Sun… Energy… Light… Life… Color…

The Sun is a medium-sized star, known as a yellow dwarf, consisting mainly of hydrogen (about 73%), helium (about 25%), and various other chemical elements (about 2%) resulting from the nuclear fusion of hydrogen.

Nuclear fusion reactions also release enormous energy in the form of radiation (plasma), heat, and light.

Plasma radiation is a state of matter made up of electrically charged particles, mainly protons (95%) and electrons (4%), and it is estimated that the Sun loses about 4 million tons of mass through radiation, mostly hydrogen and in very small quantities helium, oxygen, carbon, etc., every second by nuclear fusion.

This radiant emission is known as the solar wind.

Light, light particles called photons, is produced in the Sun’s core through fusion processes, being absorbed and re-emitted by hydrogen and helium atoms, undergoing a process called radiative diffusion and will “leave” the photosphere after about a million years…

For example, the temperature at the surface of the Sun, the photosphere, the outer, visible layer, is about 5,500 degrees Celsius, but the temperature in the core of the Sun is about 15 million degrees Celsius.

Sunlight is essential for plants’ photosynthesis, the process by which they transform carbon dioxide and water into energy and oxygen, being the determining factor at the base of the food chain and sustaining life on Earth.

It is the Earth’s primary source of energy, determining temperatures, precipitation patterns, and atmospheric circulation.

Sunlight is essential for several vital functions of the human body, including the synthesis of vitamin D, a vitamin essential for calcium absorption and bone health.

Equally essential is its influence on the circadian rhythm, the internal clock that regulates the sleep-wake cycle, and other biological functions.

Sunlight has a positive impact on mood and mental well-being, with exposure to sunlight reducing stress, depression, and anxiety.

Yes, there would be something else… Sunlight can be used as a source of clean and renewable energy, from an economic point of view it is a growing global market that creates jobs and stimulates the economy.

There are many more details to present about light… But we can move on to presenting the “details” through which light gives color to our world…

I think any of us studied at school that sunlight is electromagnetic radiation, which contains all the colors of the spectrum, perceived to be the white color, which passes through a prism, breaks down into all the colors of the light spectrum, forming the well-known natural rainbow.

From the point of view of human perception, the prism reflects light at different angles depending on the wavelength, causing it to separate into “clustered areas” of wavelength, causing what is perceived to be a separation of colors.

But in reality, the sun emits a wide range of electromagnetic radiation, not just visible light, the “visible electromagnetic spectrum” being that which enables vision and photosynthesis, represented by the “range” between the wavelengths of 400 nm and 780 nm (nm — nanometers).

The “invisible” electromagnetic spectrum “envelops” the visible spectrum, being represented in the “lower” area by gamma radiation (wavelength less than 0.01 nm), X-rays (0.01 nm — 10 nm), ultraviolet radiation (10 -400 nm) and in the “upper” area by infrared radiation (780nm — 1 mm), microwaves (1 mm — 1m) and radio radiation (1 m — 100 m).

Returning to what interests us, the visible spectrum encompasses a range of wavelengths from about 380 nm (violet: 380–430 nm) to indigo (430–450 nm), blue (450–500 nm), green (500 –570 nm), yellow (570–590 nm), orange (590–630 nm) at 780 nm (red: 700–780 nm).

When we perceive white light, we see a combination of all these wavelengths, all these colors.

For the initiated, even “open” to “other perceptions," one can be “aware” of a similitude of “rising” vibration, modeled on previous physical descriptions.

Muladhara (root) chakra is associated with the color red, Swadhisthana (sacral) chakra with the color orange, Manipura (solar plexus) with the color yellow, Anahata (heart) with the color green, Vishuddha (throat) with the color blue, Ajna (third eye) with the color indigo, Sahasrara (crown) of purple.

Do you notice the structuring after the increase in vibration, and frequency? How were these “perceived” thousands of years ago, when no human had any idea of “light” frequencies and their potential color association?

Maybe they would have noticed the “structuring” of the rainbow and fired some associations, right?

But what about those who perceive spiritual “information”? Why was the same structure of souls’ “value” perceived? Red is the value of the first level after “initiated” (newborn), and purple is the “value” of the most advanced souls.

Which purple color, at the limit of visibility, is perceived as the white color, like the light of the most elevated souls…

Moreover, how is it that newly-born souls are white? A special readiness for “evolution”, based on all vibrational elements?!? For perfection, for evolution towards the “highest” value...

We will discuss all this much later, in “upcoming” materials. Let’s come back!

The spectral composition of white light can vary, causing a slight difference in perception. For example, sunlight has a richer blue spectral composition than incandescent light.

Technically, the wavelength of white light is often defined as the point of color balance, where the stimulation of the red, green, and blue receptors in the eye is equal.

This “average white” wavelength, resulting from the mixture of the three primary colors, is approximately 555 nm, corresponding to the green-yellow color.

However, it is important to remember that the perception of white color, even of all other “visible” colors, is a subjective process, influenced by factors such as adaptation to light, the color temperature of the light source, and the individual peculiarities of each eye, by each human in what the sensation of a certain color would be.

