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Sep 07, 2019 08:41AM
That is one of the things that makes me crazy about Tineye. I consider gold as a shade of yellow, so yes from me.
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I found a book with a yellow stylized representation of a child's toy for yellow object on cover. Does it matter if the yellow object is not photo-realistic?
They are a husband and wife team and he was born in the US. I’m not sure what the policy is on multiple authors but I would lean towards no.
Katie wrote: "Would you accept Ilona Andrews as an author not born in the US, Canada or UK?"See, I would lean towards yes, since one of them was not born in the US, Canada and UK.
It might be a good idea to ask the mods how we should handle multiple authors. It might come up again in the future, and then we'd know how to handle it. :)
Jenny wrote: "I found a book with a yellow stylized representation of a child's toy for yellow object on cover. Does it matter if the yellow object is not photo-realistic?"Could you post the cover? It will give us a better idea of what you mean. :)
Thanks Lexi and Cinthia. I'll ask the mods to be sure. :)
Seems fine to me. A rocking horse is a touchable object, and this is obviously a rocking horse, not, like, a yellow blob.
Would you consider
to have flowers? Some of them look to me like normal roses, but some of them have mouths in the center of the roses.
Shelby wrote: "Would you consider to have flowers? Some of them look to me like normal roses, but some of them have mouths in the center of the roses."I think they all have mouths in the center, but I'd still say yes. They're just super creepy flowers!
I vote yes as it recognizably a rose and also super creepy.
Would the author's name on this cover be considered yellow?It's unclear from TinEye whether it's being considered as yellow or some shade of brown.
Is the writing on this book yellow? It looks like a very pale yellow to me, and I think it's tin eye's moon glow, but I want to double check here so we're not penalized later.
Alysa, yes.Cinthia, the author's name looks to be in yellow.
Alysa wrote: "Would the author's name on this cover be considered yellow?It's unclear from TinEye whether it's being considered as yellow or some shade of brown."
Alysa, I think tineye is calling the lettering Husk (Brown). It appears that the mindaro tineye is calling yellow is in the snake's body, and honestly I'd call it green. As far as the author's name it does not look yellow to me. I would've accepted orange, since it seems more of a brownish orange, but not yellow.
I found a book that I wanted to use that had very similar coloring to this one, but I know it wouldn't have really worked.
It's possible others could disagree, though, so we'll see. ;)
Cinthia wrote: "Alysa wrote: "Would the author's name on this cover be considered yellow?It's unclear from TinEye whether it's being considered as yellow or some shade of brown."
Alysa, I think tineye is calling..."
And I think yours looks more like a pale green, or maybe a greenish gray!
But Jenny thinks both of ours are yellow! I'm still not convinced about Tin Eye for mine -- I would agree with you about it looking kind of orangey but to me it's orangey-yellow in a "goldenrod" sort of way (goldenrod is considered yellow), and TinEye is not finding any orange at all. I can't tell if the "Husk" is the lettering or only the brown stripe on the snake's belly; the stripe looks brown in the colormap and the letters look (again, to me) like goldenrod orangey-yellow.
Considering Jenny's answer and our conflicting ones for each other's books, maybe we should both wait and see what more people say :D
Any other opinions on if the dress the woman is wearing to be yellow? Tineye says brown, but I have the book in front of me and it's yellow.
Got two yeses so far. Just wanted to get at least another opinion or two.
Melanie wrote: "Any other opinions on if the dress the woman is wearing to be yellow? Tineye says brown, but I have the book in front of me and it's yellow..."It looks gold to me, so I'd say yes to yellow.
Also, Alyssa and I need more input in our books!
Alysa wrote: "Would the author's name on this cover be considered yellow?It's unclear from TinEye whether it's being considered as yellow or some shade of brown.
"The author name looks yellow to me. When you bring it up Amazon where the image is bigger and you can zoom in, it's more clear.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.c...
Would you guys consider Stephanie Plum a detective? I know she’s technically a bounty hunter but she does investigate and solve mysteries/murders.
Alysa, looks yellow to me and I used a html code reader and the code is #B3AD78 which is in the yellow family.Cinthia,
Yours is harder. It is reading as grey with maybe some yellow to me, but I even went to Amazon to get their picture for higher resolution and still grey. You may need a stronger yellow.
Check here: https://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Time...That really looks yellow. I'm talking about the author's name, not the book title.
Cinthia wrote: "Check here: https://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Time...That really looks yellow. I'm talking about the author's name, not the book t..."
I have been using that picture. Let others comment but I cannot convince my computer to read it as yellow. The corners of the letters are yellow but much of the rest is grey so computer is reading the letters as grey but there are also patches of yellow. I am done now and will let others comment but I am a no. (I have used the computer for everyone else during this challenge so trying not to be overly picky but consistent).
Jessi wrote: "Would you guys consider Stephanie Plum a detective? I know she’s technically a bounty hunter but she does investigate and solve mysteries/murders."I vote no on the job title and no amateur dectives, but I have not read the books.
