How do we perceive color in the world around us?

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How do we perceive color in the world around us?

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Light is translated into colour by the human eye and brain. The brain receives information from light receptors in the eye, which results in the familiar experience of color.
Color isn't inherent in objects, according to Newton. Instead, an object's surface reflects certain colors while absorbing the rest. Only reflected colors are visible to us. The red wavelengths are reflected by the apple's surface, while the rest are absorbed. When an object reflect all frequencies, it looks white, and when it absorbs all wavelength of light, it appears black. The three fundamental colors of the color spectrum are red, green, and blue. Pure white can also be created by mixing equal amounts of red, green, and blue lights. All of the coolers in the visible spectrum may be generated by changing the amount of red, green, and blue light.

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