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blog:odor_colors [2026/04/17 09:59] – created lurkerblog:odor_colors [2026/04/17 10:01] (current) – lurker
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 I have yet to find a publicly accessible article that breaks down how these odor colors are arranged. I have yet to find a publicly accessible article that breaks down how these odor colors are arranged.
  
-For now, yinrih odor vocabulary is heavily tied to emotion, with the arousal-valence model of emotion being my primary inspiration. Arousal means whether the odor has a calming (negative arousal) or exciting/stimulating (positive arousal) affect. Valence refers to whether the emotion is seen as positive or negative.+For now, yinrih odor vocabulary is heavily tied to emotion, with the arousal-valence model of emotion being my primary inspiration. Arousal means whether the odor has a calming (negative arousal) or exciting/stimulating (positive arousal) affect. Valence refers to whether the emotion is seen as positive or negative. //happy// is a positive valence, somewhat high arousal. //sad//, is negative valence, low arousal. //Calm// is positive valence, low arousal, etc. 
  
 Some yinrih odor words differentiate between strong and light sensations of the same odor, much like the English distinction between the colors red and pink. There is also vocabulary to describe how long an odor is perceived, whether an odor is persistent, lingering, or fleeting.  Some yinrih odor words differentiate between strong and light sensations of the same odor, much like the English distinction between the colors red and pink. There is also vocabulary to describe how long an odor is perceived, whether an odor is persistent, lingering, or fleeting. 
  
-Yinrih also have many ways of describing the scent of other yinrih, mainly linked to emotional states. Universally across yinrih languages, the word for //feel// as in //feel an emotion// also means //smell like//. So you don't say //I feel happy// you say //I smell happy//. To a yinrih this isn't just a turn of phrase, happiness literally has an odor, as do other emotions. +Yinrih also have many ways of describing the scent of other yinrih, mainly linked to emotional states. Universally across yinrih languages, the word for //feel// as in //feel an emotion// also means //smell like//. So you don't say //I feel happy// you say //I smell happy//. To a yinrih this isn't just a turn of phrase, happiness literally has an odor, as do other emotions.
  
 In addition to smelling emotions, yinrih identify one another primarily by smell. Gender, reproductive status, and approximate age are readily apparent from a yinrih's ambient musk and ink. There are three distinct odors associated with reproductive status based on the condition of the ovary((important note, both men and women have an ovary.)), Immature, when the ovary isn't fully developed, mature pre-oviposition, when the ovary is mature but the yinrih has not laid their egg, and mature, post-ovipositon, when the ovary is destroyed due to egg laying.   In addition to smelling emotions, yinrih identify one another primarily by smell. Gender, reproductive status, and approximate age are readily apparent from a yinrih's ambient musk and ink. There are three distinct odors associated with reproductive status based on the condition of the ovary((important note, both men and women have an ovary.)), Immature, when the ovary isn't fully developed, mature pre-oviposition, when the ovary is mature but the yinrih has not laid their egg, and mature, post-ovipositon, when the ovary is destroyed due to egg laying.  
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