colourlovers.com — Take a look at a new installation from Jen Stark at the Carol Jazzar Gallery; a collection of inspiring of patterns and textures randomly emailed to the editors of notcot.org by Alessandro Loschiavo Design; we find the answer to getting color back on iTunes 1; and we look into a thread on fluther.com which ask the question, "Is there still color when it's completely 100% dark?
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danbarkerSep 19, 2010
Yes.
mengskSep 19, 2010
Yes. Are we going to stop asking this question now
kirshaSep 19, 2010
Actually, the answer is no.
mengskSep 20, 2010
I have better vision than you
butchthevizslaSep 19, 2010
only if you're a bear in the woods taking a crap
dirkdeeSep 19, 2010
No, color is a property that only manifests itself when there is light
bugmenot2Sep 19, 2010
This article confuses the f**k out of me.
headhotSep 19, 2010
Depends on what you mean by color. We perceive color as the cones in our eyes being excited by light of different frequencies. Now, if there is no light, we can see no color. Also, if there is no light, there are no photons being reflected by the material we would be looking at.
Now with out light the material itself does not lose the ability to reflect, so it still has an inherent color.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
TomHanks4Sep 19, 2010
thats like saying there is always sound in my room because there happen to be some speakers in there. the ability to reflect light does not mean light is being reflected, the ability to have "color" does not mean an object has color at all times.
headhotSep 20, 2010
Color is an intrinsic quality. Its defined by the atomic and molecular composition. Sound is not intrinsic to a speaker. It could be an unplugged speaker or a broken speaker.
mrkmrkSep 19, 2010
No. If there are no photons, there is no color.
phr34kySep 20, 2010
There's no such thing as "dark", only a lack of light. 100% dark means 0% light. Colour is represented a wavelength in the light spectrum. No amplitude means no measurable wavelength with means no colour.
It's like asking the audio frequency of total silence. What a stupid proposal.
mredofcourseSep 20, 2010
No, there is no color.
When there is light, and it's fully balanced, we'll see white light. Remove the light and there is no color, as in there's no colored light which can be seen. Take a red light and turn it off...what color light is it projecting? The answer is nothing.
We perceive objects as being colored, but really we're describing the color of the light being reflected off of them. Take a red ball and stop having any light being reflected off of it. What color light is it reflecting? The answer is nothing.
As for the bees...oh no, not the bees!!!
It's misleading to say they they can see 7 colors that people can't. That makes it sound like bees could have a box of Crayolas that would have empty slots in it for humans. It tricks us into trying to imagine what the other colors are, or if the objects are invisible.
The reality is light is a spectrum of light at different wavelengths. Gamma Rays -> X-Rays ->Ultra Violet -> The visible rainbow (purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, red) -> Infrared -> Microwaves -> Radio.
It's possible for devices and animals to see difference areas of the light spectrum. Most humans see the visible rainbow from purple to red. There are animals that see less and animals that can see into the infrared space or ultra violet space.
As far as the actual number of colors a person or animal can see: technically, since this is an analog medium, the number of colors would be infinite for humans and animals. The amount of discernible colors for a human or animal is finite and varies greatly.
And yes, iTunes looks a lot better with color icons.