This could be a very elementary question so I apologize in advance:
Our eyes can see electromagnetic waves within a small band of frequencies. We perceive specific frequencies in this band as specific colors. The lowest frequencies we see are red, while the highest are violet, with the entire range of other colors in between. The whole of the EM spectrum is a LINEAR scale, with frequencies from 0 to ∞, so it seems that the colors we see are rather arbitrary. But it you connected the ends of the visible spectrum (red to violet), you would essentially get the color wheel, where the layout of the colors is now CYCLICAL. What is the psychology behind this, if any?
2006-11-09
11:51:14
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