Can you describe colors? Or are they the basest level of descriptors?

[OddBeMe]

Technically, color doesn't exist. Its just our eyes reflecting light in our atmosphere. On another planet theyd be completely different. But as far as how we describe things, can’t really go deeper than a color. Right?

I may be high as fck….

Yes, here's how

No, not really

[NathanDavis]

technically... nothing exists, we just perceive phenomena

that's deep, dark... it's black

[OddBeMe]

Unless you're saying we’re brains in a vat, light does exist. The vast majority of space is dark, I’ll give you that.

[NathanDavis]

that says color does not exist because we perceive it...

light is pretty much the same, we perceive it

[OddBeMe]

No, “light” is measured and exists in a molecular level, I beleive. I mean we measure distance by lightyears.

[NathanDavis]

actually we cannot actually measure light... we can only estimate it based on an average, lol

[OddBeMe]

I’m a layman but…
physicsworld.com/.../

[NathanDavis]

nothing on that article says that light can be measured exactly

light is not a molecule either... and no, it does not say that you can build light molecules

and it does not say that color does not exist

to say that something "does not exist because it is a reflection we can perceive or sense" would eliminate heat and all other waves for that matter... lol

[dustybiker]

Didn’t they find a new color in the spectrum in recent decades? I think it was next to purple… Good luck explaining that one.

[OddBeMe]

Visually.

[dustybiker]

I personally think red is hiding a few myself.

[msc545]

They have names which allows repeatability

[OddBeMe]

Right, but are there descriptors for colors?

[msc545]

A name is a descriptor of sorts. At least it's a designator.

[OddBeMe]

Right. So naming a color is the base level of description. Can’t go lower.

[msc545]

Best you can do.