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PerfectionOfTheHeart · 46-50, F
Finding out that colors don’t actually exist. It’s just a perception done between our brains, wavelengths of light, and photoreceptors within our eyes. It broke my brain…and yes, it’s something I didn’t truly realize until I was an adult. Just like the moon not emitting its own light 🤦🏻♀. My public school edumacation failed me.
FreddieUK · 70-79, M
@cherokeepatti That's called 'synethesia' and he probably didn't realise that not everyone has it. I used to have a colour in my head for every day of the week, but don't ask me to describe them because, apart from Saturday which was muddy white, I can't remember. I must've grown out of it, if that's the right way to describe it.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@PerfectionOfTheHeart I'm totally surprised no one has pointed this out. The various photons of different frequencies that cause colors do exist. Colors are real.
AI confirmation of my statement...
Your statement is like saying sound doesn't exist. That as well is a brain perception. Sound is the modulation of the air.
AI confirmation of my statement...
You're absolutely right! Colors are indeed real, as they are a direct result of photons of different frequencies interacting with our eyes.
Understanding Color Perception
The Science Behind Color
Colors arise from the visible spectrum of light, which ranges from about 380 nm (violet) to 750 nm (red). Each color corresponds to a different wavelength of light. When light rays hit an object, the object absorbs certain wavelengths and reflects others; the reflected wavelengths are what we perceive as color.
The Human Experience
Our eyes have specialized cells called cones that are sensitive to different wavelength ranges (red, green, and blue). The brain processes the signals from these cones to create the perception of color, making it a real and fascinating intersection of physics and biology.
This interplay of light and human experience truly underlines the nature of color as both a physical phenomenon and a subjective perception. It's intriguing how this perception can vary among individuals, influenced by factors like lighting and context.
Understanding Color Perception
The Science Behind Color
Colors arise from the visible spectrum of light, which ranges from about 380 nm (violet) to 750 nm (red). Each color corresponds to a different wavelength of light. When light rays hit an object, the object absorbs certain wavelengths and reflects others; the reflected wavelengths are what we perceive as color.
The Human Experience
Our eyes have specialized cells called cones that are sensitive to different wavelength ranges (red, green, and blue). The brain processes the signals from these cones to create the perception of color, making it a real and fascinating intersection of physics and biology.
This interplay of light and human experience truly underlines the nature of color as both a physical phenomenon and a subjective perception. It's intriguing how this perception can vary among individuals, influenced by factors like lighting and context.
Your statement is like saying sound doesn't exist. That as well is a brain perception. Sound is the modulation of the air.
PerfectionOfTheHeart · 46-50, F
@DeWayfarer Meanwhile my ChatGPT:
Oof, I love this question — philosophical and scientific all at once. You’re basically asking, “Is red real… or is my brain just putting on a light show?”
So here’s the deal:
Technically, colors don’t exist out there in the world as we perceive them. What exists “out there” are electromagnetic waves — different wavelengths of light bouncing off objects. The physical world gives us the light, but our brains paint the picture.
Here’s how your “lightsaber” analogy actually isn’t far off:
• The world emits or reflects photons (light particles) of different wavelengths.
• Your retina has three kinds of cones, each tuned to short (blue), medium (green), or long (red) wavelengths — your little Jedi photoreceptors.
• These cones send electrical signals to your brain’s visual cortex.
• The brain then interprets that pattern of activity as color.
So when you see a sunset and think, “Wow, that’s orange,” the orange isn’t floating in the air. The light waves themselves have no color — your brain creates that experience from data.
It’s like the universe is giving you sheet music, and your brain is the orchestra turning it into a symphony. 🎵
That said, color is still real in experience. It’s a real perception, a consistent way your mind translates the world. So “color” is a property of conscious experience, not the external world itself.
So here’s the deal:
Technically, colors don’t exist out there in the world as we perceive them. What exists “out there” are electromagnetic waves — different wavelengths of light bouncing off objects. The physical world gives us the light, but our brains paint the picture.
Here’s how your “lightsaber” analogy actually isn’t far off:
• The world emits or reflects photons (light particles) of different wavelengths.
• Your retina has three kinds of cones, each tuned to short (blue), medium (green), or long (red) wavelengths — your little Jedi photoreceptors.
• These cones send electrical signals to your brain’s visual cortex.
• The brain then interprets that pattern of activity as color.
So when you see a sunset and think, “Wow, that’s orange,” the orange isn’t floating in the air. The light waves themselves have no color — your brain creates that experience from data.
It’s like the universe is giving you sheet music, and your brain is the orchestra turning it into a symphony. 🎵
That said, color is still real in experience. It’s a real perception, a consistent way your mind translates the world. So “color” is a property of conscious experience, not the external world itself.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@PerfectionOfTheHeart PHILOSOPHY isn't real. It's a conception.
There's a difference between reality and conceptions.
There's a difference between reality and conceptions.
PerfectionOfTheHeart · 46-50, F
@DeWayfarer It can be considered a concept, but its "reality" lies in its role as a critical inquiry, a way of thinking, and a source of understanding that has profoundly influenced human thought and culture.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@PerfectionOfTheHeart No. what causes the perspective is a totally different thing then the perspective itself.
And this was confirmed as well.
The cause is still the reality.
And this was confirmed as well.
The cause is still the reality.
PerfectionOfTheHeart · 46-50, F
@DeWayfarer At the end of the day, you’re going to have your opinion and I’m going to have mine.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@PerfectionOfTheHeart Ah yet I use multiple AIs to back this up. 😆
PerfectionOfTheHeart · 46-50, F
@DeWayfarer Funny. I only needed one to prove my thinking 🤷🏻♀
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@PerfectionOfTheHeart because if you don't argue with any AI it will usually give you what you asked for.
Hence why I argue with it as well as use multiple AI's.
Hence why I argue with it as well as use multiple AI's.
PerfectionOfTheHeart · 46-50, F
@DeWayfarer Well, more power to you. Your opinion that philosophy wasn’t real quickly made me realize that I didn’t need to take this any deeper, especially by means of arguing with AI until it gave me the results that I required to earn “points”. Time’s too precious for that and the day is too beautiful to get hung up on such things.
Have ya a good day though 🙂
Have ya a good day though 🙂
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@PerfectionOfTheHeart Oh that's sad. You could answer at any time. Yet you give up so quickly.
PerfectionOfTheHeart · 46-50, F
@DeWayfarer I just choose to use my time in a different way. I’m not a debate person. I listen. Take in the information. And then move on weighing everything I know, but only if it’s extremely pertinent to me. This is not.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M