From: Christian Weisgerber (naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de)
Date: Tue Nov 24 1998 - 18:04:26 MST
In article <365B3874.A45AA9B2@together.net>,
Michael Lorrey <retroman@together.net> wrote:
> Green is defined as a general band of monochromatic light wavelengths.
No. You can define "green" as such for a particular purpose, but this
definition will pretty quickly run against people's intuitive
understanding. You can perceive things as green with a different or no
spectrum at all involved.
Before people start philosophizing about color, I strongly suggest they
read this book:
C.L. Hardin
Color for Philosophers
Hackett, 1988
ISBN 0-87220-039-6
Highly recommended.
Contrary to what you might expect from the title, the book is not much
about philsophy. Rather, it summarizes what is scientifically known
about human color perception. That's quite a bit, and probably a lot
that you don't know yet. As the author writes in somewhat politer words,
you better know already established facts before you philosophize on a
topic, otherwise you run the risk of spouting only so much garbage.
Sorry, pet peeve of mine. Human color vision is *complicated*, and
people, including eye doctors, generally know very little about it. That
cone and rod stuff you learn in school hardly scratches the surface.
--
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de
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