4307: 8000FF 00FFFF 808080 00FF00 FF00FF 00FFFF FF0000 FF0080 00FFFF 0000FF FF0000 FFFFFF FF8080 00FFFF FF0080 00FF80 FFFFFF 8000FF 00FFFF FFFF80

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8000FF 00FFFF 808080 00FF00 FF00FF 00FFFF FF0000 FF0080 00FFFF 0000FF FF0000 FFFFFF FF8080 00FFFF FF0080 00FF80 FFFFFF 8000FF 00FFFF FFFF80
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Made by: Nyperold


Explanation[edit | edit source]

In the original, Liz said some collections of letters, half of which are not recognized by Wiktionary as words, and none of which can be used to extrapolate meaning from her sentence, and Jon said he'd never understand women. Here, Liz speaks in squares of color, which Jon thinks is colorful language.

The squares of color which Liz speaks are a code. The code uses intensity combinations within the red, green, and blue channels of the color to indicate which letter it represents. Each channel can be at no intensity (00), half-intensity (80), or full intensity (FF), giving us 3³ combinations, or 27. If the code is for the English language, then all 26 letters and the space can be represented at the expense of representing punctuation and capitalization.

00 in the red channel is the range A-I. 80 in the red channel is the range J-R. FF in the red channel is the range S-Z and the space. 00 in the green channel is the ranges A-C, J-L, and S-U. 80 in the green channel is the ranges D-F, M-O, and V-X. FF in the green channel is the ranges G-I, P-R, and Y, Z, and the space. 00 in the blue channel is A, D, G, J, M, P, S, V, and Y. 80 in the blue channel is B, E, H, K, N, Q, T, W, and Z. FF in the blue channel is C, F, I, L, O, R, U, X, and the space.

With that known, Liz's phrase works out to "YOU ARE A RADISH", making Garfield's guess correct. Additionally, the title of the strip is hex code that works out to "LINGUISTICS WITH LIZ".

The author writes:[edit | edit source]

Original strip: 2017-11-17.

Transcript[edit | edit source]

{Liz approaches Jon}
Liz: Jon?
Jon: Yes?
Liz: FFFF00 8080FF FF00FF FFFFFF 000000 80FFFF 008080 FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF 80FFFF 000000 008000 00FFFF FF0000 00FF80
{Jon goes wide-eyed. Liz leaves, and Jon's eyes return to previous state)
Jon: What colorful language she has
Garfield: I think she just called you a radish