While perceptions of color are somewhat subjective, there are some color effects that have universal meaning. Colors in the red area of the color spectrum are known as warm colors and include red, orange and yellow. These warm colors evoke emotions ranging from feelings of warmth and comfort to feelings of anger and hostility.
Colors on the blue side of the spectrum are known as cool colors and include blue, purple and green. These colors are often described as calm, but can also call to mind feelings of sadness or indifference.
Several ancient cultures, including the Egyptians and Chinese, practiced chromotherapy, or using colors to heal. Chromotherapy is sometimes referred to as light therapy or colourology and is still used today as a holistic or alternative treatment.
In this treatment:
Red was used to stimulate the body and mind and to increase circulation.
Yellow was thought to stimulate the nerves and purify the body.
Orange was used to heal the lungs and to increase energy levels.
Blue was believed to soothe illnesses and treat pain.
Indigo shades were thought to alleviate skin problems.
Most psychologists view color therapy with skepticism and point out that the supposed effects of color have been exaggerated. Colors also have different meanings in different cultures. Research has demonstrated in many cases that the mood-altering effects of color may only be temporary. A blue room may initially cause feelings of calm, but the effect dissipates after a short period of time.
Studies have also shown that certain colors can have an impact on performance. Exposing students to the color red prior to an exam has been shown to have a negative impact on test performance. More recently, researchers discovered that the color red causes people to react with greater speed and force, something that might prove useful during athletic activities.
The Vaisehika system of Indian Philosophy has a very advanced Atomic Theory.
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According to the Vaiśeṣika school, the trasareṇu (dust particles visible in the sunbeam coming through a small window hole) are the smallest mahat (perceivable) particles and defined astryaṇukas (triads). These are made of three parts, each of which are defined as dvyaṇuka (dyad). The dvyaṇukas are conceived as made of two parts, each of which are defined as paramāṇu(atom). The paramāṇus (atoms) are indivisible and eternal, they can neither be created nor destroyed.[13] Each paramāṇu (atom) possesses its own distinct viśeṣa (individuality).[14]
The measure of the partless atoms is known as parimaṇḍala parimāṇa. It is eternal and it cannot generate the measure of any other substance. Its measure is its own absolutely”
So the Atoms of the Perceiver and the Perceived(object) atoms for recognition by respective senses.
We become aware when these two corresponding Atoms get connected.
Knowledge is possible when the one who Perceives is connected to the Perceived.
The fact that we do not see any colors is because of the unused Atoms of the Retina not connecting to The Atoms of the Objects which may contain more colors.
People who have tapped their full potential can see what we can not see.
We, not having realized our potential, can not see more than Seven colors.
Now look what Scientists say on this subject.
Figure 4 Pupil responses to sinusoidal modulation of the same “red” and “green” stimuli presented to either the blind or the sighted hemifields in subject G as shown by the Panels on the right. The luminance of the background field was 24 cd/m2 and (u′, v′)-chromaticity coordinates 0.179, 0.467. The luminance of the background field remained unchanged throughout, and the colored stimuli were again d-isoluminant. The chromatic saturation of each stimulus was modulated sinusoidally at a frequency of 0.8 Hz. Each stimulus consisted of eight cycles of modulation with maximum chromatic saturation amplitude of 0.071 unit. The stimuli were interleaved, and 16 traces were averaged for each stimulus condition. The pupil modulation amplitude, δd, and phase shift at the modulation frequency, together with a measure of signal/noise ratio (S/N) and response nonlinearity (N/L) were then computed from the discrete Fourier transform of each averaged trace. These parameters, the measured, detrended pupil trace, and the corresponding reference waveform (phase-shifted to match the phase of the 0.8 Hz frequency component) are shown in each section. The results show that the pupil responds well to chromatic modulation toward the long-wavelength region of the spectrum locus for stimulus locations both in the sighted and the blind hemifields. Pupil responses to the green stimulus imaged in the sighted hemifield are heavily contaminated by a harmonic component at twice the modulation frequency that produces 55% nonlinearity (D). The dotted red trace in C shows the blind hemifield response to “red” modulation taken from A. Comparison of the two traces confirms the 180° phase shift between red and green responses as predicted by the afterimage model shown in Fig. 3C.
(PhD physicist responds) The eye perceives six colors in the rainbow. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet. (some people include the violet color of Indigo as a separate color.) But there are also colors in the infrared and ultraviolet present as well. The rainbow is caused by diffuse refraction of sunlight in water droplets. The source of the light is the sun’s photosphere. While each atom in the photosphere may emit light at one quantum frequency, the sun is so hot that doppler shifting of the light causes the lines to “fuzz out” so that you see essentially a continuous spectrum of light. The strictly correct answer, would then be, “an infinite number”
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“The unseen color aftereffect of an unseen stimulus: Insight from blindsight into mechanisms of color afterimages”
Generally Men get the impression that girls in Bright Colours are easy to flirt and those in light colours are reserved are prude.
May be women instinctively know this.
Every action of a Male /Female is conditioned by nature to ensure the survival and propagation of the Species.
Man admires Girl in Red.
“Researchers and psychologists from theUniversity of South Brittany, France questioned 120 male students and asked them to judge a woman’s ‘sexual intent’ based on an image of a 20-year-old woman wearing an ordinary T-shirt.
The volunteers were split into four groups and were shown an image of the woman wearing a red, blue, green or white shirt.
Each participant studied the images for 30 seconds and were asked to rate, on a scale of one to nine, how attractive she was and how likely she was to have sex on the first date.
Researchers discovered that the majority of men from the study rated the woman dressed in a scarlet-hued item of clothing, as being more likely to sleep with a man on the first date than those in white, blue and green.
“Studies have shown that red is connected to lust and romantic love as well as to female fertility,” explains a spokesperson from the study.
“For the first time, our experiment shows clothes have the ability to lead men to perceive a woman wearing a red T-shirt as having greater sexual intent than one wearing blue, white, or green.”
Or of course, a woman’s reason behind wearing red could be because… she likes the colour.
Explaining what she thinks about the study’s findings, relationship expert Dr Pam Spurr and author of Sex Academy, told HuffPost Lifestyle: I’m not surprised by this research that scarlet-clad women really do come across as ‘scarlet’ women primed for sex.
“Whether or not you intend the colours you wear to reveal intimate things about you they do! We see red as the colour of passion and daring – this holds true for our world and in the animal kingdom.
“It usually takes bags of confidence to wear red adding to this overall affect that you are both confident enough to carry off this powerful colour as well as having sexual confidence.”
Wearing a bright colour doesn’t only give men a buzz, but they can also increase confidence, says Dr Spurr.’
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