| January 7th, 2002 My color theory. This is something that I know is not really a nuance to the world. Thousand of scientists, I'm sure, have been looking into this for years. However, it is something I have been thinking about and working on for a long time. Thanks to my discussions with some friends, I have really worked through it, and am now pleased with. While it's not something I'm sure is really true, I am completely confident in its likelihood. A color, as seen by the human eye has one definite appearance. The color that we attach to the image is merely a label allotted to that one image or frequency. The color red, for example, is truly red. It is always the same, no matter who looks at it. It does not possess the ability to change form person to person, depending on who is looking at it. however, every person sees red differently. What I have considered all my life to be red, might be completely ridiculous to someone else's perception of red. No one on this earth will deny that grass is green, however everyone sees green differently then everyone else. My green could very well be my friend's purple, while her green could be my orange. To us, that color is still green, no matter what we see it as, because since we were born, the name attached to grass has been green. Color is very much like taste. Although there are certain biological problems with my next analogy, I think it works very well. Tuna fish is always tuna fish. It does not change. One bowl of tuna has one certain smell and taste. And yet, I can't stand tuna while my best friend loves it. How can this be? The tuna is exactly the same? And yet one person translates that same item in a different way then how her friend translates it. The same holds true with the eye. What I have been calling red all my life is only red to me because that is what I have been taught. Everything "red" has the same characteristics, the same energy level in the spectrum. Therefore everything red on this earth is the same red. However, that doesn’t mean that everyone's red is the same. There is no way to deny the possibility of this. True, we will never know. But the notion that there is a possibility that things as sure to us as colors can vary so greatly form person to person can really hit hard. If you take this lesson on color with you into the world, you can become an incredibly objective person. If you consider that your "red" is quite likely extremely different then your mother's "red", you will be opened up to a new kind of understanding. "Things are never black and white". That saying takes on a whole new meaning for me. Not only are things not black and white- are they unclear, indefinite, and pliable- but those things which you are considering aren't even necessarily what you think them to be. Think like that and you are guaranteed to be a more tolerant person. This color theory is not only incredibly interesting and pensive on its own, but thinking along these lines really could help change perspective. Somehow, I truly believe that my perspective has changed over the past month or so. I am not sure why, I can't pinpoint it yet, I don't even know if I'm supposed to pinpoint it, but something in me changed. I am still the same person, but I think that I see the world differently now. I doubt it was this color theory, but it was something, and I am thankful for that. |
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