Re:Impossible colors
by Someone on Tuesday March 01, 2011 @02:06AM
(#2274610)
Color is not a physical phenomenon, but a perceptual one; there are some wavelenghts that, in isolation, lead to perception of specific colors, but actually, there isn't a wavelength for any color.
For example, one can have metameries (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamerism_(color)), where different physiclaal signals lead to perception of the same color.