10 to the 81st power is the biggest number

[Quasar44]

That is the sum total of every molecule and particle in the entire observable universe
That is a 1 with 81 zeroes

Yes you have the Google number but who cares

 

[toobfreak]

That is the sum total of every molecule and particle in the entire observable universe
That is a 1 with 81 zeroes

Yes you have the Google number but who cares

Nope. A googolplex is.

 

[the other mike]

It's still infinity, which isn't technically a 'number', just a physical certainty.

 

[BULLDOG]

Not sure if your number is correct, but It's still true that one is the loneliest number.

 

[Crepitus]

That is the sum total of every molecule and particle in the entire observable universe
That is a 1 with 81 zeroes

Yes you have the Google number but who cares

There is no "biggest number", there is only the biggest number so far.

 

[toobfreak]

It's still infinity, which isn't technically a 'number', just a physical certainty.

Technically, infinity ISN'T the biggest number since it cannot be defined as having any specific expressible quantity. Infinity is better thought of as the ABSENCE of any number or maybe the sum total of all possible numbers!

 

[the other mike]

Technically, infinity ISN'T the biggest number since it cannot be defined as having any specific expressible quantity. Infinity is better thought of as the ABSENCE of any number!

Like white is the absence of color.
And black is all colors combined ? It's beyond
our realm of comprehension I s'pose.

 

[toobfreak]

Like white is the absence of color. And black is all colors combined ?

That depends. If you are talking about PIGMENTS, then yes maybe, but in terms of LIGHT, it works the other way. Take a prism. White light is the combination of all colors combined. Black is the absence of color (light). Refracting through the prism, each wavelength of light is refracted differently at a different angle due to the difference in wavelength interacting with the refractive index of the glass. Each wavelength gets separated by the SPEED CHANGE the medium effects! Since violet light has the most energy (shortest wavelength/vibrating faster), it interacts the most and gets bent more taking the longest path through the glass. That's why you see all the different colors coming out.

 

[the other mike]

Like white is the absence of color. And black is all colors combined ?

That depends. If you are talking about PIGMENTS, then yes maybe, but in terms of LIGHT, it works the other way. Take a prism. White light is the combination of all colors combined. Black is the absence of color (light). Refracting through the prism, each wavelength of light is refracted differently at a different angle due to the difference in wavelength interacting with the refractive index of the glass. Each wavelength gets separated by the SPEED CHANGE the medium effects! Since violet light has the most energy (shortest wavelength, it interacts the most and gets bent more taking the longest path through the glass. That's why you see all the different colors coming out.



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Just going by what my first year of college life drawing teacher said the first day of class 40 years ago.

 

[Dekster]

That is the sum total of every molecule and particle in the entire observable universe
That is a 1 with 81 zeroes

Yes you have the Google number but who cares

Except numbers don't have to exist in the observable universe. It only takes a pen to make 10 to the 82nd power bigger.....a No. 2 pencil if you prefer.

 

[toobfreak]

Like white is the absence of color. And black is all colors combined ?

That depends. If you are talking about PIGMENTS, then yes maybe, but in terms of LIGHT, it works the other way. Take a prism. White light is the combination of all colors combined. Black is the absence of color (light). Refracting through the prism, each wavelength of light is refracted differently at a different angle due to the difference in wavelength interacting with the refractive index of the glass. Each wavelength gets separated by the SPEED CHANGE the medium effects! Since violet light has the most energy (shortest wavelength, it interacts the most and gets bent more taking the longest path through the glass. That's why you see all the different colors coming out.



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Just going by what my first year of college life drawing teacher said the first day of class 40 years ago.

Exactly. In art, drawing, you are working in pigments and color works the way you described. Since pigments are opaque they are SUBTRACTIVE colors. Since wavelengths of light add together, they are ADDITIVE colors. You can think of the former as raster or Cartesian based, whereas additive colors like light are VECTORIAL based. Vectorially, the phase angle of red, green and blue are each 120° apart. When you combine all three, they cancel out to a phase angle of 0 and the light is white.

 

[the other mike]

Like white is the absence of color. And black is all colors combined ?

That depends. If you are talking about PIGMENTS, then yes maybe, but in terms of LIGHT, it works the other way. Take a prism. White light is the combination of all colors combined. Black is the absence of color (light). Refracting through the prism, each wavelength of light is refracted differently at a different angle due to the difference in wavelength interacting with the refractive index of the glass. Each wavelength gets separated by the SPEED CHANGE the medium effects! Since violet light has the most energy (shortest wavelength, it interacts the most and gets bent more taking the longest path through the glass. That's why you see all the different colors coming out.



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Just going by what my first year of college life drawing teacher said the first day of class 40 years ago.

Exactly. In art, drawing, you are working in pigments and color works the way you described. Since pigments are opaque they are SUBTRACTIVE colors. Since wavelengths of light add together, they are ADDITIVE colors.


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Nano-magnetic colors !
The answer to travelling at the speed of light.

 

[Quasar44]

It's still infinity, which isn't technically a 'number', just a physical certainty.

Technically, infinity ISN'T the biggest number since it cannot be defined as having any specific expressible quantity. Infinity is better thought of as the ABSENCE of any number or maybe the sum total of all possible numbers!

You have different magnitudes of infinity ..I heard

 

[Quasar44]

Technically, infinity ISN'T the biggest number since it cannot be defined as having any specific expressible quantity. Infinity is better thought of as the ABSENCE of any number!

Like white is the absence of color.
And black is all colors combined ? It's beyond
our realm of comprehension I s'pose.

For light it’s the opposite!!
White light is all colors
Black light is zero colors

 

[the other mike]

Not sure if your number is correct, but It's still true that one is the loneliest number.

3 dog night
Mom took me to see them too.

 

[toobfreak]

Like white is the absence of color. And black is all colors combined ?

That depends. If you are talking about PIGMENTS, then yes maybe, but in terms of LIGHT, it works the other way. Take a prism. White light is the combination of all colors combined. Black is the absence of color (light). Refracting through the prism, each wavelength of light is refracted differently at a different angle due to the difference in wavelength interacting with the refractive index of the glass. Each wavelength gets separated by the SPEED CHANGE the medium effects! Since violet light has the most energy (shortest wavelength, it interacts the most and gets bent more taking the longest path through the glass. That's why you see all the different colors coming out.



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Just going by what my first year of college life drawing teacher said the first day of class 40 years ago.

Exactly. In art, drawing, you are working in pigments and color works the way you described. Since pigments are opaque they are SUBTRACTIVE colors. Since wavelengths of light add together, they are ADDITIVE colors.


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Nano-magnetic colors !
The answer to travelling at the speed of light.
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My local station here shows the Jetsons every Sunday morning!

 

[dblack]

Not sure if your number is correct, but It's still true that one is the loneliest number.

Two can be as bad as one.

 

[toobfreak]

our realm of comprehension I s'pose.

Black light is zero colors

No man, black light is far out colors!

 

[toobfreak]

Not sure if your number is correct, but It's still true that one is the loneliest number.

Two can be as bad as one.

Two is never bad. Having two is great. Especially if they're twins.

 

[dblack]

Not sure if your number is correct, but It's still true that one is the loneliest number.

Two can be as bad as one.

Two is never bad. Having two is great. Especially if they're twins.

It's the loneliest number since the number one.