Color spectrum: which segments does it share and how do we see it?

Isaac Newton, the world's famous physicist, once conducted an interesting experiment: he installed a triangular prism on the way of an ordinary sun's ray, as a result of which he decomposed into 6 primary colors. It is worth noting that the scientist initially was able to distinguish only 5 segments from them, but after that he decided that he would divide this ray into seven so that the number would be equal to the number of notes. However, after this color spectrum was combined into a circle, it turned out that one of the shades needed to be removed, and the victim turned blue. So far, from the scientific point of view, there are only 6 basic tones in nature, but each of us knows, even by the example of a rainbow, that among them one can discern the seventh.

We disassemble the spectrum in parts

To understand what the color spectrum is, let's try to divide it into two parts. The first will contain primary colors, the second, respectively, secondary. In the first group we will refer to such tones as red, yellow and blue. They are basic and, when properly combined, form all the others. Among them, in turn, we call orange, purple and green. The first one can be obtained by mixing red with yellow, the second with red and blue, and the third with yellow and blue. Against the background of all this, it becomes clear why the color spectrum left the blue tone. You can get it just by mixing blue with white, which already makes it a non-main tone.

A more complex version of the spectrum

Modern scientists in the color spectrum allocate not 6, but 12 segments. Among them there are not only primary and secondary tones, but also tertiary ones that fill the space of the circle between the first two categories. This third group includes red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet and red-violet. Such an extension tells us that the color spectrum is a whole lot for different combinations that can form incredible shades. For example, blue-green in a certain consistency with white gives the most fashionable shade of the season - turquoise. And red-violet also in combination with white paint forms lilac, mysterious and mysterious.

Initial tones

Surely you know that all the above colors are chromatic, I mean, they have a bright shade, a fill. Along with them, there are achromatic tones, which consist of white, black and all shades of gray, from very light to extremely dark. Thanks to them, the modern color spectrum becomes much wider, and it is already filled with not 12 shades, but much more. The original consists of a circle consisting of 12 segments. Each of them includes 8 or even more shades, which become lighter and lighter as they approach the center. This effect is achieved by mixing the original color with the whites. In the example above, we pointed out that even the tertiary tone of the spectrum can be diluted with white and thus changed beyond recognition.

The influence of color on our lives

In order not to go into those banal demagogues that tell us about the allegedly hidden influences of one color or another on the behavior and psyche of a person, we only note briefly that warm tones seem to be closer to us, and the cold ones, as if pressed into something, are removed from view. Thanks to this effect, you can manipulate visual effects in the room, create profitable advertising and conduct other various operations. It is also important to note that the color spectrum may not only have a tendency towards white (as described above), but also to a dark one. Similarly, any segment of the circle, both primary and tertiary, we can dilute with black or any shade of gray, as a result of which they will either become saturated and even brighter or darker. This fact is also important to take into account, creating various projects both in the interior and in other spheres of life.

What do we see, people?

It is believed that the visible color spectrum for a person is all basic, primary colors - red, blue and yellow, and also the multiple variations that form from them. Thus, it is a circle of tones, which consists not of 12 * 8 segments, but much more. Our eye is able to recognize the shades of various lordship, moreover, their characteristics in our understanding vary depending on many external factors. As for the purely scientific point of view, the longest wavelength is a red wave. Therefore yellow, ocher, orange and, accordingly, all shades of red we see best. As you approach the violet, all colors gradually lose the length of their waves.

Conclusion

In fact, the color spectrum is a mystery of nature. We, people, see it only in part. Even based on the experiments carried out on the set of birds, one can be sure that they see much more shades of the colors familiar to us, while their picture before the eyes is more colorful than ours.