Light and Color

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ICS 61 – Light, Color, and the Mind

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ICS 61 Light, Color, and the Mind1ICS 61 - Winter, 2012Light

Thank you, Mr. NewtonColor Wheel

Isaac Newtons Color Circle

Color Perception

Rods and Cones

But actually, color is determined by our brain, not our eyes.(And not by the frequency of the light waves hitting our eyes.)People with very different quantities of cones perceive the same colors. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/10/051026082313.htm The same color perception can be caused by different spectra of light.

And, illusions

The squares marked A and B are the same shade of gray.http://web.mit.edu/persci/people/adelson/checkershadow_illusion.html

The squares marked A and B are the same shade of gray.http://web.mit.edu/persci/people/adelson/checkershadow_illusion.html

http://brainden.com/color-illusions.htm

http://brainden.com/color-illusions.htm

http://brainden.com/color-illusions.htmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=S9dqJRyk0YMPink? Fuschia? Magenta?In conclusionColor perception, like games and like all of art and much of life, is an experience.