Could another colour exist?

Question

Could another colour exist in another dimension? (whatever that is) Or could there be other colours somewhere far, far away where there is a unique different in light? ahah I hope i make some sence... just looking for some theories.

Answer 1

Some fraction of women have 4 color receptors in their eyes.  This isn't the only reason that they say that men can't color coordinate, though.

We have cameras that "see" thousands of colors.

Answer 2

Colour is due to the perception of human eyes to specific wavelengths of light.  

The range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation (from radio, through visible, to xrays, etc.) is a smooth continuum - we see colour in what we refer to as the visible spectrum because our eyes are sensitive to these wavelengths.

EM radiation (light) is the same everywhere (no reason to suspect that energy is fundamentally different elsewhere).

Humans would see the same colours anywhere else (on another planet or in another dimension) as we see on Earth simply because that is how our eyes work.

Answer 3

Colors are kind of abstract. They don't exist they are just perceived as existing.

Answer 4

A particular colour (for example, red) is simply a name or label for a specific wavelength of light. There are an infinite number of wavelengths, so in theory, there are no limits to the number of unique colours.

Answer 5

Interesting question.  I've always wondered if we actually all see the colours the same as everyone else does.  I mean how would we know if we didn't.  We've been taught that certain colours have certain names, but how do we know we're all seeing the same thing.

For instance, take the primary colours of red, yellow and blue.  As children, we're taught to associate the given names or labels of the colours with each specific one.  We're taught to call a certain shade of colour red for example.  But how do I know that what I see as red, someone else doesn't see as yellow?  But no matter what we individually comprehend, we are taught to label that particular shade as red.  I don't think there's anyway of actually knowing whether the way we perceive colours matches the way it's perceived by others.

Answer 6

I don't know about other dimensions.But here there are many colours which cannot be seen with our eyes.Some animals can see these colours like U.V. light, polarized light etc.They form colours which we cannot even imagine.

Answer 7

color is a specific energy of a photon that corresponds to a wavelength (around 400-700 nm). to suggest that another color may be specific to another dimension is to suggest that certain energies, and therefore certain numbers, are only in existence in that other dimension.

im not sure how much sense that makes.

Answer 8

you're not making any sense at all. the entire part of the electromagnetic spectrum that our eyes respond to has been assigned colours. no new colours are possible unless the spectral response of our eyes changes.

Answer 9

another color? Green?

Answer 10

i dont think so. we understand now that the colour of a ray of light depends on its wavelength. the colours of visible light go from red to blue, through orange, yellow, and green, and all the colours inbetween. light with a wavelength less than that of blue visible light is ultraviolet, which is invisible to us. light with a wavelength higher than that of red light is infrared, which we also cannot see. so im afraid there can't be any other colour, at least nothing that is visible to humans.

Answer 11

Light is an electromagnetic wave.  Our eyes can see light that has a wavelength between 400 nm and 700 nm.  When we see colored light we have three wavelength differentiated receptacle cells that each give a different response to any particular wavelength of light.  From the different cell responses our brain creates a color sensation.  The sense color is created in our brain.

There are many different types of receptacle cells in different species of animals. Some animals have a different number of wavelength differentiated receptor cells.  So it is entirely possible that the color sensation other animals give them an entriely different "color" in their brains.

An outstanding article on color vision is at the link below:

Answer 12

probably but the human brain cant comprehend that because we have never seen that color. like my brain goes all jelly trying to think of another color. but another color could very much so exist