Personally, I like "greeny-yellow" and "yellowy-green." Catchy. ;)
m ------ "[F]aculty have an obligation to the students collectively to prescribe a required course of study designed specifically for liberal education that is comprehensive, coherent, and rigorous." -- Jerry L. Martin -----Original Message----- From: Christopher D. Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 7:39 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] where is color Marc Carter wrote: This is, I think, why we stopped calling cones "red" "blue" and "green." Those are colors, not physical properties of the cone systems. Colors are psychological. Spectral absorption (or reflection) is a physical property of materials. Well, there's also the fact that they don't have their peak sensitivities at the locations of red, blue, and green. It's more like violet, greeny-yellow, and yellowy-green (420, 534, 564 nm). Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ "Part of respecting another person is taking the time to criticise his or her views." - Melissa Lane, in a Guardian obituary for philosopher Peter Lipton ================================= --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
