At 11:01 AM 2/25/00 -0700, Brent wrote:
> Let's consider one particular shade of deep cherry red. Let's
>take a very high end digital color reproduction device. Such devices
>could produce hundreds of different shades of that red which you, I,
>the worlds best artist, or any human could never distinguish between.
>Yet a very simple "color detecting" device at the local paint store
>could distinguish between them all with no problem. So I take it you
>would consider such a non complex machine which is clearly superior
>to the worlds best artist at resolving differences in color, to be a
>far better artist?
The ability to examine and determine the pigment, hue, or saturation of a
color such as "red" is irrelevant to being a superb artist. It is what the
visual artist "creates" with color that awakens artistic brain power rather
than the ability to distinguish a wave length of the visible spectrum.
Any observer might be able to sense radiant energy with wavelengths of
approximately 630 to 750 nanometers. It's not only a visual sense that is
stimulated by red. An artist composing a score might discover inspiration
in response to a specific color such as red. (A bull might have a
different perception and application if red is flagged in front of him.)
"The colors that absorb light of the additive primary colors are called
subtractive primary colors. They are red, which absorbs green; yellow,
which absorbs blue; and blue, which absorbs red. Thus, if a green light is
thrown on a red pigment, the eye will perceive black. These subtractive
primary colors are also called the pigment primaries. They can be mixed
together in varying amounts to match almost any hue. If all three are mixed
in about equal amounts, they will produce black."
"Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really
explain this? no. Just as one can never learn how to paint." Pablo Picasso
"There is no blue without yellow and without orange." Vincent Van Gogh
There is no red without vibrating white -- red, orange yellow, green, blue
and violet!
Natasha
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