Tmaster95 t1_iu9s7u1 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 5:46 PM

Color is nothing you can take an average from. At least not from a statistical viewpoint.

Khaylain t1_iua1684 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 6:50 PM

Well, you could probably take the wavelength and times that with the area fraction of the flag, find the specific average you want (arithmetic mean, median, mode) and then turn the wavelength calculated back into the corresponding visible colour.

Tmaster95 t1_iuad07f wrote on October 29, 2022 at 8:14 PM

Yes, but that has no statistical relevancy and doesn’t say anything important about the flag or the country

PaperReadingGuy t1_iuc5w7h wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:17 AM

What are artists doing with their palettes when they mix colors if not averaging taking averages from them?

Tmaster95 t1_iuck0xq wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:27 AM

I specified my statement in my second sentence.

exculcator t1_iugopzb wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:38 AM

Why does it have to say anything "important". The reddit is data is beautiful, not data is important! (Not that this particular example is beautiful, mind you).