Absolutes Quote by David Papineau

There is a brain mechanism that works to identify colour differences directly, without first identifying the absolute colour of each surface. So on my…

— David Papineau

The orthodox view of colour experience assumes that, when we see a colour difference between two surfaces viewed side-by-side, this is because we have…

— David Papineau

I don't think that we are capable of anything like this many possible colour responses. Instead I argue that the perception of colour differences…

— David Papineau

The effects of color are controlled by intuition.

— Johannes Itten

I don't think that we can figure out what is going on in conscious colour perception just by phenomenological introspection. We need to know…

— David Papineau

In the end, color combinations come down to our personal preferences, which we must discover through observation and experiment.

— Monty Don

Colour could give rise to sensations which would interfere with our conception of space.

— Georges Braque

Color is a powerful physical, biological, and psychological force. When less color and less intense color is present, trace amounts and subtle differences become…

— John Paul Caponigro

My choice of colors does not rest on any scientific theory, it is based on observation, on feeling, on the experience of my sensibility.

— Henri Matisse

I think my view is rather more radical than Pete Mandik's. Both of us want to show that colour perception doesn't transcend what can…

— David Papineau

Every perception of color is an illusion, we do not see colors as they really are. In our perception they alter one another.

— Josef Albers

We never really perceive what color is physically!

— Josef Albers