▲ 807 ▼ Poetry (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 weeks ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 25 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] FundMECFS@quokk.au 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children) Let me outunfun you. Roses are multi colours. There are many white species of rose. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 10 points 3 weeks ago* Oh we can spoil it further. Roses aren't inherently any color. Color is a perceptual phenomenon created in your mind based on which cone cells are triggered in what quantity and how your brain interprets the signal. If you're red-green colorblind, they might legitimately appear grey in normal sunlight. Also, at least where I live (and with normal vision and sunlight conditions), violets appear majority white, sometimes yellow, and once in a while actually violet -- but never what I'd call blue 🤷 permalink fedilink source parent [–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 1 point 3 weeks ago I did think about going that way, how blue roses are the one color we really don't have even yet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 10 points 3 weeks ago* Oh we can spoil it further. Roses aren't inherently any color. Color is a perceptual phenomenon created in your mind based on which cone cells are triggered in what quantity and how your brain interprets the signal. If you're red-green colorblind, they might legitimately appear grey in normal sunlight. Also, at least where I live (and with normal vision and sunlight conditions), violets appear majority white, sometimes yellow, and once in a while actually violet -- but never what I'd call blue 🤷 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 1 point 3 weeks ago I did think about going that way, how blue roses are the one color we really don't have even yet. permalink fedilink source parent