What Color Is My Hoodie?

[@TomScottGo]

Please contain all your "color" vs "colour" comments in this thread. Good luck.

[@Thecarrothead]

Colour

[@brandonkey181]

@@Thecarrothead No, color.

[@gonkmaster717]

Colour, obviously .

[@rybalan]

Ok

[@criminalcat5460]

Gray

[@meino6465]

it'll always be a red T-shirt in our hearts

[@pixelpancakes489]

this is correct

[@agestatsega]

No, It's Blue 🧢

[@tzarg]

@@pixelpancakes489 what

[@baldychkn2949]

@@agestatsega those are fighting words

[@agestatsega]

@@baldychkn2949 Only A Few People Will Understand...

[@probablynotyourdad4616]

I like the idea that Tom just has a seperate wardrobe with like 20 grey hoodies and about a hundred red shirts

[@jeppejensen5382]

What about his pants

[@SnootchieBootchies27]

I'd imagine his closet looks like Homer Simpson's

[@DippedCookie]

*Barry benson intensifies*

[@QuantumLeclerc]

But that's true. To quote Matt and Tom: "Red shirt, red shirt, red shirt, red shirt, grey hoodie, grey hoodie, suit."

[@SuspendedYT]

@@jeppejensen5382 Red pants

[@sirpuffball6366]

"Those aren't all the same hoodie, I have several but they're identical" Tom literally has a cartoon character wardrobe of endless rows of the exact same gray hoodie, red T-shirt and pants.

[@jbkjbk1999]

they went over this on the park bench back in the day, yes. his wardrobe is a series of red t-shirts, grey hoodies, identical jeans and a suit.

[@TheGuyWhoIsSitting]

makes several days of filming easier

[@manuelsoares4343]

@@jbkjbk1999 A suit with a red tie

[@clray123]

@Mr Burns The logical conclusion is wearing no clothes.

[@heshanperera1581]

The hoodie is absolutely unique, expect for the several others which are all identical

[@TaranVH]

Having met Tom, I can confirm that his hoodie is indeed grey, and also he's taller than you think.

[@prometheus6474]

subtle flex

[@uRDM]

subtle flex

[@happygamingboy]

subtle flex

[@BossuJmek2k18]

how tall are we speaking?

[@uRDM]

imagine breaking the chain

[@jeremynewcombe3422]

"this hoodie is fine as long as I don't film in front of a grey sky." *LIVES IN ENGLAND*

[@karelpgbr]

Bruv, too true

[@marcelofrau8818]

gray or grey? :)

[@emmynoether9540]

+

[@Cazador1]

@@marcelofrau8818 g'rae

[@thomaschristensen2941]

@@marcelofrau8818 lets just write is as græy and call it a dæy

[@skepticmoderate5790]

"Technically those aren't all the same hoodie. I've got several, but they're all identical." Tom is a cartoon character confirmed.

[@TheMasterIsHere]

@Emily An How the heck do you stand it at max?

[@hiimemily]

We already knew that. Man's got dozens of red T-shirts.

[@bur1t0]

Are they all identical? Or are 3 of them a *slightly* greyer grey?

[@user-dl3vn8ze9n]

@@TheMasterIsHere i do, its easy on my eyes until morning where i cant see it

[@TheMasterIsHere]

@@user-dl3vn8ze9n I have night light on too, but i'm confused on how people stand it when its bright orange.

[@AyySorento]

No, Tom. Don't do this to me. The internet has already ruined many things for me. Your hoodie is grey. Your shirts are red. That is how it is and will always be. You cannot convince me otherwise.

[@Sohamsta]

Once a red shirt always a red shirt in our hearts ♥️

[@DyslexicMitochondria]

I really love his red shirts

[@tomhappening]

@@DyslexicMitochondria Cool username. Cool channeI too

[@GastropodGaming2006]

its gray, not grey.

[@Sohamsta]

@@DyslexicMitochondria oh hi again

[@yeahman70]

For those wondering if any trains came 1:20 a Gatwick Express 387 passes under 5:20 a Thameslink 700 passes under

[@minicooperracer1]

immediately went looking for this

[@arempy5836]

Hell yes

[@applejuice5272]

Thank you!

[@awesomealbertt1150]

I like trains

[@abhishh_ek]

​@@awesomealbertt1150 ok Sheldon

[@mayube9292]

2:38 with a snap of his fingers, Tom was transported to hollywood Mexico, and later at 3:28 was transported to every hollywood sci-fi setting ever. Incredible.

[@Krekkertje]

Very underrated comment

[@jv4l183]

Very underrated comment on this comment

[@serix1618]

@@jv4l183 very underrated comment on this comment on this comment

[@KalonOrdona2]

overrated comment on the comment on the comment on the comment

[@pinkajou656]

@@serix1618 very underrated comment on this comment on this comment on this comment

[@big__dooosh]

"Hey that's a nice grey hoodie you got there." "Ah, no, you see, it's actually AMETHYST SKY."

[@diamondva]

Good to know you still use this acount

[@airstrikegaming8263]

This account is more active then jontrons account.

[@Carewolf]

Reminds me when I painted my bedroom in Angel Dust White.. Which honestly should be a drug not a colour.

[@zlac]

Nice one to add to my usuals - military gray and ocean gray.

[@nerd_nato564]

@@Carewolf Hazbin Hotel vibes lmao

[@samfumi9200]

Fun fact: it also works with paper. The regular printing paper is slightly blue to appear "extra white". That's why when you're buying paper to make your own book, it's better to buy cream paper (slightly orange), or pearl paper (slightly grey) as it appears more natural for a book than bright white/slightly blue.

[@jennyjohn704]

It's also better for the eyes as 'book white' causes less eye strain.

[@mrflip-flop3198]

Imagine telling your friends your favorite color is Amethyst Sky and they look it up and it's actually just grey.

[@P-Mouse]

And all the stars were just like little fish

[@spacewolfcub]

@@P-Mouse - Go on take everything

[@firstname405]

To be fair, it is a slightly purple grey!

[@calmeilles]

@@firstname405 Or if you credit the marketing-speak "This deep purple has a generous grey undertone suggestive of storm clouds on a distant horizon."

[@jaschabull2365]

Was Amethyst Sky the real favourite colour of the lead singer of Counting Crows?

[@saprogeist31]

Tom Scott always shows up in my feed like, "I know you don't think you're interested in this, but you are." And sure enough, I am.

[@allahm-ast3mnlywlatstbdlny164]

Mashallah tbark Allah alhamudillah inshallah better astgfrallah

[@bruhmomentum7542]

@@allahm-ast3mnlywlatstbdlny164 ?

[@amatpersona8776]

you it put so accurately in words

[@farshnuke]

Every time. "Ehhh, I can put this off it's a bit dull..." Then I watch it and am riveted.

[@necrullmsm]

@@allahm-ast3mnlywlatstbdlny164 why are you commenting this here?

[@brandonfaddis7443]

Finally, I can complete my Tom cosplay with a color-accurate hoodie

[@adamjones120w]

colour*

[@thebigmanisback]

@@adamjones120w colouor

[@ClearVod]

Color

[@zyplixx1415]

@@adamjones120w hmmmm, that’s weird, I don’t remember anyone asking

[@amateurastronaut3566]

Hmmm that’s weird, I didn’t remember asking Americans to change the spellings and pronunciations of our words

[@InvMagnet]

2:54 I love how the text changes from "color" to "colour"

[@Len923_]

"I'm not sure that's helpful" is paint names in a nutshell

[@chaos.corner]

Nutshell sounds like it could be a paint name.

[@tomstech4390]

My brother painted his annex "muddy puddle" a few year ago. Was kind of a mocha brown like chocolate powder. Wasn't bad actually with enough lighting.

[@b2pi]

I'm color blind, so I just painted my shop "I'm not sure that that's helpful"

[@rickvanleeuwen9589]

I have this colour picker program on my computer that will tell me the colour of anything on the screen. It's supposed to help with my colourblindness but it always gives me "amethyst sky" type names

[@ChrissyThePoo]

My favourite painy name is toke. It's a really really really pale grey.

[@Thechesful]

Fun fact: modern detergents commonly use fluorescent particles that emit blue light instead of dye, so when they're advertising as "make your clothes whiter than white" they are actually doing that. They are adding more light than you would receive instead!

[@bitnewt]

This is a very fun fact!

[@thejedimaster32]

Wait what? Wouldn't this make the clothes give off a faint glow in a dark room?

[@Thechesful]

@@thejedimaster32 the fluorescent particles only emit blue light when they can absorb UV light. The day light spectra contains a tiny amount of UV, whereas in a dark room there is no UV light for them to glow blue. But that's why in a club or disco with UV fluorescents, your white clothes look purple/bueish.

[@teo3066]

Oh, you said "detergents", that makes so much more sense

[@brakedownbutterfly]

@@teo3066 what the hell did you think was said originally

[@Nordern]

As someone who runs 100% Digital Vibrance colors on my monitors When you changed back to "daylight" and it all become blue, it felt like getting flashbanged

[@lorenzo6553]

same

[@Jetpans]

Any CSGO players in the comment section ehy.

[@danielb270]

@@lorenzo6553 your username scared me for a second - good job

[@adrianwelgemoed9562]

When's the next bullshittery fatbald?

[@101m4n]

@@903-v8u That's a bad attitude you have right there! Let's debate about it.

[@nivyan]

I think a good way to experience this, is by sitting inside a (probably children') tent, with a neon colour - such that on the inside, everything has a hue of that colour. Sit inside for half an hour or so and you'll feel how that colour is kind of missing when you step outside - as if it's greyed out - but your brain quickly re-adjusts. However, if you've additionally had the horrid experience of being really sick inside one and had to stay inside for an entire day, your brain gets really confused when you step outside. It's a really weird experience - but you become extremely self-aware of how your brain interprets colours. I'd compare it to when you've been inside a cooled car for hours, only to step out into high heat - that weird minute or two where your body re-adjusts: It's like that, but with the brain. (This experience was also my inspiration to become a web designer)

[@Chongosaur.]

I find your experience so interesting, tempted give it ago

[@___echo___]

you dont even need a tent, on a sunny day when you lay in the sunlight with your eyes closed (best near noon when the sun is the brightest) the light shining through your eyelids makes you see red, when you open them after a while everything kinda looks grey green blue-ish

[@cobyowen1274]

Other YTers: ahh, theres a bird outside I gotta stop recording. *train drives by* Tom: *speaks louder* Genius.

[@molletts]

I was waiting for the two-tone horn...

[@MALCHIOR1134]

I actually really respect it, it's more genuine :)

[@mayabartolabac]

that's his 1 take philosophy

[@gameseeker6307]

"You have no power here"

[@crafty4722]

E

[@noahmarshall2269]

I've been binge listening to Tom Scott videos studying for exam season and my inner monologue is now starting to talk with a sarcastic British accent...slightly concerned

[@lrizzard]

[nods in british]

[@erikakerboom2101]

goddammit the brits are now colonising brains

[@Natalie-101]

I would give anything for tom scott to always be talking in my ear, you've got a blessing on your hands!

[@WilliamDeVey]

@@erikakerboom2101 Congratulations, your head is now part of the New British Empire.

[@tylercrowley2559]

The head of state of your head in this state is now the UK’s head of state

[@Eiroth]

The only channel that can make the phrase "History of Laundry" sound exciting

[@tzarg]

lmao

[@agestatsega]

Well Now, I'm Interested On It.

[@themellowmelon9573]

Half as Interesting once made a joke about the history of bricks but I bet Tom Scott could actually make an interesting video about it

[@Rinocapz]

Next video on the history of laundry, go!

[@ahadadu]

Only liking due to ur profile photo.

[@EyelessJackOfficial]

>"My hoodie is colored... Amethyst Sky" >Refuses to elaborate >Leaves Gigachad move

[@mowiththehat]

I don't know if Tom reads the comments, but I feel like we don't thank him enough for his weekly, high-quality videos. So thanks, Tom! I really love and appreciate your work

[@Alex-fm6jd]

Amen.

[@soothingbreakdown9878]

His videos are polished so well !!

[@MaxV_GC]

@F*СК MЕ - СНЕCK МY РR0FILЕ The bots are speaking cryptic now.

[@temseti0]

this post is underrated. and needs more upvotes

[@emmynoether9540]

+

[@lukahj]

Somebody should make a 10 hour compilation of Tom saying "ever so slightly"

[@AresVoid]

It wouldn't fit into 10 hours

[@AmeliaStarheart]

@@AresVoid no it would fit, by just ever so slightly cutting each clip

[@mikul9204]

dayly and nightly, in little ways?

[@raulmartino7531]

@@mikul9204 when everything stays...?

[@SanHydronoid]

@@raulmartino7531 As long as it's in the greys

[@irbricksceo]

Okay, but the REAL shock is how much younger tom looks in the indoor shots vs the outdoor shots

[@MaxIronsThird]

Everyone does, sunlight is super harsh

[@michaelwautraets7126]

All vampires look worse for the wear in direct sunlight.

[@brettparker708]

Next video: how to look younger by going inside

[@user-hm9uq8gk5x]

Maybe because the contrast is lower as well

[@eirschu8973]

@@michaelwautraets7126 so we finally agree on this one - Tom IS a vampire 🤭

[@Serenova]

I work for a company that dyes yarn. I also do product photography for our website. This exact issue is something I struggle with every day. I will edit the photos and then check them on multiple screens that have each been calibrated differently before publishing any of the photos to our website. While this is not exactly the best way of doing it, and it is not necessarily the most color accurate method, I've found that if I get the colors looking good enough across multiple screens, customers will not be upset with the color accuracy of our website. Of course we also have a disclaimer on our website, that says that the final product may differ from what they see on screen due to not only the differences in screens but in the differences in dye lots.

[@Kneyki]

Thank you for your job! Years ago, I bought a t-shirt which looked light grey in the website and I went "I'd like that" Turns out, it was a Powder Blue t-shirt. So I have a t-shirt whose colour does not suit me one bit.

[@outspade]

2:54 the word “colo(u)r” “glitching” between having and not having a u is great

[@PaperMoonLaZY]

Colour is the right spelling >:( I’m British :P

[@PaperMoonLaZY]

was trying to make a joke, I know it’s not a good one so just ignore it please.

[@rattfish]

@@PaperMoonLaZY the reason we don’t have the u is because in the American revolution we wanted to get rid of u I stole this hard

[@keepyourshoesathedoor]

@@rattfish You were a day late😭

[@Real_Mick3y6]

@@rattfish I also heard we wanted to stick it to the British so we changed some of our language

[@Storyquest]

Tom Scott is the youngest looking old guy or the oldest looking young guy, and I can never decide which.

[@sydssolanumsamsys]

69th

[@randxalthor]

Tom is Aes Sedai confirmed

[@JustJon]

He’s 34 I believe

[@BinkiklouGaminglol]

Oldest looking young guy ofc,

[@AdmiralMason]

Just needs to take the Matt Parker plunge and shave the head

[@ClintThrust-e8r]

Tom: How can I make my life harder? Tom's brain: shoot on a railway bridge.

[@ParkingCars]

One take too

[@Flame19judgement]

Worse than that, shoot in England, where the sky itself is perpetually gery.

[@ricoparadiso]

✝️ *Lord Jesus died & rose again to pay the debt of your sin!* 🔵It is Gods Gift to us by His grace, we dont earn it by what we do/how good we are! ✅By Faith in the sacrifice God has made are we saved from the penalty of sin! 💜We are all sinners that need God. No one can say they are perfect to be able to pay their debt of sin. This is why only God could pay the penalty for us, that is merciful Love!

[@Nafinafnaf]

@Basedand Chadpilled its a bot..

[@Camera-Guy_ODST]

@@ricoparadiso i don't believe this is the place for that

[@lukasappelhoff5617]

As far as I know from my training as a laboratory paint assistant and chemical coatings engineer the companys are adding a bit of blue dyes because the most common white pigment Titandioxide (TiO2) absorbs slightly light in the blue wavelength region. Therefore the neat TiO2 looks very slightly yellow. Adding a blue dye copensates this effect and for us it appears more "white". (:

[@badger6882]

I do this when I paint!

