Color

Color is a property of light. When light goes out, color goes with it. All colors are dependent on light. No object possesses color intrinsically. What we perceive as color is reflected light rays. Natural objects have only one color because any object has a color quality called pigmentation which enables it to absorb some of the colors and reflect only one. A red rose appears to be red because it reflects red waves of light and absorbs all the others. Some objects do not have color they may be black white or gray. Black, white and gray do not have color quality. They differ in the quantity of light that they reflect. They are called neutrals. Black reflects no light at all white relects all colors and gray results from partial reflection of light.