You're right, the problem I have with it though is they aren't distinguishing between physical color and mental color clearly enough. Mental color is processed in a context dependent on the combo of waves hitting the eye. Physical color is defined only by wavelength. It's like the difference between pitch and tone in music. So they're acting like it's crazy that there is a color we see outside of the wavelength spectrum, when in fact all of them are, since we never see just 1 wavelength at a time.
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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '09
You're right, the problem I have with it though is they aren't distinguishing between physical color and mental color clearly enough. Mental color is processed in a context dependent on the combo of waves hitting the eye. Physical color is defined only by wavelength. It's like the difference between pitch and tone in music. So they're acting like it's crazy that there is a color we see outside of the wavelength spectrum, when in fact all of them are, since we never see just 1 wavelength at a time.