are there colors we dont see?

Question

they say that humans have a limited spectrum of vision, so do you think are there other colors out there that we can't see?? like maybe the wind has a color, carbon monoxide has a color, maybe water is this beautiful brilliant color are we're totally missing out.. what do you think?

Answer 1

Yes there is ultra violit, x-ray,gamma ray, more rays, then the otherway on the spectrem is microwave, radio wave and other waves. So as a final anser there is alot of light that humans cannot see.

Answer 2

Color is essentially light reflecting off pigments.
We can only see a limited spectrum of light, though, visible light.
And light has a frequency, so you can classify it in the overall wave chart.
The longer waves at one end are AM radio waves, the shorter waves at the opposite are gamma rays.
So we could see those waves if we had eyes to see them with.
I really doubt water has a brilliant color, though. Water just reflects what's there.
And the same with wind.
The wind one is just impractical.
How would we see?

On a less scientific note, I do believe there are more colors out there that we can't see because we're human.
Though, I've never read up on it so I can't explain why it's hindered without saying something along the lines of "fall of man."

Answer 3

That is a very good question and one worth contemplating for many. I recently found out that I am color blind, by how much? I could not tell you for it is all I have ever known. I can see red, green, yellow and hundreds and thousands of shades and differences in pictures and everyday life. Do I believe I am 'color blind'? No, but how can I make an argument that I can see everything when perhaps that is not the case and another person can see so much more than I can? It is perplexing and confusing and really I have come to the conclusion that it does not matter, I can see and if there are things out there I cannot....so be it.

Answer 4

Yes, there are. The retinas of our eyes have three types of cone cells, which are most strongly (but not only) sensitive to blue, red, and green light, respectively.

The electromagnetic spectrum goes something like this:
Radio -> Microwave -> Infrared -> Visible -> Ultraviolet -> X-rays -> Gamma Rays

where the Visible portion breaks down into
Red -> Orange -> Yellow -> Green -> Blue -> Violet

So, there are obviously many colors of electromagnetic radiation (radio, microwave, ultraviolet, etc.) that our eyes are totally incapable of detecting.

However, even among the colors that we are physically capable of seeing, there are some that we never see. The sensitivity range of our red and green cone cells overlap rather strongly. That means if pure green light hits our eyes, it's strongly stimulating the green cone cells, but also stimulating the red cone cells a significant amount. We perceive this stimulation as the color green.

However, if you could shine pure green light ONLY on the green cone cells, missing every single red cone cell entirely (which would be extremely difficult to do), you would perceive a new color entirely. Perhaps it would register as a really, really green shade of green, or perhaps our brains would just be confused and perceive it as a chaotic mess. Either way, it would be interesting.

Answer 5

Crayola has them hidden away somewhere and releases them on us one at a time.

I am sure there are but since I am unable to see them I can not give you examples. I have experienced colours in dreams that I have not seen anywhere else... but these are only imagined or dream ed colours, so maybe they do not count..I would not know how to begin to reproduce them.
Artist palettes are often very diverse and incorporate mixtures and extractions that result in near impossible results. Colour may be infinite like space or time or sound.

I like the question.

Answer 6

i guess i would say so... if we have a limited spectrum of vision you would think we are limited to seeing only roygbiv... (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, ingego, violet).. i agree with you that maybe the wind does have a color, maybe the wind is really like a really really pale blue color that would dont see cause it blends in with the sky... but yes i do think we are limited

Answer 7

yes. of the spectrum of light, we see the visual limits.
cameras have been developed to translate other parts of the light spectrum such as infrared cameras, or x-rays and even the ultraviolet and gamma frequencies.
our eyes simply do not have the retinal sensors for these frequencies. mosquito's, are suspected of possessing infrared.

Answer 8

remember that colors are only frequencies, and the frequency spectrum is infinite. A certain range we see, another we hear, etc... so, I guess you can call other frequencies as "colors", therefore, yes... there are other colors we can't see!

This is only a thought!

Answer 9

to answer this Q

youd better understand what is the light.

The light has two characters , pigments and frequency.

The colour is the phenomena when the light is reflected upon certain object

Actually it is endless spectrum with so subtle changes.

to speak shortly there is no colours we cant see,

Human eyes can see what they can see , we cant see what fish can see,

in another words we are living in our own land.

we cant see the outside of our land.

So in our land we can see all colours .

Answer 10

No. Colors are sensations created by our own brains. Certain wavelengths of energy do not have intrinsic colors that we just can't see.
Unless you just never happen to see something that should appear orange, or some such stupid and unlikely thing, you're not missing out on anything.