The interpretation of a color is influenced by the context in which it is made… A context that strictly belongs to humans and the elements that describe him… Cultural, historical, and personal…

There are some “patterns” that will be taken over by each individual at the “start” of each experience, individually, due to the manifestation in the environment…

Because culture transcends the times in which it manifests itself with some inertia of local traditions and “customs” that will be “slowed down” in social, political, and cultural customs, determining the manifestation through the individual who lives those times, but, inevitably, there will be something else…

Something like “The happier the individual, the more culture or history will matter or not” …

And, consequently, the interpretation will be adapted according to the individual, the cultural context to which he will access, the times he will live and through which he will live…

În sensul că culoarea va fi indusă de „mediu”, preferată sau iubită în tinerețe, poate urâtă (în sensul de ură și nu de antagonistul frumosului), bla, bla…

But, in the end, a clear delimitation will be achieved, “preferential” or intrinsic to the respective individual, regardless of “what does not belong to him or characterizes him” …

For many of us, these introductory statements may seem like nonsense… But is it so?

First, have you ever thought about the preferences of the painters who created the masterpieces of history?

Renaissance painters such as Giotto di Bondone, known for his frescoes in Cappella Scrovegni, considered a forerunner of the Italian Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci, a universal genius, painter of the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper, Michelangelo Buonarroti, sculptor, and painter of the Sistine Chapel, Raffaello Sanzio, painter of the Sistine Madonna and the School of Athens…

Or Baroque painters such as Caravaggio, known for his dramatic use of light and shadow, Rembrandt van Rijn, master of portraits and biblical scenes, Johannes Vermeer, painter of Dutch genre scenes…

Impressionist painters such as Claude Monet, the founder of the impressionist movement, known for his paintings of water lilies, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, painter of the social scene and still life, Edgar Degas, known for his paintings of ballerinas…

Post-impressionist painters such as Vincent van Gogh, painter of the Starry Night and Self-Portraits, Paul Cézanne, precursor of Cubism, Paul Gauguin, painter of Symbolism and Primitivism…

Or modernist painters such as Pablo Picasso, the founder of Cubism, and painter of Guernica, Henri Matisse, the founder of Fauvism, and Wassily Kandinsky, the pioneer of abstractionism?

Not to mention painters of various artistic movements such as Mannerism, a 16th-century artistic movement characterized by distortion of form and color, Rococo, an 18th-century artistic movement characterized by grace, frivolity, and elaborate ornamentation, romanticism, a 19th-century artistic movement characterized by the exaltation of feelings and nature, realism, a 19th-century artistic movement characterized by the faithful representation of reality, symbolism, a 19th-century artistic movement characterized by using symbols to express ideas and emotions…

Do you think their personality had no influence other than social, cultural, traditional currents, blah, blah? Or did they not conform to the “currents” of the times?

Color symbolism has manifested itself through the use of color to symbolize certain concepts or emotions.

For example, white can symbolize purity, red can symbolize passion, and black can symbolize death…

In Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper, the apostles are dressed in distinct colors that symbolize their personalities and traits.

Then the emotion of color “comes in”, the colors evoking certain emotions in the viewer.

For example, warm colors (red, orange, yellow) can evoke feelings of warmth, energy, and optimism, while cool colors (blue, green, purple) can evoke feelings of calm, relaxation, and peace.

An example would be Vincent van Gogh’s “Starry Night”, where vibrant colors and energetic strokes convey feelings of turmoil and excitement.

Then comes color harmony, colors can be combined to create a pleasing harmony or a dramatic contrast.

For example, da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” is also notable for its subtle color palette and sfumato technique to create a mysterious and homogeneous atmosphere.

Then comes the use of light and shadow which can create a sense of three-dimensionality, depth, and form.

For example, in the “Rembrandt Autoritrat”, obviously made by Rembrandt, the artist uses a chiaroscuro technique to create dramatic contrast and emphasize facial features.

And let’s not forget the artist’s intention! It is important to consider the artist’s intent and the historical context of the artwork when interpreting the meaning of color.

For example, in Picasso’s Guernica, the artist uses a somber color palette to convey the horrors of the Spanish Civil War.

Can it be further commented that expression through color is not a complex and nuanced tool that famous painters use to convey a variety of messages and emotions?

But these concerns did not “belong” only to the artistic world…

For example, in 1810, Johann Wolfgang Goethe published “The Theory of Colors”, in which he explored the relationship between colors and emotions. The examples could be multiplied exponentially if we refer to the world of writers, and poets, where “expressions” of manifestation appear in colors.

But you get the idea! So, let’s move on to the “world of science” (I used quotation marks because the idea of science is quite contested but…)!

Precursors of “scientific” theories of colors can be cited in a greater number than you would imagine…but…)!

For example, Wilhelm Ostwald developed a color classification system based on human perception, published in 1919…

Be that as it may, among all these precursors, the psychologist Max Luscher stands out, who published his first book on color theory in 1947, “Die Farbe als Symbol”.

The Luscher test was later developed and published in 1952.

Thus, obviously, “Color Psychology” was developed, a field that explores how colors affect human behavior and emotions…

From here, or perhaps in an original way, came Joe Doe’s theory which claimed that certain colors can evoke certain emotional and physiological responses, Smith’s theory which proposed a model explaining how colors influence the perception of space and time and, in a kind of final, neuromarketing that uses the principles of color psychology to influence consumer purchasing decisions.

So, you have an idea of what’s to come in this upcoming book, regardless of the alleged lack of rigorous scientific evidence to support the theories behind it, regardless of the subjectivity of color interpretation, regardless of the influence of cultural and individual factors on preferences for colors.

I hope it will not be necessary to emphasize the importance of taking into consideration the limitations of these theories and the need to use them with caution.

But that would be the “technical” part… Let’s continue with the interpretation of the human perception of the color white.

Note: Images are created by me, Merticaru Dorin Nicolae, using Microsoft Bing Image Creator.