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Perceptual Variance in Color Perception

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Colors are universal — even if our perception of them is subjective

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Philanthropists argue that colors are as objective as length and temperature.

But perceptual variation in how people perceive the world has misled you, they say.

An object's color may appear differently against different backgrounds or under different lighting.

Philadics Hilary Putnam and Willard van Ornamnam say colors are objective features of our world.

Some philosophers argue that mathematical objects are objective and exist independently of a person's mind.

We suggest that color plays an indispensable role in evolutionary biology.

In sum, our ability to determine whether objects are colored the same or differently suggest that colors are as real and objective as length and temperature.

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