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Opposite - xpimnoob - 2009-05-29
What are opposites?
You might say the opposite of up is down, or the opposite of black is white.
Why isn't the opposite of up, left or right? Or the opposite of black, green or purple? Same category stuff...
You might say that opposites must be a complete flip/reflection or something.
What about other stuff like... Whats the opposite of the sun? If you were taking it from an earthling's perspective, it would be the moon. But after science and stuff we know that these aren't even in the same category nor are they a complete flip. The sun is a star and the moon is a rock, and everything revolves around the sun, but no big-stuff-category things revolve around the moon. So based on this, its all up to your own interpretation right?
opposite of... green? apple? flashlight? firehydrant? tree?
i guess its either up to your own interpretation, or they aren't assigned opposites.
What would you say...
Opposite - GMSInfighter - 2009-05-29
The reason is because Society and what not made it so that one specific item to another specific item are opposites. There's no real meaning to it, it's just when someone says antonym or opposite of down, your first instinct should be up, because you've been around that the longest.
The opposites kind of grow on us as we grow up, kinda like they are implanted in our brains when we are born.
Opposite - KajitiSouls - 2009-05-29
Someone's trying to break the boundaries of society's established common sense o.O
Opposite of the sun = the moon.
Literal opposite of the sun = black hole. Well, as close as it gets anyways. Or dark matter.
Opposite - Beaner - 2009-05-29
the opposite of green is red
![[Image: Color-Wheel.png]](http://kingfish.coastal.edu/marine/Animations/Images/Color-Wheel.png)
the oppsite of a sun or star is a black hole.
the opposite of an apple is a pear.
some opposites are easy to identify some arent. but id dare to say most things do have something that is contradictory to them, a complete 180` from them.
Opposite - CJScarlet - 2009-05-29
When it comes to colors, it's pretty defined.
White is the combination of all colors, black is the lack of any colors. Green can't be the opposite of white because green is already included in white, so that would be like saying that a piece of glass is the opposite of a window.
And for all the colors, we have the color wheel
(invisible colors sold separately)In my opinion, the really interesting thing about opposites is the in-betweens. White is the opposite of black, mostly everyone will say that. But what's the opposite of grey?
Ninja'd by a bish
Opposite - Beaner - 2009-05-29
CJScarlet Wrote:When it comes to colors, it's pretty defined.
White is the combination of all colors, black is the lack of any colors. Green can't be the opposite of white because green is already included in white, so that would be like saying that a piece of glass is the opposite of a window.
And for all the colors, we have the color wheel
inb4you
Opposite - Nikkey - 2009-05-29
Well, ehm
The opposite of 520-570 nanometres is from 1 metres/520 nanometres to 1 metres/580 nanometres. Is that wrong to assume so?
What's the opposite of 1? Is it -1, or is it the square root of -1?
Opposite - Ryuzaki - 2009-05-29
Okay here are the directions.
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An opposite means an antonym, thus something radicaly different. If you choose left (<) and you want the opposite, it can't be up (^) because up is only half way to be the complete opposite of left. So it has to be right (>). It's like in a circle. O° is the opposite of 180°, 90° the opposite of 270°. It can't be any other asnwers.
Opposite - Greg22 - 2009-05-29
Who said everything needs an opposite... ?
Opposite - Vernacular - 2009-05-31
XBish Wrote:the compliment of green is red
the oppsite of a sun or star is a black hole.
the opposite of an apple is a pear.
some opposites are easy to identify some arent. but id dare to say most things do have something that is contradictory to them, a complete 180` from them.
fixed with a technicality.
But by definition the compliment of a colour is the colour opposite of it on the colour wheel.
Opposite - Alloy - 2009-05-31
What's the opposite of a 50% gray?
Opposite - Vernacular - 2009-05-31
That is a neutral color, so its opposite is 50% grey.
lol