TO WHAT EXTENT IS COLOR A PART OF MIND-INDEPENDENT REALITY?

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• "Sounds, colors, heat and cold, according to modern philosophy
• are not qualities in objects, but perceptions in the mind."
• Hume 1738/1911, Bk III, part I, Sect. 1, p. 177; Bk I, IV, IV, p. 216

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• Color is a psychological property of our visual experiences when
• we look at objects and lights, not a physical property of those
• objects or lights.
• (Palmer 1999, p. 95)

COLOR AND EMOTION

ADVANTAGES/LIMITATIONS

• Different colors provoke different emotions
• This can be both an advantage and a limitation
• in terms of understanding color

RED

• Red is associated with war, blood, danger, strength, and power
• It is also associated passion, desire, and love
• These are almost opposite things
• Creates an ambiguity in our understanding of red

BLACK

• Black is associated with death, evil, and mystery
• The use of black in the Halloweekends logo
• reinforces the idea that this is a "scary" event

COLOR AND SENSORY PERCEPTION

LIMITATIONS

• Color is only visible
• It can't be detected by any other sense
• Those who are color blind perceive colors differently

ADVANTAGES

• Color could not be understood without sensory perception

SOURCES

• http://www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-meaning.html
• http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/color/