What is color?

WHAT IS COLOR?

WITHOUT LIGHT THERE IS NO COLOR: LIGHT FALLS ON AN OBJECT AND, DEPENDING ON THE COLOR OF THE OBJECT, IS PARTIALLY ABSORBED. THE LIGHT THAT IS NOT ABSORBED IS REFLECTED AND FALLS ON THE COLOR RECEPTORS IN THE EYE. THESE CONVERT THE INCIDENT LIGHT INTO STIMULI, WHICH ARE THEN SENT VIA NERVES TO THE BRAIN. HERE THE STIMULI ARE INTERPRETED, AND A COLOR PERCEPTION IS FORMED.

WITH REGARD TO SENSORY PERCEPTION: EACH PERSON "EXPERIENCES" COLOR DIFFERENTLY. THIS IS NOT JUST BECAUSE NO TWO EYES ARE IDENTICAL, BUT ALSO BECAUSE COLOR INTERPRETATION ALSO VARIES FROM PERSON TO PERSON. THE SAME PERSON CAN EVEN PERCEIVE COLORS DIFFERENTLY AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND ACCORDING TO THE MOOD HE OR SHE IS IN.

MANY PEOPLE PERCEIVE COLORS INDEPENDENTLY OF LIGHT. FOR EXAMPLE, IN ONE FORM OF SYNESTHESIA WHERE COLORS ARE HEARD NOTES, HARMONIES AND MUSIC ARE LINKED WITH CERTAIN COLORS: HIGH NOTES MOSTLY WITH LIGHT COLORS AND LOW NOTES WITH DARK COLORS.