Color Criticism And Differences: The Microstate Theory Of Color

Color skepticism is the belief that nothing truly possesses colors, since they are merely appearances to the perceiver. Although this is a sole belief on its own, there are many ways in which people have attempted to prove its validity. Some points of view include considering the scientific process behind the perception of color, while others, through a scientific lens, concentrate on what color really is, including its potential properties. However, I believe that the theory that is the most logical and best describes color and its many natures is the microstate theory of color. The microstate theory of color supports that colors exist as microstructures on the surface of an object, rather than existing as a characteristic automatically …show more content…
However, this can be countered by the fact that everyone perceives the world in a different way. Some people see the world the way most people think is normal. Other people may see the world differently because they may be colorblind. Additionally, even other organisms may be considered as perceivers of the world, such as dogs. Dogs perceive the world in black and white—the same world that we perceive as very colorful. Using this argument, the colors that appear to different perceivers may appear differently in their eyes, so there is no concrete evidence of what color an object actually is. Another instance of evidence based on sight is the “Spotty World” theory. Many different people perceived their own world as spotty, because they happened to have spotty vision. They automatically assumed that the world appeared spotty in everybody else’s perception. However, this is obviously not true because a lot of other people do not perceive their worlds as appearing to be spotty. Thus, seeing is not actually believing, because everybody may perceive the world differently than the person sitting adjacent to