COLOR-PERCEPTION

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. © 1992, American Institute of Physics. All rights reserved.