> synaesthesia can be a damned horrific thing to contemplate. <shudders> I > loathe to think that a brain can be THAT confused I don't like the taste of it either Karl! ;o) The relevance of the history of colour, colour spaces and how the mind *perceives* colour It's not just academic: colour and psychology are inextricably linked. The world of colour truly takes us beyond physics: colours exist only in our minds. Scientits might talk of "red" light for convenience, and even measure it's wavelength, but there's not an isntrument in existence that can measure its colour from first principles. What is the wavelength of purple light?
