The perception of color happens in our brain. For the vision at daylight, over our retina we have 3 different photoreceptors, which are often called red cones, blue cones and green cones.\u00a0 They all send signals and the brain interprets them. Thanks to the different intensity of those 3 colors every color can be perceived. On the other hand, for night vision, we have only 1 kind of photoreceptors,\u00a0 (called rods), and that’s why the vision is colorless. This is the biological explanation, although simplified, of course.<\/p>\n
But the perception of color is also a psychological and personal experience, that’s why we all see colors differently, according to various factors, age for example. But also context and memories play a role. In fact, those photoreceptors are not distributed evenly, so where they are missing the brain sees what it expects to see, according to personal experiences.<\/p>\n
So, perception of color is definitely something subjective.<\/p>\n
In nature light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light.”
\n-Hans Hofmann<\/p>\n(Readings in American Art 1900-1975, Rose Barbara (1975, page 117)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
You can have a look on my website<\/a> and see how I play with color \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
If you are blessed with an elderly person living with you, you might want to check my next post: “The Perception of color and age”.<\/p>\n
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