I'm just curious, can there be a color out there we have not discovered? Reasons that make me believe there is not is because i can't imagine a completely different color.
But this raises a question for me to ask myself, if we never discovered the color yellow, if it never existed on our planet, would i be able to imagine it or anyone else for that matter?
So can there be a completely different color we have not discovered?
But this raises a question for me to ask myself, if we never discovered the color yellow, if it never existed on our planet, would i be able to imagine it or anyone else for that matter?
So can there be a completely different color we have not discovered?
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Color is how the human mind interprets a very narrow band of electromagnetic radiation (from about a wavelength of 400nm to 600nm). We call this visible light. Different wavelengths that are above or below the range of visible light are invisible to eye of a human. Some examples of invisible radiation include radio-waves, microwaves, and x-rays. So it is our own perception that constructs and limits the "colors" that we can see, not their existence in the universe itself. Some different species can perceive more shades of color than humans, and some species can even see electromagnetic radiation that we cannot. For example, snakes can see infrared radiation. Even our names for colors appear to be socially constructed based of the social groups we were raised in.
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No. The reason is our eyes only respond to a fairly definite segment of electromagnetic radiation, that we call visible light.
Although it is possible some people may see a little greater bandwidth and have some response to ultraviolet and infrared radiation greater than most, it would just be an extension of red and violet.
There are in fact, no distinct colours. Colours "slide" one into the next, e.g. orange is between red and yellow, green is between yellow and blue, indigo is between blue and violet. Each of the colours has almost infinite shades.
It is therefore impossible to discover any new colours, sorry. Our eyes see all they can (are "designed" to).
Although it is possible some people may see a little greater bandwidth and have some response to ultraviolet and infrared radiation greater than most, it would just be an extension of red and violet.
There are in fact, no distinct colours. Colours "slide" one into the next, e.g. orange is between red and yellow, green is between yellow and blue, indigo is between blue and violet. Each of the colours has almost infinite shades.
It is therefore impossible to discover any new colours, sorry. Our eyes see all they can (are "designed" to).
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Don't let philosophical thinking get in the way of your science sensibilities.
The EM spectrum is pretty well mapped out; especially in the range where visible light is concerned.
The EM spectrum is pretty well mapped out; especially in the range where visible light is concerned.