The Philosophy of Color Perception

Re:The Philosophy of Color Perception by kahirsch on Friday May 22, 2015 @05:23PM (#9590953)

If a tree grows in the middle of a forest and there's no one around to see it, does it make a color?

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Re:The Philosophy of Color Perception by orangepenguin on Friday May 22, 2015 @05:37PM (#9591002)

As mentioned in my comment, yes and no.

It still absorbs certain wavelengths of light to varying degrees, so yes for that definition of color.

It is not received by any light receptors and no creature holds a color perception of the tree. So no, for the second definition of color.

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Re:The Philosophy of Color Perception by coldtea on Saturday May 23, 2015 @12:41AM (#9592017)

If it's a totally dark forest (no lightsource, no photons at all), does the tree still make (or "have") a color?

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Re:The Philosophy of Color Perception by sukilot on Friday May 22, 2015 @08:23PM (#9591518)

Does the tree's absorbency color depend on the frequency of the actual photos that actually hit t?

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