[@KhoPhi]

"Laundry bluing" is still a thing here in many households in Ghana, including mine. Wash your singlets with the blue dye, and they'll look brand new.

[@llamaswithtophats4294]

I don't use blue dye in my wash, but I often throw in some of the blue wash in with the white, here in the united states. I never really thought about it much, it was just one of those things I learned from my mum.

[@avocares]

I was watching a historical documentary on life in 1800's England and they were bluing their whites back then too. (show is called Victorian Farm on Amazon Prime and is fantastic btw)

[@notthatcreativewithnames]

Similar product is also sold in Thailand. School uniforms of over 99.5% schools in Thailand feature white tops (blouses/shirts), and this dye is really helpful, along with some good bleach, of course.

[@rertnerfurtheng3771]

Yea this is especially a thing with paper. Notably it's not an actual 'bluing' agent but rather a chemical that absorbs UV light and re-emits it as visible blue light

[@akshaydalvi1534]

We have it in India as well

[@taylorhancock5834]

Tom revealed the exact color of the hoodie...now we just have to wait until someone paints their home walls “Tom’s Hoodie Grey” and the process will be complete :P

[@AllonKirtchik]

With “Tom’s Shirt Red” highlights

[@OctopusOwl]

Home decor challenge : Tom's total look

[@Vysair]

the name Tom's Hoodie Gray is somehow catchy and creepy at the same time. Like you'd name a torture room or something like "Tom's Secret Toy Box" which sounds naughty

[@TheEvilCheesecake]

This kind of thing makes people stop meeting their fans.

[@saddenedwiseman810]

@@TheEvilCheesecake 100%

[@Ennui_v1]

"Amethyst Sky" vs Gray Hoodie It's kind of like when you're trying to draw digitally and the color picker's little preview square doesn't look quite right but you put it on the drawing and it suddenly makes sense

[@kaitlyn__L]

Colour theory is a heck of a thing. When I finally got my head round it I felt like my brain had been rewired. I can’t help but look at colours in sets, as palettes, etc anymore. But it’s great for picking RGB light combos, and knowing why some clothes never coordinated even though they were “both purple”.

[@mena376]

No Tom Scott! Amethyst Sky is not the colour of the hoodie. It is a Good Match for you hoodie. Meaning, If you wanted to make your hoodies into a sofa you should paint your walls Amethyst Sky to make your room look most stylish.

[@novameowww]

I tried to color pick a flamingo once, and let me tell ya, none of the colors on a flamingo look like the color of a flamingo

[@artugert]

Except that it doesn’t make sense. That’s clearly not the color of the hoodie. Besides, the hoodie is not one solid color, but a pattern made up of several colors.

[@benjaminrickdonaldson]

The color glitching to colour is very good detail.

[@CarthagoMike]

Anything Tom wears automatically becomes a red shirt, even if it isn't a red shirt.

[@talalon4098]

👌🏻

[@fireriffs]

The color sensor should have said red.

[@talalon4098]

@@fireriffs do you mean....... Colour?... Just kidding, I don't care. I just find it funny.

[@sonan333]

That's right. No, those aren't blue jeans. It's now a red shirt.

[@NStripleseven]

Y e a

[@3tangents]

That hoodie isn't just grey, it's heather grey, which means that depending on the precision of the colour sensor you're using, the heather pattern might get a different result from different positions on the fabric. That might be why you got "amethyst sky". Another millimetre over, and you might get something very different.

[@KuK137]

Now I want to see this tested 20 times to verify the range of colors...

[@ennisskalski719]

I see that grey more commonly called "grey marle" but yes. The yarn it's woven from is variegated (not one solid colour) so there really isn't one definite answer, only an average.

[@jeremias-serus]

That’s not due to the color, that’s the manner in which the fabric is constructed.

[@thespankmyfrank]

That's actually what I thought this video was gonna be about. Cause it's not just one shade of gray, it's many different shades depending on exactly which thread you're focusing on.

[@rhiannonyates1603]

@@ennisskalski719 you’re right it’s a marle, which is comprised of two colours (more is a melange, or that’s how my of job defined them) that are woven or knitted to give a soft streaky effect. Heathered yarn is less subtle and more “spotty”, looking more like TV static.

[@2k7u]

2:54 hehe the flickering "colour"/"color" was a nice little detail

[@klaernie]

But also the slight changes in the audio during the day-night-day transition sold it perfectly for me

[@anonymousperson2327]

i think the title of the video is also changing to colour/color or something because the title of the video says "colour" under the video but it also says "color" on the tab

[@Ayane13b]

@@anonymousperson2327 it is. My desktop youtube shows colour whereas my mobile youtube app shows color. I tried a VPN to go from canada to the US, but no change. Its probably just flickering or changing depending on the time. Idk

[@logankennedy609]

His self-aware editing is one of my favorite parts of Tom's videos

[@maartenvandijk3629]

@@Ayane13b I think it's just KZbin settings. My language setting was dutch and it showed color however when I changed it to English UK it changed to colour

[@SaharaSmith-h2n]

Lovely video! I am currently studying colo(u)r science, and finding accurate information on social media is so difficult! This is a breath of fresh air. Thank you!

