Colour conundrums
Greetings!
Most of us know that objects absorb some colours and reflect some other colours. For example, when white light shines on an apple, it absorbs all other colour wavelengths and reflects only red colour wavelength. If it reflected all light it would be a white apple, and if it absorbed all light it would be a black apple. Those who would like to see a beautiful (And colourful) explanation of this phenomenon, can see it Here.
But what does this all mean? It means that what we call as a red object is actually absolutely a "non-red" object. Why? Because it has absorbed every colour except red and summarily rejected the red colour. The real colour of that object is a combination of all non-red colours!
This means what we "see" is exactly opposite of the real colour of that object!
It is funny how we go on grading the colours and commenting on shades while seeing only the rejected reflected light which is exactly opposite of what the object has absorbed.
And what would happen if the only light that is shone on the apple is the one that it absorbs, then no light is reflected and you would see a black apple!
Then there are different types-qualities of eye cells, various healthy-frayed nerves, and even-odd wirings of brain that interpret same colours differently but call them the same. So there might be someone who "sees" red as blue but "calls" it as red because for her "that" colour has been called red colour. And then there are folks who can see the sounds and hear the colours!
While all of these colour conundrums sound like curious fun, they won't matter much in our life and we can smoothly sail through life in most cases despite such colour conundrums.
But what if the same principle applies to our perception of people when we "see" them with what they "reject" rather than what they "absorb"? What does it leave us with? Do people end up with others who turn out to be exactly opposite of what they seemed like because what is seen from outside is merely reflection of a light that we have shone on them? Or do we with our wishful thoughts create an image and shine light of our attention, in such a way that we see the colour that we want to see? What happens when we understand the colours they absorb and are made up of? Can we go beyond the reflection and access the real core and "see" others as they "absorb" and not as they "reject"?
Sincerely Mine!
Anand Kulkarni
Most of us know that objects absorb some colours and reflect some other colours. For example, when white light shines on an apple, it absorbs all other colour wavelengths and reflects only red colour wavelength. If it reflected all light it would be a white apple, and if it absorbed all light it would be a black apple. Those who would like to see a beautiful (And colourful) explanation of this phenomenon, can see it Here.
But what does this all mean? It means that what we call as a red object is actually absolutely a "non-red" object. Why? Because it has absorbed every colour except red and summarily rejected the red colour. The real colour of that object is a combination of all non-red colours!
This means what we "see" is exactly opposite of the real colour of that object!
It is funny how we go on grading the colours and commenting on shades while seeing only the rejected reflected light which is exactly opposite of what the object has absorbed.
And what would happen if the only light that is shone on the apple is the one that it absorbs, then no light is reflected and you would see a black apple!
Then there are different types-qualities of eye cells, various healthy-frayed nerves, and even-odd wirings of brain that interpret same colours differently but call them the same. So there might be someone who "sees" red as blue but "calls" it as red because for her "that" colour has been called red colour. And then there are folks who can see the sounds and hear the colours!
While all of these colour conundrums sound like curious fun, they won't matter much in our life and we can smoothly sail through life in most cases despite such colour conundrums.
But what if the same principle applies to our perception of people when we "see" them with what they "reject" rather than what they "absorb"? What does it leave us with? Do people end up with others who turn out to be exactly opposite of what they seemed like because what is seen from outside is merely reflection of a light that we have shone on them? Or do we with our wishful thoughts create an image and shine light of our attention, in such a way that we see the colour that we want to see? What happens when we understand the colours they absorb and are made up of? Can we go beyond the reflection and access the real core and "see" others as they "absorb" and not as they "reject"?
Sincerely Mine!
Anand Kulkarni
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