As I was thinking of ideas of finding something to generate randomised data, I came across some markers which happened to be in my pencil case that day. Each pen had a was labelled with a combination of letters/numbers and a given name:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I did a quick google search on each code and recorded the subject of the first website that was provided. Here they are:

B12: A vitamin deficiency

C6: A segment of the spine

E13: Bike Parts

N2: A Gelato Company

Y21: A Vivo brand phone

YG63: A Copic marker pen

 

Isn’t it cool to see such random codes being applied to wildly different objects!

I always find the specific names that are given to colours quite interesting as they are often supposed to reflect the colours of a particular object. I find myself sometimes disagreeing with the naming of colours and questioning why people have decided on it (as well as sometimes thinking that I could do a better job at describing a particular colour!)

Although this method is a very random way of finding things, I decided when I arrived home that I could use an even more randomised method that would perhaps give me a wider range of results. I only have a limited number of pens, so something even broader would be a better idea. (And would also mean I could reuse this generator as many times as I want someday in the situation I run out of ideas!)

 

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In my next random generator, I decided to take a different route and decided to take a set of numbers from something completely different.

The height and timing of the Sydney high and low tides on the 21st Jan were found as below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the first method with the Copic markers, I found the association of colours to particular words very interesting and decided I could find a word using this method. Hence, I decided to try to find a colour associated to the above numbers.

To do this, I decided to find the most well known/universal colour system: Pantone. This led me to search from their colour library in the following link:

https://www.pantone.com/color-finder#/search

 

I decided to the first four non-zero digits from the tide measurements to find in the search bar:

However, for all but one set of the numbers (1345), I was able to find a colour.

Low: 0.1m 3.45pm

This brought about the colours: “sun baked” and “spice route”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of the two colours, I found “spice route” more interesting as upon first glance, created a stronger image and impression in my head. (As well as the fact that I like this colour a little more)

 

Here is my word: ROUTE