2006-09-08 19:50:59 · 13 answers · asked by John G 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Yes, and in an infinite universe it is possible that the ones we recognize as such, are not even colors...
alas, nothing that doesn't exist, can be imagined.
2006-09-08 20:06:24 · answer #1 · answered by RSdaCat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The concept of colour is subjective.
In the absolute reality there is no such thing as colour. There is just an infinite continuum of electromagnetic frequencies that can manifest themselves as some shade of some colour to the human eye. The word colour is not a very scientific word.
So to answer your question, there are an infinite number of colours in this universe as there are an infinite number of frequencies of EM radiation that can manifest themselves as the notion of colour to the human eye.
2006-09-08 22:42:44 · answer #2 · answered by zamir 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The colors of the visible spectrum is just that, an infinite spectrum. It is like asking if there are undiscovered numbers. Just because no one has named them all, doesnt mean they arent acknowledged or thougth to be in existence.
2006-09-08 19:55:56 · answer #3 · answered by Terry A 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
by your own question sure why not? If you can live for infinity and search every corner of the universe than why not we are limited in our range of colors by our light if you went somewhere else that had different lighting why not different colors....its like the question if you had infinite time could a quarter land on heads 1,000,000 times in a row....if you had infinate time sure it could.....
2006-09-08 19:56:22 · answer #4 · answered by here_comes_trouble_4_you 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Infinite universe projects lesser color than where we are now.So from my point of view,its quiet impossible scientificly to have colors other than discovered.Unless it is modified from the same range of colors we already have
NASA Scientist ( Trainee )
2006-09-08 19:56:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Visible light is electromagnetic waves. The human eye can only see these waves if they are in a certain energy range. So unless humans evolve to see a wider range of light, there are no more colors that we humans can see.
2006-09-08 19:57:05 · answer #6 · answered by Aaron 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I gave a thumb up to the answer of Terry A, but he had to replace the expression visible spectrum for electromagnetic spectrum to include the UV, the X, and the gamma.
2006-09-08 20:06:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Human color vision operates by dyes in the retina, and the source of the radiation that stimulates them is not material.
2006-09-08 20:19:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure. And a lot of the things that we think of as 'colors' are actually combinations of colors.
Doug
2006-09-08 20:17:27 · answer #9 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if our eyes develop the ability to process frequencies beyond what we consider visible light, then yes. Otherwise, they may be there, but we can't see them-hutonehut....bone schwah!
2006-09-08 19:59:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