Description: This picture is meant to show people the supreme shapes They were designed to be big enough to see clearlyI made them in inkscape which is currently the best free vector graphics program available for LinuxWhen dealing with the natural world we live in we tend to not appreciate the most basic things around usMany colors numbers and shapes make up the objects which we see and feel Although there are endless variations of everythingI have noticed that almost everything man made tends to resemble one of 4 common shapesAlso look up the definition of supreme and youll see why I like this wordhttpenwiktionaryorgwikisupremeregular quadrilateralsquareThe square is my favorite shape of all All of its four sides are the same length Many people think thata square and rectangle are different things however a square is a type of rectangle Other rectangles may havea different widthheight ratio but all types of rectangles are useful for building thingsbrick houseschessboardsetcIts also the only type of shape which can actually be represented accurately on a computer screen because pixelsare squares If you look around you youll probably find that squares and otherrectanglesall of which can be divided into smaller squares are the most commonly made shape of all manmade objectsThe 3 dimensional version of a square is called a cube Most furniture and storage containers are a rectangle on every sideregular triangleA triangle is a 3 sided shapeAll triangles are interesting however the most commonly used triangle is a regular or equilateral triangleRegular triangles have something in common with squares in that both of them can tesselate This means that itspossible fit a bunch of them together with no gaps Many times the are useful in making other shapesregular hexagonA hexagon has 6 sides but a regular hexagon is the most useful because it is the regular polygon with the most sidesthat can still tesselate perfectly A regular hexagon can be formed with 6 regular trianglescirclecircles are totally different from the other 3 supreme shapes They do not tesselate they cant be described by a number of sides However there are two reason that I include them in my definition of supreme shapes First they occur in Gods creation more than anything else Almost all plants have circular parts The stems of plantsand trunks of trees many fruits and maybe every living animal Although not all things are perfect circles many things on the human body are mostly round Rarely do you find anything that is flat or straight The second reason is that they are useful for anything that is designed to move Think of wheels on everything or spheres which are used for nearly every sportRound things move easy This is the total opposite of rectangles which are useful when you need something to stay in one place
By: 10binary
Date: 2011-02-02
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