# Questionable Content (web comic) — new thread, new question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 1, 2019, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-content-web-comic-new-thread-new-question/836338 "2019-07-01T10:54:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-content-web-comic-new-thread-new-question/836338/1 "2019-07-01T10:54:28Z")
After conducting a half-dozen searches on “Questionable” and on “Content” — all unsuccessful — I can only assume that the old “I Don’t Quite Get Today’s Questionable Content” thread has vanished. So I’m starting a new one because I need to ask this: Does anyone have any guesses as to the purpose of the magenta filter that Jeph has put over the last two strips? It’s kinda the same color as Roko’s skin (if that’t the right term), but he’s never used it when drawing her before. The two strips in question feature a spookybot, but he’s never used it when drawing them before. I’m all in favor of artistic license, but this time I just don’t see any reason for it. If he’s trying to convey something with this technique, I’m not getting it. Plus the resultant dimming of the image is really annoying to my aging eyes. Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-content-web-comic-new-thread-new-question/836338/2 "2019-07-01T11:16:45Z")
> [@Cayuga](#): > > After conducting a half-dozen searches on “Questionable” and on “Content” — all unsuccessful — I can only assume that the old “I Don’t Quite Get Today’s Questionable Content” thread has vanished. [Seems fine](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21588152) to me > [@](#): > > So I’m starting a new one because I need to ask this: > > Does anyone have any guesses as to the purpose of the magenta filter that Jeph has put over the last two strips?[…] > > Thoughts? Seems like it’s just evening light, to me. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-content-web-comic-new-thread-new-question/836338/3 "2019-07-01T11:25:44Z")
In the subreddit, it’s been suggested that it’s to show that it currently twilight, during the [blue hour](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_hour). It is weird, but largely because it’s something we’ve never seen Jacques do before. It’s not at all uncommon in other comics. Normally Jeph would just make the sky halfway between light and dark, and darken the colors with more shadows. Alternative suggestions were that he had some sort of blue-light filter on, and forgot to disable it, so the image looks normal to him. But that seems unlikely twice in a row. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-content-web-comic-new-thread-new-question/836338/4 "2019-07-01T11:41:36Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > \<\\> > > Alternative suggestions were that he had some sort of blue-light filter on, and forgot to disable it, so the image looks normal to him. But that seems unlikely twice in a row. Or perhaps he’s got the “Night light” (or equivalent) set to turn on automatically, at sun down. If it’s fairly light setting, he might overlook it. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-content-web-comic-new-thread-new-question/836338/5 "2019-07-01T12:09:52Z")
Night Light setting seems unlikely… 1. Look at the strip under Night Light and some areas look the same, but others, like Roko’s face (which is more or less the same as it usually is), get more intensely red. So if there’s a filter in use, it’s already being compensated for in his colour choices (or, more likely, he’s not using a filter and just choosing colours within a certain range). And if it was a matter of forgetting it was on, the result would be more intensely _blue_, as he overcompensated for the warming from the filter. 2. He’s been a professional artist who works primarily late at night for years. It’s extremely unlikely that he’d be using a setting that would distort his monitor’s colour display during his prime working hours. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-content-web-comic-new-thread-new-question/836338/6 "2019-07-01T12:21:20Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Night Light setting seems unlikely… > > 1. Look at the strip under Night Light and some areas look the same, but others, like Roko’s face (which is more or less the same as it usually is), get more intensely red. So if there’s a filter in use, it’s already being compensated for in his colour choices (or, more likely, he’s not using a filter and just choosing colours within a certain range). And if it was a matter of forgetting it was on, the result would be more intensely _blue_, as he overcompensated for the warming from the filter. > > 2. He’s been a professional artist who works primarily late at night for years. It’s extremely unlikely that he’d be using a setting that would distort his monitor’s colour display during his prime working hours. Oh, you’re very likely right - my only thought is, is that sometimes people overlook the damndest things. ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-content-web-comic-new-thread-new-question/836338/7 "2019-07-01T13:00:37Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > [Seems fine](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21588152) to me I don’t know what’s wrong with me, then — I couldn’t find it or bring it up on a search. Guess this thread will be a short one. ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-content-web-comic-new-thread-new-question/836338/8 "2019-07-01T13:05:01Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Seems like it’s just evening light, to me. > [@BigT](#): > > In the subreddit, it’s been suggested that it’s to show that it currently twilight, during the [blue hour](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_hour). OK, I’ll buy that. (It still looks reddish-purple to me rather than blue, but whatever.) Thanks for the answer! ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-content-web-comic-new-thread-new-question/836338/9 "2019-07-02T20:07:35Z")
It reminds me a bit of the use of sepia tones for flashbacks. Perhaps the interaction being depicted is taking place in the network, rather than in meatspace. That is, perhaps Spookybot initiated the conversation via Bluetooth, or whatever they use. So they’re not literally side-by-side, physically. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-content-web-comic-new-thread-new-question/836338/10 "2019-07-02T20:53:23Z")
It is CLEARLY evening lighting. And the ‘in the network’ effect has already been done. It’s just a white space, no unnecessary replication of meatspace.