I like the infinity symbol but it has to be done properly : autismmemes

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 102 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Looking at them side by side is making me realize how much I didn't realize I hate the top one

[+] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 56 points 3 months ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

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[–] Uli@sopuli.xyz 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think purple should be the color that goes under the overpass, since it's the one our brain makes up between violet and red to turn our perception of visible light into a color wheel.

[–] jnod4@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes I forget that purple is not a real but just a collective hallucination

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Not all purple is faked. All onscreen purple is fake, but so is onscreen yellow and orange.

Indigo and violet are real and look purple to us. This is because they are moderately close to the blue frequencies so stimulate our blue cones and moderately close to double the red frequencies, so also stimulate our red cones.

There's no way for you to tell whether you're looking at something that's genuinely reflecting indigo or violet light into your eyes, or something that's shining a mixture of red and blue light at them.

If it's on a screen, it's definitely fake and not indigo or violet at all. Screens can only make red, green and blue light.

Any yellow or orange you see on a screen is also completely fake. It's just red and green light mixed up with no yellow at all.

If you're seeing it on an object, it's far more likely to be real yellow or real indigo/violet. Pigment and light don't mix in the same way at all.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 3 months ago

i can think of few better symbols of autism than going "no no, that's not accurate, hold on let me fix this.."

[+] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 37 points 3 months ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

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[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 15 points 3 months ago

I actually did not know that! That's so nifty!

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 3 months ago

So it's a Lemmy Lemniscate when it's here?

Try saying that three times fast

[–] Undaunted@feddit.org 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Does anyone know how to properly do the bottom variant in Inkscape? I only know how to do the top one and I don't like that

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You split the object into various smaller pieces, each with a gradient fill between two colours - you end one section with the same colour as you start the next. None of the objects have outlines. The objects can be layered in any order, except the "top of the crossover" has to go on top of everything else.

You can then group all those sections to move them around as one object. Don't "union" them into one object, or you'll end up with it going like the top one.

There's probably another 5 different ways of getting the same results - can I set a gradient along a custom path? I've never tried :)

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Here's a crude example (about 15 minutes messing about in Inkscape). The initial "infinity shape" could have been done a lot more neatly, and the chopping it up could have been done a lot more neatly, but hopefully it gets the idea across:

The rounded pieces would probably have benefitted from being sliced into a few more pieces.

Each gradient is just point-to-point between the two colours. You can adjust the direction of the linear gradient with the node tool.

The easiest way to cut it up, is to put a disposable shape over the top, with edges where you want the cut to be, select both shapes and use "path>division" to cut the outline of the top shape into the bottom shape.

You could certainly do this a lot neater and more accurately if you spent a little longer with it.

Good luck! :)

[–] Spzi@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago

Outstanding quality comment! Great example and all. Have a nice day

[–] Undaunted@feddit.org 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's amazing, thank you for this detailed explanation! I'll try that out later.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago

You're very welcome :)

If you get stuck at any point, feel free to ask further questions and I'll do my best to answer you (though my answer may be hours or days later!).

[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (3 children)

You could still keep the fountain pen style of the top while making the colors actually loop and while keeping functional antialiasing

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 7 points 3 months ago

yeah, sorry about the jaggies, the top one originally had a black background which i bucket-tooled out, and you know how the bucket tool is with jpegs. :/

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago

That's a matter of perspective.

I'll show myself out ...

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Nah, top one is just an 8 on its side, not an infinity symbol at all.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Am I the only one who thinks it looks way to generic? I support it since it seems to be pretty well recognized but I wish it had more characteristics than rainbow figure 8.

I like it better than the Autism speaks puzzle piece since represents the community much better.

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

my idea for a better icon?

like it fits SO WELL

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago

This deserves all of the upvotes

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Aren't symbols of large groups supposed to be generic?

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

If the infinity rainbow is gonna get used in any capacity though, I feel like the violet should be at the back, as it's the darker hue.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 6 points 3 months ago

That looks nice

[–] untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

just got this to 2⁹ upvotes

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