1992/12/01 by Alan Robertson · 1 voice
Psychology · #Color perception and design
paper · doi:10.1063/1.881324
openalex publication_date 1992/12/01 · openalex created_date 2022/05/12 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
To understand the physics of color, one must first understand the basics of color perception. Color is, first and foremost, a perception. Even though the stimulus that enters our eyes and produces the perception can be described and measured in physical terms, the actual color that we perceive is the result of a complex series of processes in the human visual system. Isaac Newton expressed this clearly in his famous treatise Opticks when he said: