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Color notation was mostly developed by [[Kite Giedraitis]]. This is a brief summary. For a full explanation, see [http://www.tallkite.com/AlternativeTunings.html "Alternative Tunings: Theory, Notation and Practice"].

Color notation was mostly developed by [[Kite Giedraitis]]. This is a brief summary. For a full explanation, see [http://www.tallkite.com/AlternativeTunings.html "Alternative Tunings: Theory, Notation and Practice"]. For a great webapp that converts to/from ratios, monzos and color notation, see [https://www.yacavone.net/xen-calc/ yacavone.net/xen-calc/]

== Color Names for Primes 3, 5 and 7 ==

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  7-over = '''Zo''' = blue/azure (dark and bluesy) = often subminor <br />

7-under = '''Ru''' = red (alarming, inflamed) = often supermajor

The vowels

The colors come in a red-yellow-green-blue rainbow, with warm/cool colors indicating sharp/flat intervals. The rainbow of 3rds runs 9/7 - 5/4 - 6/5 - 7/6. Colors are abbreviated as '''w''', '''y''', '''g''', '''z''' and '''r'''. Use z (azure or Spanish/Portuguese azul) not b (blue), because b already means flat. Mnemonic: Z looks like 7 with an extra line on the bottom.

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== Glossary / Crash Course ==

'''Over''' = prime in the numerator, '''under''' = prime in the denominator. '''All''' = over, under or neither: wa = 3-limit, ya = 2.3.5, yaza = 2.3.5.7. '''Exponent''' = prime in the monzo: triyo = yo-cubed = 125-over.

'''Over''' = prime in the numerator, '''under''' = prime in the denominator. '''All''' = over, under or neither: wa = 3-limit, ya = 2.3.5, yaza = 2.3.5.7. '''Exponent''' = prime in the monzo: triyo = yo-cubed = 125-over. In colorspeak, the five vowels are pronounced as in Spanish or Italian.

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-Color notation was mostly developed by [[Kite Giedraitis]]. This is a brief summary. For a full explanation, see [http://www.tallkite.com/AlternativeTunings.html "Alternative Tunings: Theory, Notation and Practice"].
+Color notation was mostly developed by [[Kite Giedraitis]]. This is a brief summary. For a full explanation, see [http://www.tallkite.com/AlternativeTunings.html "Alternative Tunings: Theory, Notation and Practice"]. For a great webapp that converts to/from ratios, monzos and color notation, see [https://www.yacavone.net/xen-calc/ yacavone.net/xen-calc/]
 == Color Names for Primes 3, 5 and 7 ==
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 &nbsp; 7-over = '''Zo''' = blue/azure (dark and bluesy) = often subminor <br />
 -under = '''Ru''' = red (alarming, inflamed) = often supermajor
+The vowels
 The colors come in a red-yellow-green-blue rainbow, with warm/cool colors indicating sharp/flat intervals. The rainbow of 3rds runs 9/7 - 5/4 - 6/5 - 7/6. Colors are abbreviated as '''w''', '''y''', '''g''', '''z''' and '''r'''. Use z (azure or Spanish/Portuguese azul) not b (blue), because b already means flat. Mnemonic: Z looks like 7 with an extra line on the bottom.
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 == Glossary / Crash Course ==
-'''Over''' = prime in the numerator, '''under''' = prime in the denominator. '''All''' = over, under or neither: wa = 3-limit, ya = 2.3.5, yaza = 2.3.5.7. '''Exponent''' = prime in the monzo: triyo = yo-cubed = 125-over.
+'''Over''' = prime in the numerator, '''under''' = prime in the denominator. '''All''' = over, under or neither: wa = 3-limit, ya = 2.3.5, yaza = 2.3.5.7. '''Exponent''' = prime in the monzo: triyo = yo-cubed = 125-over. In colorspeak, the five vowels are pronounced as in Spanish or Italian.
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