[@SquidMonke4]

Colour yahoo color bohoo

[@crispyrolls93]

Adding a touch of blue to make something look whiter is used in cake decorating as well. Blue food colouring makes buttercream look extra white.

[@rachelsyrup]

Me, with the "night light" setting on my computer so high everything is bright orange: "I'll just take your word for it."

[@zombieslayer1468]

1pm with the artificial colour looks green

[@TheMasterIsHere]

Stolen.

[@nola-]

i can’t stand orange-y screen temperatures, you must be some kinda of sociopath

[@4P5MC]

​@@nola- Some software (f.lux is good) adjusts it over the course of an hour or so. I never notice the change, but at some point I look at a white image and realise "oh hey, that's a bit more orange now".

[@Tupsuu]

@@4P5MC I myself don't like the look of the yellow tint and it is more harmfull for your sleep than blue light.

[@actualhyena]

Talking about colour perception: Aw, okay... History of laundry: Now THIS is what I subscribe for.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Anyone could tell you how color perception works. But the history of laundry? That's really something.

[@AkariInsko]

Clorur*

[@amabeeer2]

That laundry bluing was still prominent just 5 years ago in South East Asian countries. It was a very big part of our laundry in Bangladesh

[@krissp8712]

I dunno, I'm partial to Wendover's Brick Info!

[@ellizaarahim]

@@amabeeer2 still here in Malaysia - you can purchase Laundry Blue drops to make while laundry, brighter. Bonus: The drops are also is popular as folk remedy for soothing mumps when mixed in with a bit of vinegar.

[@sentienttaco9134]

"If I am filming under a blank, gray sky, it can make the shot look a little dull." Tom, you live in Britain.

[@sp4cef0rc37]

Great Britain.* Britain is a region in France. It's a little under England. The pointy part that's just a huge coast to the Atlantic ocean. And actually it does have the same climate as the U.K.

[@guytorie]

Colors Tom Scott wears: - red - _Amethyst Sky_

[@rc_woshimao957]

underated comment

[@advickprosankto]

Hehe Boi. Colours*

[@Celebetic]

@@advickprosankto both work tho

[@Chris_Cross]

@@Celebetic But one works better than the other

[@usernametaken017]

@@advickprosankto no.

[@Crossark1]

That final, “I’m not sure that’s helpful,” has a lot of potential as a stand-alone clip.

[@recurvestickerdragon]

We're gonna see it in YTPs and memes next month, I bet

[@user56603]

I hadn't realised that Tom uses either the grey hoodie or the red shirt in all of his videos. That's some serious commitment...

[@kriegh94]

Nah, it's just his personal brand. Which i love btw

[@nicola_x]

I actually noticed, I did wonder why!

[@Zichqec]

@@nicola_x Makes continuity easy. Don't have to worry about awkwardly changing shirts across shots if you always wear the same thing! It also means you don't have to decide what to wear every day, which is less taxing on your brain. Picking a personal style and sticking with it is super great.

[@ViraMotorko]

It's not either - he's wearing a red t-shirt underneath a hoodie.

[@maxcurzi]

fun fact: the title changes depending on where you view it from: "What Colour Is My Hoodie" if you are in UK "What Color Is My Hoodie" if you are in USA

[@movedaccount9958]

"What Hue Is My Hoodie" if you are in Brazil

[@MayaByard]

In Canada, we spell it with the "u", but the title is spelt "color"

[@aven7580]

"what colour is my jumper"

[@ichliebebaeumeweilbaum]

If you're in Germany the title is spelled without an u

[@Anonymous-df8it]

@@MayaByard KZbin doesn't have the information to where I'm from, and it says color.

[@cymes82]

Plot twist: Tom's hoodie is a hue of green and he's using video editing to mess with our heads.

[@goodlad85]

It's actually Red

[@janmar5576]

@@goodlad85 no its yellow

[@sashathedonut]

gray

[@TweekLudwig]

Its a radio wavelength hoodie, cmon now.

[@echothefreak9396]

Actually it’s deep purple, get working eyes next time 😤😤

[@niklaskoskinen123]

I love how they add fluorescent dyes into laundry detergent to make your clothes literally whiter than white.

[@leophyte9663]

Ooh so that's why Mr. White's meth is blue, because it makes it whiter..

[@nicolaswolff1664]

I just realized im more interested in the history of Laundry than doing Laundry myself

[@awookieandagerman]

This is so true it hurts.

[@cheshire1]

@@SnickersEatsCookies Well, without the truth you're just gonna make mistakes and hurt even more

[@chrishansen1842]

@@cheshire1 that's true buddy

[@zTJq40sl]

That's perfectly normal. I think.

[@sondreavik5337]

I love how in the video you use both color/colour but when you wrote the video title you HAD to decide between one and the other. You've made your choice. Sincerely, Me & Henry the vacuum cleaner

[@Rigel_Z]

While laundry bluing might not exist anymore, detergent companies add optical brighteners to their products. They absorb UV and emit blue to achieve the same illusion of 'cleaner' clothes.

[@asdfxcy]

Came here to say this. Same with white paper. It becomes really obvious with an UV flashlight.

[@Samqdf]

Titanium oxide?

[@1st_ProCactus]

Go and put some TiO in your washing machine, see what happens

[@imarchello]

makeup for your clothes

[@nadtz]

It does. No idea how common it is to use anymore but I've seen it in stores every so often (and a quick look shows amazon sells it).

[@marvinkrischna8400]

This guy can make a video about anything and still make it interesting

[@danielcomings5872]

Two month ago: I'm running out of ideas. Today: What color is my hoodie? Checks out.

[@elon6131]

yup.

[@quietmoment7392]

yup

[@Josh-hm8yk]

yup?

[@aeaeeaoiauea]

yup!

[@chriskeene]

dnʎ

[@si2foo]

this is probably the best explanation of perception of Colour there is on the internet

[@blackbird95913]

I'm slightly convinced that Tom got a fancy new color detecting toy and then quickly threw together a video about colors just to use it on camera

[@LmgWarThunder]

Reminds me of Gus Johnson's video: This Video Is a Tax Write Off

[@mysteryman7877]

As a kid, I discovered that all my white clothes were ever so slightly blue. I assumed that was because white was just a shade of blue and no other color could be brightened to pure white. Now I know what was really going on.

[@adamjones120w]

colour*

[@sameldacamel3889]

@@adamjones120w *color

[@mcspikesky]

@@sameldacamel3889 do you speak English?

[@smolmen7674]

@@adamjones120w color*

[@yert5679]

@@adamjones120w color*

[@brickmack]

The part about looking dirty is probably why Lego discontinued their original grey colors and replaced them with bluish-grey.

[@zaittsev]

Interesting observation.

[@not_neet8298]

@CofferZ you* spelt suck wrong

[@banana_man_101]

@CofferZ incorrect grammar but ok

[@EyeMCreative]

They needed this video back when there was that debate with the blue/gold dress image floating around

[@blairmonkman7507]

Tom's like my spirit animal, overthink and overcomplicate absolutely anything possible.

[@OhighOSkater]

We have learned a lot of cool things because of your generic choice of clothing. I truly appreciate you. You’re one of a kind and I love it

[@hakurou4620]

I once watched an animated TV program, in which the two main characters had slightly different skin tones. I got curious and sampled the colors from a still frame, and found the character who everyone read as "pale" was a slightly bluish white, while the character whose skin read to us as "normal human skin" was actually *pure white*.

[@cynthiaaaa5204]

What was the program... ·_·

[@TheGrindelwald]

You are stating “pure white” is “normal human skin”. Who are you? Come to the real world.

[@cynthiaaaa5204]

@@TheGrindelwald Congratulations for completely misunderstanding the comment and getting outraged by literally nothing. 💖

[@TheGrindelwald]

@@cynthiaaaa5204 A. nope, I’m not raging. But B. Skin tone is actually not nothing. Even in cartoons the skin tones are “a” skin tone and not skin toned. A big difference

[@hakurou4620]

@@TheGrindelwald How are you on a video about how colors read relatively to what they get compared to and still need to ask this

[@avercado4132]

As an artist, color perception is not only super interesting, but also CRUCIAL to know when you are composing a piece.

[@luminary67]

Maybe the real colour of your hoodie is the friends we made along the way.

[@Michael_Pereira]

"applause"

[@harsharya545]

I didn't understand, can you please explain?

[@AresVoid]

@@harsharya545 " the real ___ is the friends we made along the way" is a movie cliche that has been overused into the ground, so he's making fun of it

[@amaaneeismail5256]

I hate the fact that I literally laughed out loud at that

[@BruhMo]

Imagine asking someone an icebreaker like: What's your favourite colour? And them replying with 'Amethyst Sky'

[@JohnADoe-pg1qk]

You could get 'Barbie Pink' ...

[@j.k.wheeler4899]

When I was a little kid, I learned my colors off of the crayons, but nobody told me which ones were normal color names and which ones were special crayon color names. So there was me, two years old, telling everyone my favorite color was "wisteria."

[@iabervon]

Better than answering "Flesh Charm". (Still a real paint color, even if it's not made with real Dutch boys.)

[@prakharmishra3000]

I'm from india and we have an interesting history of blue dye called indigo here. The Brits made the farmers grow it in huge amounts because they made lots of money by selling it. It was used as blue ink and to blue clothes. We still use it in indian households after washing the clothes, put a couple of drops in a bucket and soak the clothes in it. They look shiny as new.

[@prakharmishra3000]

@butti fdft noice

[@rocketgoose8753]

For the curious the product is called- "Ujala", which translate to light.

[@prakharmishra3000]

@@rocketgoose8753 there's other brands too, but that's the most popular one.

[@a_maxed_out_handle_of_30_chars]

Was looking for this comment, my mom does this with my white clothes

[@prakharmishra3000]

@@a_maxed_out_handle_of_30_chars shouldn't you wash your own clothes

[@thothtahuti5509]

Just love your videos Tom, you have unlocked interests for me and I am very grateful ::)

[@Da_Random]

I'm just gonna say it: Tom running out of ideas is a blessing in disguise.

[@alexisventura7191]

It is indeed

[@jesseg7183]

Oh so you buy both your red t-shirts AND grey hoodies in bulk? Classic Tom Scott

[@FroZenMemes]

His prismarine scarlet t shirts and amethyst sky hoodies you mean?

[@simonestroppiana4529]

WE need those hoodies

[@andymcl92]

And blue jeans

[@jdogstube]

Sign of a genius.

[@gregdabrat]

A

[@stargate525]

I have a feeling that thanks to the slight stonewash patterning on that hoodie he'd get a different paint name every time.

