Would our ability to resolve the colors in the visible spectrum be reduced? If not, then we would be seeing new colors.
Are you asking if there would be more "in-between" colors? That's a good question. Yeah I suppose those would count as new colors, though it's less interesting than the idea of a something you literally can't conceive of, rather than something "in between" two things you can conceive of. 🤔
In the bottom diagram they would be similarly indiscernible hues of green
yeah everything you interact with in your daily life would be green but then you'd also be able to see radio waves and microwaves and stuff. which would probably make everything look really busy. especially the sky.
We can tell the difference between orange-red and red and orange, but would we be able to tell the difference between the lighter green and the darker green with the same resolution? (i.e. could we still tell colors that were 4nm in wavelength apart?)
I think the different colors are a perceptual artifact of our ability to resolve wavelengths of light that are really close together fairly easily. So I think if we could still do that fairly well (and consistently across the spectrum), we would HAVE to be seeing new colors, is what I'm saying.
Are you asking if there would be more "in-between" colors? That's a good question. Yeah I suppose those would count as new colors, though it's less interesting than the idea of a something you literally can't conceive of, rather than something "in between" two things you can conceive of. 🤔
yeah everything you interact with in your daily life would be green but then you'd also be able to see radio waves and microwaves and stuff. which would probably make everything look really busy. especially the sky.
We can tell the difference between orange-red and red and orange, but would we be able to tell the difference between the lighter green and the darker green with the same resolution? (i.e. could we still tell colors that were 4nm in wavelength apart?)
I think the different colors are a perceptual artifact of our ability to resolve wavelengths of light that are really close together fairly easily. So I think if we could still do that fairly well (and consistently across the spectrum), we would HAVE to be seeing new colors, is what I'm saying.
yeah that makes sense to me.