Colors

[Rndm_Perfection]

Originally Posted by nWoCHRISnWo

But some colors look a lot closer to some than others. Like most people would agree blue and purple look a lot alike while orange and purple aren't even close. If people saw different colors though, and one person's "blue" is actually what most people see as brown then they wouldn't agree that "blue" looks like purple.

...Eh, who cares anyways.

That's because they are close together on the spectrum.

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple

Let's use that as the spectrum for now..


Lessay what I recognize as orange, you would recognize as blue, were you to see through my eyes (however, through your eyes, you'd call it orange as well). Therefor, I see what you'd call yellow, yet I call it purple... (and so do you, Ginkasa!).


Is blue close to purple? Sure is... is Orange close to Yellow? Definately (though we may not be talking about the same colors, exactly).


This "theory" would also be based on the spectrum. Don't give it too much thought though, for it is impossible to prove incorrect without scientific tools.

[Xantar]

Ah yes. Very Buddhist. And actually it touches on some quantum theory stuff, too.

The mistake made by many people of all kinds (scientists, theists, nutcases etc.) is assuming that there is a single objective reality that we can all see the same way if only we'd just think right. As this thread has pointed out, there isn't. And in fact, the universe as we know it wouldn't exist if we weren't here. The act of observing something changes it.

Sound weird? Well, it's proven.