[@chakatfirepaw]

Having used such a system in the past, (work term at a paint tinting manufacturer): Yep, we hated it when someone asked if we could find the mix to match fabric because we would have to make up half a dozen sample jars to see which scan was actually accurate. That was for fabric with a 'flat' colour, never mind something with any kind of patterning, (which would probably be worse than asking the software to figure out the mix for a purple¹ or green²). 1: Which would invariably be wrong. 2: For which it would insist on the no-no of using both blue and yellow pigments. You always use a green pigment and one of yellow or blue to avoid very noticeable colour changes as the yellow fades.

[@mydogeatspuke]

That's what I was thinking too. It works in a similar way to the colour picker in Photoshop etc and marled clothing is always made up of multiple shades. The device clearly has incredible magnification but that doesn't help when each section is a different shade. If it were solely grey like a spun shirt rather than a mix of shades creating a grey from a distance then it would obviously show as grey when scanned.

[@raulgalets]

the only mainstream video to get color right. congrats tom

[@zaydzulqurnain594]

Imagine staring out of your window on a train journey and seeing Tom just chilling with his cameraman on a hill with a grey hoodie.

[@zaydzulqurnain594]

@CofferZ fax

[@houwlingwoolf]

cameras still, it’s just him and the gopro

[@FixTheWi-Fi]

"...That I couldn't understand" That is terrifying.

[@TwoScoopsofDestroyer]

Color Science is a deep deep rabithole that is maddening, I just have a spectrometer and colorimeter to keep the colors consistent between my monitors, don't want to go down that rabithole. Taran van hemert has a decent video series on color, far from complete but a good look down the rabithole.

[@MrAndrewtheguru]

"I'm not sure that's helpful" is a perfect phrase to describe Tom's internet presence. Interesting, funny, and informative, sure. But usually not helpful for anyone's daily life. Love ya, Tom!

[@eladrialskeksis]

Hey I find it very helpful! I know never to try and jump over The Strid if I ever go there because I’ll DIE if I do. That’s very handy to know.

[@LilacMonarch]

I mean, a certain amount entertaining content is helpful for mental health. Though admittedly, it's probably gone too far in the other direction for most of us especially during quarantine...

[@Shuizid]

You don't seem to spent a lot of time on the internet - because this describes most of it.

[@biggiebeanie3987]

I just always see him in my recommended, I love this guy

[@JDsVarietyChannel]

I changed nearly all the bulbs in my house to 4000k/5000k color temperature LED's. In most cases, yellow lighting makes me sad. EDIT: The 5000k does give off a bit of a blueish tint. In one light fixture in my bedroom, I did one 5000k LED, and one normal light bulb with a yellowish tint (don't know the exact temperature, probably around 2,700k-3000k) It's on a fixture where you can turn on each bulb separately. Not only can you choose the mood. But if you turn both on, it makes the off-white wall have an oddly pleasant, but not overpowering effect. I really like it. It was an experiment after the two 5000k bulbs seemed overpowering for my nighttime lamp.

[@notyrpapa]

Blue lights give me migraines. I did the opposite in my house. We could make a very banal sitcom together.

[@casualbeluga2724]

f

[@TheAurelianProject]

Yellow lighting makes me sleepy, blue lighting makes me feel more awake and productive

[@Evercreeper]

My basement aka my abode has warm potlights so it feels like the sun is always up until I turn them off

[@S71597]

You’re gonna melt your fuckin brain with a 5k in your bedroom. That’s for hospitals and factories my dude!!!

[@lagazotheque]

me seeing the train coming at 1:08 : *the sound is about to get messy*

[@denno445]

surprisingly quiet doe

[@ShadowDeus]

@@denno445 train was quite quiet, didnt see a doe though, must have ran across the tracks faster than my eyes could see.

[@monad_tcp]

@@denno445 that's called good mastering

[@denno445]

@@monad_tcp or maybe its a lubed ass train

[@dearthofdoohickeys4703]

Now the sweater is *_RED_*

[@clickrick]

"Whiter than white" actually added something that made white clothing luminesce (fluoresce? I'm never sure) under UV lighting. I remember a stage production from when I was younger that exploited that: they turned the visible lights off at one point and the white shirts literally glowed in the dark.

[@own4801]

I've noticed the same with car headlights. You can tell the age of a car by the headlight hue. The older it is, the more yellow, and the newer, the bluer.

[@Michael-rx7ff]

Tom, you’re the only person who can make “The History of Laundry” interesting. Bravo 👏

[@isaiahs_abyss3627]

@CofferZ ok

[@poppyrider5541]

Technology Connections on yt. You're welcome.

[@artugert]

No, I’m sure there are thousands of people who could make it interesting.

[@apteropith]

i once looked for "laundry bluing" in grocery stores (for reasons), and the only person i found who even knew what that was, just paused, before saying they hadn't heard those words, or seen any, in a _long_ time

[@gordonrichardson2972]

Modern detergent powders include bluing alternatives, so they are no longer sold separately. I remember them from the 1960s, when soap was used for washing...

[@TheDylandProductions]

4:09 Lego did the same thing when they started manufacturing their own plastics (instead of outsourcing) around 2004 - 2006. Some of the competitor's bricks seemed "newer" and "cleaner" to children than Lego, because Lego's true light & dark gray betrayed their age more with harsh yellowing. Now they add a touch of blue dye into the plastics to make them seem "shinier" and "newer." (much to the chagrin of some older Lego fans)

[@nicreven]

Learned a new word today!

[@georgeiii2998]

@Nicreven Which one? Chagrin?

[@nicreven]

@@georgeiii2998 yes

[@dysolve_zip]

I can't believe tom scott's hoodie would be such an enigma

[@DJhinckley]

As a professional colourist (dying and screenprinting) , when ever I wash my whites, I always add in a royal blue cotton towel. Top Tips. And thank goodness Tom didn't include the McCollough Effect into this explanation, that would be a massive rabbit hole to fall down...

[@mirjanbouma]

Will you tell us more about the McCollough effect then, please?

[@zebo-the-fat]

I'm safe... I don't have a massive rabbit!

[@m53goldsmith]

Falling...failling...fallllllllllllllen...plop!

[@ipanesm]

i was so confused by the hoodie being as grey as the sky, and the wall not being white at all but very greyish.... and then i realized that my monitor had the "night light" setting on

[@harpoonlobotomy]

I was in Reading Mode and it was all greyscale from the off hah

[@ajnasreddin]

There's a whole psychological theory behind colour temperature as well. Generally cooler colours are more clinical, serious, factual. Generally warmer colours are more comforting, friendly, romantic. If you want to be taken seriously - be blue. If you want a more emotional, sympathetic connection, make your pictures warm. It's also interesting that the colour temperature of the light in a room affects a person's body temperature.

[@rc_woshimao957]

Cool info!! Maybe that's also the reason why yellow means friendship

[@daleicious1528]

@@rc_woshimao957 Where?

[@rc_woshimao957]

@@daleicious1528 ah, I think in general? Maybe from an artist point of view, yellow is always connected with out going and socializing and friendly...it's all subjective though :D

[@kyro7482]

I haven't even seen too many of his videos, neither have I met him, but the "they are not all the same, I have several, but they are all identical" just feels like a very Tom Scott thing to say

[@bluehorizon9490]

You literally have the most satisfying endings

[@davidconnell1959]

I am so very glad you brought the camera setting into this! Not only was the only bit that was new to me but it directly solved a problem I’ve had with out videos for the past week. We’d never done an indoor evening shoot before!

[@kalleniemi1351]

The flicker between the US an UK english was brilliant 😂

[@iijj]

where?

[@MrNicoJac]

Ah, found it! 2:55

[@tiddlypom2097]

o.O made my eye twitch

[@Charlie-nc3cp]

Imagine thinking color is right tho lmfao

[@infinitysynthesis]

US English is watered down real English.

[@shogun_arasaka]

As a person who does a lot of white balance and temperature balance adjusting (along with all the other joys of colour grading and image editing) in my profession, it's great to see another person (and bonus that person being Tom Scott), who prefers the colder/blue look. We seem to be rare breed amongst industry and the general public.

[@Chronicbackpain]

I lived in Liberia for a couple years doing work for Peace Corps, and while I was there you could buy the bluing agent for laundry. Only you could also buy modern detergent, and lots of families would use both. Since I wasn't familiar with what the blue powdery stuff was I asked what it's purpose was, and the locals I talked to weren't exactly certain but were still fairly confident that they were supposed to use it to make the clothes look good because that's what their parents had taught them. Nice to finally have an answer!

[@unknownoption7013]

Toms buys his hoodies? I always though the universe just manifested the hoodies and red tshirts on his closet, to maintain cosmic balance.

[@notthatcreativewithnames]

Well, I mean, if you buy something in bulk, you will get them for cheap.

[@KyndaKold]

@@notthatcreativewithnames As the universe does, he's obviously lying here.

[@romeforeverr]

Sounds like something a TikToker would do

[@Deka-1024]

Does anyone mind if I wait for a person to get whooosed here ?

[@cobyowen1274]

3:00 I love that you managed to use both spellings of color

[@Twentytwo22-entertainment]

2:54 best way to adapt both spellings if the word "colo(u)r"

[@grogipher]

On the blueing - you do something similar in baking. When you make buttercream, it's usually a bit yellow ('cause of the butter solids!) but if you want it whiter you add like, purple dye. It's completely counter productive, adding in a very dark dye into your mix to make it lighter, but it works!

[@danielmiller2886]

Being red/green colorblind I can absolutely agree that color is absolutely a personal perception. It also make video editing for me a nightmare. I grew up for 18 years next to a house I thought was white, only to be told later that it was light mint green.

[@austinhernandez2716]

Well light mint green isn't that different, its just a slight tint, it's a little subtle

[@danielmiller2886]

@@austinhernandez2716 exactly. It’s the subtle colors I have a hard time with, except for shades around forest green and brown. Those give me fits.

[@Qopzeep]

I'm a colour blind filmmaker. I've taught myself to color correct using scopes instead of my eyes. It works 95% of the time, and I always get someone to check my work.

[@danielmiller2886]

@@Qopzeep very cool. I want to learn that but just haven’t had time.

[@Qopzeep]

@@danielmiller2886 It's actually not as difficult as you think. But be very disciplined with white balancing your shots when you shoot!

[@maciejwaciej]

You know things are not going as usual if Tom's pinned comment is only 4 days old.

[@bluecup5463]

Yeaaaa

[@talha1349]

Yh normally it's like 2 weeks old or a month or something. Personally, I think Tom's going insane

[@mercurialinterference6931]

a sign of the times

[@arcticwolfy]

it was probably a private video for a couple of days

[@Kilometoru]

Yes.

[@habbkobb5836]

this makes me want to make tom scott into a dungeons and dragons character with a color changing hoodie used for camouflage