Can anyone describe what red looks like without comparing it to anything?

Answer 1

red is

Answer 2

Red looks like 650nm.

Bu i suppose you'll just say i compared it to nanometers. In that case, i'd like to ask if anyone can describe anything without any comparisons.

Answer 3

The hue of the long-wave end of the visible spectrum, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 630 to 750 nanometers

Answer 4

The color red looks like blood

Answer 5

color is a very strange thing. really though, how does one describe color? for example, what is green? green isn't grass. it's what we are told that grass is. or leaves. or the top of that fire hydrant. or whatever. green isn't any one of those things; those things are what people teach us to call green. also, how do we know what other people perceive as green? what tone or shade i see as green might be what you consider orange. one never knows, because one simply cannot see what another can.

Answer 6

that's an oxymoronic question...

I mean, really, to answer the question "What does red look like?", one would have to say "Red looks like _____" and anything you use to fill in that statement would act as a comparitive...

Interesting question, and it really made me think about our perceptions of color and everything we see, but it really isn't answerable the way you've posed it...

Answer 7

Red is bright primary color that expresses anger and love.

Answer 8

red is hot and cold is blue
(from the movie'Mask')

Answer 9

its a color