The dictionary definition of colour describes the phenomena as a sensation produced on the eye by rays of light when resolved into different wavelengths, as by a prism, selective reflection, etc.1 ; inferring that the perception of colour is produced by a sensation' caused by differing wavelengths of light acting on the eye rather than colour being a property inherent in the object being viewed. ... This view is the one of the subjectivist and is the dominant perceived wisdom of our time, however the philosophy of colour has conceived many and different theories as to the nature of colo...

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