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View Poll Results: If you stumbled upon a zebra with red stripes, what two colors would the creature be?
Black and Red 25 39.68%
Red and White 38 60.32%
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So i'm not entirely sure why, but finding out how people answer this fascinates me. which do you picture when you think of it?
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Because Black and red looks cooler [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
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White and red... Just seems more natural.. xP
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I immediately pictured a red zebra with black stripes. I think it's because, if you were to spray red die on to a zebra, the white would turn red, and the black would remain black. Seems more logical to me.
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Red & Black all the way, because Red & Black are the colors of Anarchy, duuh [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
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Black and red look cooler, to put it simply.
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yeah, but did you think of the cooler one first?

i myself pictured a red and white one, i guess red being a relatively dark color would replace the black.
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Well when you say a zebra with red stripes, it is most logical that one would first think of the zebra and then replace the black stripes with red ones.
However, I read it too fast and it translated as "red zebra" to my mind, which sounds like it refers to the entire animal being red. Thus, I saw a red animal, and then added the black zebra stripes.

So because I am lazy and read too fast the zebra is definately red and black.
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My mind provides no picture at all...

Ze Zebra must be Schwarz, Weiss AND Rot!
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w red and white zebra would look pink when running fast!
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the first thing that comes to my mind is white zebra with red stripes
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is "breasts" a valid answer?
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When I think of the colors of a zebra I think of it as white with black stripes so, in my mind, if a zebra had red stripes it would still be white.

I like Per's answer the best so far, though.
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I started thinking about whether the Solid Color layer would be set to 'Overlay' or 'Multiply'...

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Red and White for ultimate contrast, I had a similar fantasy this weekend about if a breed of Arabian horses could produce a pink horse and how much money you could sell them for.

Also I liked Per's answer and Jzero's rofl!
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Ze Zebra must be Schwarz, Weiss AND Rot!

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I seriously doubt that any (younger) non Germans will understand your joke (and probably most Germans wouldn't either) [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
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See I knew something cool would come out of this poll option on the new boards. I knew.
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Hey Frosty, you're a bloody vertex... xD

But yeah, gotta agree on the "cool" part. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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Since a Zebra is a white (actually light grey I think) animal with black stripes, if I saw a zebra with red stripes it would still be a white animal. Thus Red and white.

Of course I never would see a zebra with red stripes, so it's a moot point and I'll go with Per's answer instead, but rather less elegantly.

Tits.
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Old (#21)
Funny, when I worked with them, the stripes were more like a dark metallic blue/purple, a bit like a crows feather.

Mr Ed was a zebra.
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Funny, when I worked with them, the stripes were more like a dark metallic blue/purple, a bit like a crows feather.

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heh, I remember you telling me the same thing on Skindom messageboard a few years back when I was workin on a skin. It did help [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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i worked on an exotic animal farm for a summer, and helped raise a baby male and baby female zebra. Im fairly certain a zebra with red stripes would also still have black stripes, so it would be black white AND red.
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Old (#24)
I gotta slow down when reading posts. Poop, I thought I first read your post as: i worked on an exotic farm animal for a summer, DUH!
I had to re-read it three times.

A zebra is a horse of course of course, talk to Mr Rick. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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Old (#25)
save the quagga!

okay, next time i'll definately add more options.

-tits
-red striped zebras don't exist, silly
-Im fairly certain a zebra with red stripes would also still have black stripes, so it would be black white AND red
-The stripes are more like a dark metallic blue/purple, a bit like a crows feather.
-Polls are cool.

and mr. ed was a zebra? you've got to be kidding.
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