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It sounds like she’s a bounty hunter who does detecting on the side (or as she stumbles into it while doing her job) which makes her an amateur detective. But I haven’t read the books so maybe someone whose read them feels differently.
Cinthia wrote: "Check here: https://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Time...That really looks yellow. I'm talking about the author's name, not the book t..."
When you enlarge the cover from that link, it does look yellow to me.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.c...
Tineye and I have different definitions of yellow. Mine encompasses gold and buttercup, while Tineye only seems to like daffodil. I have not delved as deeply as Lexi into the colors, so she is probably the one to trust on this issue. (I have a prejudice against the judge.) Also, Tineye is not brilliant at blues. Oh well.
Yeah I've noticed Tineye can be very picky about colors, particularly when there isn't a lot of the color on the cover.
Melanie wrote: "Any other opinions on if the dress the woman is wearing to be yellow? Tineye says brown, but I have the book in front of me and it's yellow.Got two yes..."
Looks yellow to me too.
Lexi wrote: "Alysa, looks yellow to me and I used a html code reader and the code is #B3AD78 which is in the yellow family."Thanks! That makes 3 for and 1 against mine, so I guess that means I can use it :)
That's why if you don't use tineye you'll really see that they are yellow letters. I don't understand how someone can look at this https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.c... and not see that it's yellow.
I'm having a hard time accepting this one. I will abide by the ruling here, but I would like a couple more people to weigh in if possible.
Cinthia wrote: "That's why if you don't use tineye you'll really see that they are yellow letters. I don't understand how someone can look at this https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.c... ..."
I vote that it's yellow. Based off your image and not tin-eye. It's a pale yellow but still yellow
Cinthia wrote: "That's why if you don't use tineye you'll really see that they are yellow letters. I don't understand how someone can look at this https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.c... ..."
When you blow up the image like that it definitely looks more yellow to my eye than it looks on Goodreads. A sort of beigey yellow, like the sand. I am willing to change my vote to Yes, but only if the Mods accept the version of the cover image you got from Amazon as the version of record (which the Mods will not necessarily do, since they are normally only looking at the Goodreads links).
I’m not sure where that puts you now. :/
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Your first like from GR doesn’t really look yellow on my screen. And it’s for the book version.
The amazon link does look yellow, but that’s the audiobook so it’s not the same version you initially linked.
Judith wrote: "I would say no to Stephanie Plume because Karen’s response was a detective had to be your actual job.It sounds like she’s a bounty hunter who does detecting on the side (or as she stumbles into i..."
Wait, what's the difference between a bounty hunter and a detective? She's does for a living exactly what police detectives do. She and Eve Dallas do the same sort of thing.
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Zero crime solving done.
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I just have to point out that you just used the words "best" and "mullet" in the same sentence.
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On the detectives: I am now completely confused. People who solve mysteries don't count unless they are paid by the government? Because if Bounty Hunters don't count, who would? Not Sherlock Holmes. Not Nancy Drew. Not Miss Marple. Not Peter Wimsey. Not Philip Marlow. Not Perry Mason. Not Batman. Not Falco.
Finding people who are supposed to be in custody seems like what a lot of actual police detectives do. Eve Dallas spends large portions of her books chasing down criminals. Bounty hunters are doing the same thing. The book descriptions of Stephanie Plum books refer to her as a detective. And from what I see from the book descriptions, the whole book series is about her solving the mysteries along the way.
At this point I'm wondering whether if you read a book when a small town sheriff solves murders it wouldn't count because she's not a Police Detective, she's a sheriff. How about Sergeants?
This is very different from how I've heard the word detective used when talking about mystery books. I always thought of the detective as the person in a mystery who solves the puzzle, especially when the puzzle is a murder. HELP!
Judith wrote: "As to the color issue with Cinthia’s author name I have a question on the edition you are reading.Your first like from GR doesn’t really look yellow on my screen. And it’s for the book version.
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The audiobook version is the version I plan to use.
Judith wrote: "I’m not saying he has a lot of competition for the honor. . ."I can think of several women that could take him down.
And here's goodreads' version of the audiobook: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...It's not the best, since they have it sideways and with headphones... So strange, I haven't seen one like this before.
Beth wrote: "On the detectives: I am now completely confused. People who solve mysteries don't count unless they are paid by the government? Because if Bounty Hunters don't count, who would? Not Sherlock Holm..."
I would go with find a book that uses the word detective. The big thing is from ask the Mods thread is no amateur detectives and most of the list you gave that I recognize are amateur detectives so you would be correct that no Miss Marple or Nancy Drew.
On a side note, I am deeply confused by what Batman is doing on this list. Did I miss that comic?
Jenny wrote: "Who is Falco?"Lindsay Davis's character who solves mysteries in Ancient Rome in books like The Silver Pigs. I googled "Famous Detectives" and picked the ones where I have read some of the books but they don't seem to meet the qualifications here. And of course none of them have useful initials!
Jenny wrote: "Who is Falco?"I Googled it and got a musician so I'm not much help there.
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