What you see in the nager portraits is only an artist representation of something that was never meant to be viewed visually anyway, so you have to understand that and be lenient.

You have to keep in mind as well, that the nager (or field) isn't selyn - it's a by product that is caused in gens by the production of selyn and in simes by the consumption of selyn. This is why a high field gen will always be "brighter" (to sime senses) then a selyn lamp.

As a rule of thumb, all gens glow. Doesn't matter if they are high field or low field at the time, their field is still luminous. The lower the field the less distance it extends from the person. A field of a companion, for example, will extend way beyond the frame of the picture, usually filling a room anytime during the cycle. Simes, on the other hand, can have a very dark nager when in need. (Example, see the picture of Richard)

The white area usually directly around a gen is to indicate the fact that they are gen. It is not the entirety of the field. Yellow usually plays a part. This isn't to say that a gens field is yellow - it ISN'T. It isn't any colour. Yellow is just our visual interpretation of it.

The brightness of the yellow and the depth of the nager will tell you if the gen is high or low field.

If you compare a picture of a gen (for example, Cheryl) with one of a sime (for example, Mercy) you will notice that the gen field looks considerably more swirly then that of a sime. If you then look at a portrait of a Channel (for example, Zoe) you will see that, while there are swirls, they are considerably larger and looser then that of a gen. When transferring, a channels field will take on the tighter swirls of a gen, when in healing mode, it will change according to what is needed for the situation.

Colour tells us various things, and different interpretations can be placed on it. Colour can also just be a part of the picture, placed in at the artists whim! (Example, see the picture of Stella)

Blue indicates junctness. You can see it in Zoe's field, and also, to a lesser extent, in Eliza's.

What other colours may or may not indicate we leave to you, and the artists, imagination.

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