other weird descriptions. color names, even the concepts aren't reliable. in classical chinese there's a color mentioned that doesn't even exist anymore and it's not even agreed what the god damn color is, the best theory so far is the concept of "color" was not even the same to the classical chinese and you could have colors that don't fit on a modern color wheel. I can't explain it better just that simplistic white and black to describe skin color and mapping it to modern american skin color is an insane argument

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御園はくい@hakui@tuusin.misono-ya.info (2026-07-22 15:32:08)
@sun @Ash_Kvetchum @Humpleupagus @JeffGrimesArt @adequate @mushroom_soup @penguin wine is dark, bronze is bright from the reflection. classical 青 is dark and cool. it's not that hard

rude@rude@kys.moe (2026-07-22 15:45:08)
@sun @Humpleupagus @penguin @Ash_Kvetchum @JeffGrimesArt @adequate @mushroom_soup 

Colors are all over the place because they referenced its value instead of its hue.
Wine color meant cloudy. Black meant dark/tan. White means bright/pale.

They used to teach this in public school back in my day. :whenlifegetsatyou: