Des Clark Des Clark

Not even 30 Shades of Grey

Rather Split-Tone Black & White!

You think I’ve done a typo in the heading? Close but no cigar!

Depending on which website you read, the human eye can “only” see either 30 or 500 shades of grey. So definitely not 50! Quite a difference between these two figures and I’m sure that doing a really deep dive into some scientific journal will tell you the real truth.

However in terms of shades of grey, I’m not sure how many a typical dreary Dutch winter day has but 500 seems a bit over the top. Even 30 does.

They say Ireland has 40 shades of green although I think in all my years living there before moving overseas, the colours I most associate Irish countryside with, are green and grey. Maybe 40 green and 30 grey…

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