Color objectively considered

pp. 83-107

in: Charles Landesman, The eye and the mind, Berlin, Springer, 1993

Abstract

In the previous chapter, color was considered in its subjective aspect as an appearance. Now we shall consider color in its objective aspect as a feature apparently possessed by bodies and regions of space. We originally focused upon color because considerations of its status as an appearance suggested interesting differences between visual and other forms of perception. In this chapter we shall discover that reflecting upon color will reveal interesting differences between our common picture of nature and a rival picture that has a better claim to be true.