ICS 61 – Light, Color, and the Mind

Light

Thank you, Mr. Newton

Color Wheel

Isaac Newton’s Color Circle

Color Perception

Rods and Cones

But actually, color is determined by our brain, not our eyes. (And not by the frequency of the light waves hitting our eyes.) People with very different quantities of cones perceive the same colors. The same color perception can be caused by different spectra of light.

And, illusions

The squares marked A and B are the same shade of gray.

The squares marked A and B are the same shade of gray.

Pink? Fuschia? Magenta?

Color perception, like games and like all of art and much of life, is an experience.