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THE JAINA PHILOSOPITY
perceived by us (Cp) which is created in two steps firstly, there is an interaction of light (1) with the objective colour of the grass (Co) and secondly the resultant products interacts with the sensory (optical) equipment (3) Thus all the thrce factors--the object light and the subject (sensory equipment)-play an important role in the formation of perceived colour If anyone of the three factors gets slightly changed there would be a corresponding change in the perceived colour Thus for example
1) A sees Grass in white light as Green but A sees Rose in white light as Red (Example of change in object) but A sees Grass in white light as Green
2) B secs Grass in white light as Red (Exaniple of change in the observer Bis colour-blindi
3) A sees Rose in white light as Red but Asees Rose in yellow light as Orange (Example of change in light) RAMAN'S STUDY OF COLOUR
Sir CV Raman, the famous Indian scientist and a nobel laureate, has made an intensive research on the phenomenon of colour His findings published in 'Current Science' as series of articles entitled "The New Physiology of Vision'corroborate the Jain view that it is the internal structure of the material object which is responsible for producing colour He con cludes thus
"It follows that all aspects of vision including the perception of space and form, the perception ! luminosity and the perception of colour, can only be understood in the terms of the corpscular concept of the nature of light.” Again he clearly states “Colour
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