Did you ever wonder what color things really are? We see a leaf as green, because chlorophyl reflects more green lightwaves than any other color. But what color is chlorophyl, really? What color reflects green light waves?
Is it as simple as saying that green objects, reflect green light? The photo negative color of green is magenta. Maybe leaves are actually magenta, and it repels green light waves, so we only perceive that leaves are green.
What would it look like if we could only perceive a different section of lightwaves the spectrum?
What if our "visual" spectrum of light was a section of the ultraviolet light waves, then what color is a leaf?
note: Special thanks to icyfall for inspiring this thread with a question in the "stump rota" thread.



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