Category talk:Colorful
Category:Colorful[edit]
See also: Category talk:Colorful. The term "colorful" is vague: how much color, or how many different colors, must there be for something to be considered colorful? Maybe this should be renamed to "Multicolored" (yeah, that's with no "U" because the proposer gets to name it!). That would match the Italian description, which says (as translated by me) "many different colors". Auntof6 (talk) 14:28, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
Info see also Commons:Categories for discussion/2017/07/Category:Colorful Art. --тнояsтеn ⇔ 16:12, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
Comment What is the problem exactly? (a) The naming? Category:Colorful (American Englisch which is spoken by more people than British English) vs. Category:Colourful vs. Category:multicolored / Category:multicolor / Category:multicolour. (b) the definition? Colorful is anything with "2 or more colors", or maybe "3 or more colors". --Mattes (talk) 17:31, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
- i am sorry for the comment about the U in the word: I meant it as a joke, but I forgot that humor might not be understood by people whose first language is not English. I have struck out that comment.
- The problem is that there is no specific definition of the word colorful that gives enough guidance about what can go in this category. In general use, colorful can mean that there are multiple colors, or that the colors are noticeably vivid. It also has meanings that have nothing to do with actual colors. That is why I think the categories that use this term should be renamed. --Auntof6 (talk) 20:17, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
- Neutral Per my comment at Commons:Categories for discussion/2019/03/Category:Very (adjective). Crouch, Swale (talk) 11:07, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
- fix a whole lot. i see this as another very problematic category scheme. this is an entirely subjective term. any non b/w image may be deemed colorful. i can see 2 possible ways to keep the intent of highly colorful images together: images that specifically deal with the concept of colors, such as color wheels. secondly, images that have all the major colors of the spectrum in them, ie images of rainbows, rainbow flags, or any other image that has roygbiv in it, each prominent and approximately equal. perhaps "category: ROYGBIV"? otherwise, i must say i hate these subjective categories. just put the word in the description, if you have to.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 05:21, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
- I too would imagine that "colorful" should mean "brightly coloured" rather than "multi-coloured", if the example swatch is to be believed. For example, a bright blue object could be described as "colorful", as in "full of colour" but not "multi-coloured". As to the above comment that American English is spoken by more people than British English, I suggest you visit India. Rodhullandemu (talk) 16:59, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
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Commons:Categories for discussion/2017/07/Category:Colorful Art --Benzoyl (talk) 12:40, 28 August 2017 (UTC)