If There Was Absolutely No Light in the World, Would You Be Able to See Colors?

[rushyrulz]

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[drizzleRomanceGirl]

Re: If There Was Absolutely No Light in the World, Would You Be Able to See Colors?

color is defined as the wavelengths of light that aren't absorbed by an object, so no light = no color. I suppose an object can still have the properties of being a color without light touching it, but we wouldn't be able to detect it with our eyes.

thank you

[Spenner]

Re: If There Was Absolutely No Light in the World, Would You Be Able to See Colors?

Pressing your fingers into your eyes might be a good idea for entertainment if there was absolutely no light— it generally brings out quite vibrant colours for me.

[Antori]

Re: If There Was Absolutely No Light in the World, Would You Be Able to See Colors?

no i mean would everything still have color even if people couldn't see it?

like if there was no light at all would blue walls still be blue if they weren't illuminated by any light?

that's like asking what color is a black hole

if I had to guess I'd say it does have a color even if we can't observe it directly, and what color would it be?
I have no clue so I'll leave that to your imagination

[FirstMaple8]

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nope, it would be too dark

[DaBackpack]

Re: If There Was Absolutely No Light in the World, Would You Be Able to See Colors?

if a tree fell in the forest and nobody was there to hear it, would you be able to hear it?

[rushyrulz]

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is there a camera recording it with audio?

[Deidara837]

Re: If There Was Absolutely No Light in the World, Would You Be Able to See Colors?

Reversing the tree:

The event (tree falling) should be observed (hearing it) if you want to confirm its existence a la Schrödinger's cat, otherwise the two possibilities can't be distinguished

Regarding perceived color I'm gonna back up rushy on this one - people wouldn't be able to perceive any colors (radiation reflected from an object reaching the retina), but materials may still retain their spectral reflectance properties. "Colors" themselves would still exist if you define them according to their electromagnetic wavelength, they just wouldn't be distinguishable without any light (electromagnetic radiation) to observe. But in the case that there was never any light, they'd be similar to an existence possibility that may come about but is never observed.

Musings as a color science PhD student

[Elena-]

Re: If There Was Absolutely No Light in the World, Would You Be Able to See Colors?

if a tree fell in the forest and nobody was there to hear it, would you be able to hear it?

i don't think people matter, without a body to hear it through you would be no different to the sounds you aren't hearing. echos of a time since passed

[Elena-]

Re: If There Was Absolutely No Light in the World, Would You Be Able to See Colors?

or we could extend our perception of body and say if a tree fell in the forest and nobody was there to hear it, there was never a tree in the first place. the forest was a dream and the world never was

[Elena-]

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the trees have ears is a nice way of saying fuck off

[andy-o24]

Re: If There Was Absolutely No Light in the World, Would You Be Able to See Colors?

the trees have ears is a nice way of saying fuck off

The hills have eyes, so is it so farfetched to think trees have ears?

-o24

[Izzy]

Re: If There Was Absolutely No Light in the World, Would You Be Able to See Colors?

There would be no biological purpose for eyes. The concept of seeing would not exist.