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frequency) red and name it as green. There would be no way to compare our perceptions and ideas
of light since we are talking of light on the same scale or frequency index. The difference
(frequency or wavelength) between any two colours as perceived by everyone remains the same
mathematically. This will lead to mutually agreed upon naming of wavelengths even though they are
perceived differently. It is to be remembered that light itself as an entity does not possess a property
called colour...but only wavelength and frequency and perhaps other chemical and physical props
that may determine its nature and are yet to be discovered.
When we say that an article is red, it means that the article absorbs all wavelengths of light
other than red which it reflects......and this strikes our retina causing us to perceive the object as red.
The previous para might just get you exploring your white matter, so heres some "light-stuff". Since
light is a particle, it can strike other atoms and molecules changing their position, structure, or even
chemical orientation. The light reaction of photosynthesis occurs only in the presence of light
(photolysis......splitting of water or H2O; also, hydrogen reacts vigorously wit chlorine in the presence
of direct sunlight but mildly in indirect sunlight).So just perhaps, this striking of photons on our
retina is constantly changing the way we perceive light in our nervous system, and our brain is
magically adjusting its perception on the frequency scale dynamically all the time!!!
Thats all for this article. Ill get something else soon.........:)
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Vedant Prusty
{As such, this theory can neither be proved wrong, nor right. It was already mentioned that
there remains no way of comparing our perceptions. Do read up on Qualia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualia) to delve more into this topic. I believe its a similar concept,
but not totally same as this one) }