We take color as something tangible, but it's quite subjective. While we can use spectroscopy to determine the distribution of wavelengths in light, we can't objectively tie those measurements to color.
You need a body of perceivers who posses a common language to in order to express the concept of color. Only then can one build a map between spectroscopy and color perception. Those maps, based on statistics from a pool of observers, are the closest thing we have to objective measures of color.
If a tree falls in a forest alone, is brown? No. "Brown" is a result of mind, perception and culture.
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You need a body of perceivers who posses a common language to in order to express the concept of color. Only then can one build a map between spectroscopy and color perception. Those maps, based on statistics from a pool of observers, are the closest thing we have to objective measures of color.
If a tree falls in a forest alone, is brown? No. "Brown" is a result of mind, perception and culture.
- mark 2-15-2015 1:54 am