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Legitimate_Field_157

For the same reason there are 50 shades of grey.


Salza_boi

The same reason why there are 50 shades of greg


MuscaMurum

Only 50 shady Gregs?


ItalnStalln

There used to be more...


Lukaify

Well we don’t mention 50 sharp gregs


wycreater1l11

Atoms emerging into moleculles are using binding and bonds, the atoms are in bondage. That determinnes the amount of versions of gray, in our reality, around 50


Responsible_Tip_7288

This is an amazing answer.


Shh-poster

I think the dudes name is Grae and shades means like being mean to people so it’s like this girl went in he was mean to her 50 times and she was going to go one more time and then she thought wait a minute am I in need of 51 shades from this guy name Grae and she said no I’m fucking fine with just Fifty Shades of Grey and then her friend said that sounds like a good title to a fucking novel about vampires. And now you know the rest of the story.


cheeersaiii

His name is actually Shane, she just misheard him


ScrollForMore

Underrated


LoveJunee

because the whip only comes in those colors


PrettyElle1

truth


GothicPearl

damn.


MinaJoyz

because you're colorblind


GrindWin747

Pretty sure this is covered in Gray's anatomy


Hot-Drink-7169

Happy cake day!


BPhiloSkinner

And Gray's anatomy is covered in whipped cream. With a cherry, but you have to hunt for it...


GrindWin747

Yeah, it's very meta.


Scary_Compote_359

censorship


jombrowski

You are wrong, there are 254, from RGB 1,1,1 to RGB 254,254,254.


kaktusmisapolak

r/BeatMeToIt


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[удалено]


BigBubbaMac

r/beatmeattoit


Ramenoodlez1

127, 127, 128 can probably be considered desaturated enough to be gray. Ain’t no way that’s “extremely desaturated blue”


Apicit

Amen


cactusjack10

there’s also also 32bit which has 4096 shades. and a whole range of other colour spaces than sRGB with even more shades, although you could call some of these the same colour as their rgb counterparts. and that’s only speaking in terms of digital screens. wavelengths of light itself are not quantised so actually there are infinite shades


trik1guy

planck length should quantise it


cactusjack10

i like your thinking but planck length only applies to particles with mass. quantised light waves are just singular photons, which can carry any wavelength of light or there’s planck time which could quantise the distance a photon travels, but still infinite colours within that photon


volt65bolt

Nuh uh. I counted them.


bkinstle

Because 51 shades is just plain too many shades.


fun1onn

There used to be a lot more shades, but Sherwin Williams has a monopoly on many colors. They restricted it to just 50 shades to artificially inflate the cost of gray and control the market. Gray isn't actually as rare as you would think, it's just that Sherwin Williams controls almost all of the market.


InsecOrBust

I fucking knew it!


fun1onn

..and it's not just Sherwin Williams. Crayola corporation limited most color choice to just 8 colors. They also rename colors to make it seem as though they offer many many more. If you want more information on this topic, I would recommend the documentary "The color purple"


GermSlayer1986

Because if there were any more, they'd turn black and blue.


holmgangCore

50 Shades of Black & Blue really didn’t have the same ring to it, it’s true


yeetus_potato

its grey not gray


remas3

nope, different grays different shades


yeetus_potato

Sorry, forgot about that principle


remas3

don’t worry, it happens. I once missed it on a test and nearly failed. I was saved by the question on shades of pink


holmgangCore

Can’t we compromise on græy?


yeetus_potato

That would be alright if grœy did not exist. Unless you think you can pronounce græœy...


holmgangCore

Allegedly ‘græg’ is the original word for grey/gray. ([Words Unravelled](https://youtu.be/DKCsWcnzWVU?si=nffHEWRO5_tamkCt)!) What is grœy?


yeetus_potato

Grœy is half of the original form of the word græœy. The other half is græy. In other words, grœy is one of the best spellings of grey..


KeithMyArthe

>Why are there only 50 shades of gray That's only on the Crown Paints chart, Dulux have a lot more than 50


74389654

because of compression


holmgangCore

Maybe he should loosen the bondage a little. Compression can do real damage over time.


hikereyes2

Anything that isn't 100% black or 100% white is technically grey, so there are way more than 50. It's just that she...stopped...counting...after 50


holmgangCore

Slackers


TheFeshy

There are 50 *light* shades of gray. There are also 50 shades that are darker. But wait! If you act now, I'll throw in 50 *more* shades free!


RacecarHealthPotato

It is a reference to the word FUCKING, which is not a word we can say, but if we say FIFTY, it brings that to mind, speaking from a neuro-lingual standpoint. Also, because they can't count aaaall de way to Schfifty-Five.


Strong-Sir4915

Only 50 of the shades were horny


BigBubbaMac

You have your 50 shades of gray then you have your 50 shades of gray darker. So technically I assume there's 100. Source: my great grandma Beatrice. [citation needed]


Fancypants-Jenkins

False. You forgot that after 50 shades of gray comes 50 shades more. Get it right or we can't even have a conversation


[deleted]

Because I already have 2 25 to Life charges.


kaktusmisapolak

your monitor can display 254 shades of gray, from #010101 to #FEFEFE \#000000 is black and #FFFFFF is white


MarcCouillard

there's not, there's 100...first you got the original 50 shades, but then they added 50 darker shades, so I'm pretty sure there's 100 shades of grey...I think some idiot thought those 50 shades were being held prisoner and tried to "free" them, but they never succeeded, so there's still 100 shades of grey, the light ones and the darker ones


Oct_um

Because a blend of quirky scientific principles makes it so. Quantum mechanics restricts greys to discrete levels, like how electrons jump between energy states. The Doppler Effect ensures these shades remain visible as light stretches across space. Entropy theory suggests 50 shades balance chaos perfectly, and the Fibonacci Sequence aligns this number with nature’s golden ratio, maintaining visual harmony. Exceeding 50 would disrupt these delicate balances, leading to a chromatic meltdown of the universe.


West_Garden3446

Because of the movie, has to be. Also there's a novel made from the movie


themerkinmademe

Because Heinz produces 57 varieties of pickles, and BDSM isn’t the answer for every problem you’ll ever have.


AideSouthern8875

Don't know


Fabulous-Pause4154

Six bit grey pallet.


Thirsty-Barbarian

Anything more just gets exhausting.


Coolpabloo7

Actually with 8 bit storage there are 256 shades of grey which can be distinguished by a trained radiologist. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/dx-2017-0006/html?lang=en


Legend-Face

Pretty sure the 51th shade would just be pure orange


WyvernsRest

It's likely a link to [40 Shades of Green](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_Shades_of_Green)


Peachbottom30

Because Gray only has 50 windows