According to the answers to my recent question,http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20060924151357AAfFiLq,
It seems that there are no boudaries to imagination. But I have another question: If there are no boundaries, then why haven't new colors been thought of?
(I know I already asked that question in my other question, but I posted it too late for anyone to answer it.)
2006-09-28 01:51:32 · 4 answers · asked by ptbc 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
So are you saying that our imagination is bounded by what our senses percieve?
2006-09-28 02:57:43 · update #1
Colors are governed by physical light, not imagination.
The pigments absorb all color but the one you wish to see, which is refracted. If you are talking about a printer, the pigments (toner) mix and different particles refract different types of light and that light mixes to produce the desired effect.
The primary colors in pigments are red, blue and yellow (with variations in hue - the mixing of those colors - and saturation - how much color there is, and how much black you mix in. This is the essence of 4-color process. there are 4 colors (cyan, yellow, magenta, and black) and mixing them together in different ratios produces different refractions. In computer graphics, this is CYMK mode, which is used for printed materials and PMS colors.
The primary colors in light are red, green and blue (RGB mode for graphics. This is obvioulsy for on-screen work like website design.) The main difference is that you don't have to add black to the mix. Tou would just turn down the intensity of the light and the resulting absence of light would be black.
So even if someone could imagine a new color, there would be no way to reproduce it for others to see.
2006-09-28 01:56:49 · answer #1 · answered by ZombieTrix 2012 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
New colors are always being thought of, depending on what you mean by new colors. Crayola is always coming up with new names for colors, but the wavelength of light and color only goes so far and the eye can only see so much.
2006-09-28 09:39:20 · answer #2 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
colors are formed by laws rules of nature. shades of the actual color may vary because mankind can change these. however these are not really new colors as such only a variation of an orginial.
2006-09-28 09:11:26 · answer #3 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Colors are not imaginary...they are elements of light waves and are dependent on the physical ability to perceive them.
2006-09-28 08:56:44 · answer #4 · answered by kingstubborn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