Kevin's Watch

Hi all, I'm back yet again, as time has rolled around for my yearly read through the Chronicles. I have a question , hopefully, someone here will know the answer. Are we ever told in any of the books what colour are Covenant's eyes? I always think of them as 'grey' but I'm thinking I just got that from , "grey, gaunt man"

myst

I believe, if I recall correctly, that they are described as grey. But I could be wrong...

some of the descriptions vary a bit, but I believe that they all insinuate some shade of grey

Grey?

Steel

(If it isn't, it should be.)

on page 79 pg of TIW;

". . . she [Elena] resembled someone he had once known. This impression was both heightened and denied by her eyes. They were grey like his own."

That would seem to settle the question.

Blant Grey?
Silvery grey?
Mottled Grey.
Faded grey.
Solid Grey.
Translucent Grey?


Come on!! What type of grey!!!

The grey of a cloudy morning, or perhaps gunmetal grey. Isn't silvery grey just silver? Wouldn't it be handy if all color descriptions could reference the Crayola standard, to give us a better idea of what color they meant?

As an aside, my eyes are blue mixed with grey - so you apparently get the Civil War when you look at me.

dw

Puissant and unambergrised grey.

". . . his eyes were the grey of an macilent gravid caballine . . ."

Also, Anglocentrism!

Colours are not absolutes!

But they are universals.

Syl wrote:But they are universals.

Yes, but what you call blue, some cultures call green. What you call orange, some call red.

Etc.

That's why the Crayola standard should be forced upon everyone, like a Tranquil Hegemony of color names...

drg

yep..they are grey..and Elena is described as having the same grey eyes as him.

emotional leper wrote:Yes, but what you call blue, some cultures call green. What you call orange, some call red.

Oh, you mean like orange hair?

Umm, er, wait a minnute...