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Originally Posted by CSflim
My point was, that we can define 'red' in terms completely ignoring humans, eyes, or any kind of conscious perception. We can define a colour as an objective propery of an object.
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That really depends. Since color is dependant on reflected light, an object's position and motion could play a part in its color. What I'm getting at, is that when galaxies/celestial bodies are moving towards/away from an observer, their color shifts according to which direction that they're heading. I can't remember off of the top of my head which is which, but I think a celestial body moving away experiences a red shift. That celestial body now
appears more red than it did before. Is it red? If you were to define a color as an objective property of an object, you would have to define the conditions.
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Originally Posted by Yakk
Speaking correct English is allowed no matter where you are from! So relish in colour, honour, cheque, centre, cigarette, omelette, cauldron, defence, aesthetic (beautiful word!), archaeology, manoeuvre, enroll, travelling (those yummy double-Ls) and grey!
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I wasn't aware that cigarette, omelette, cauldron, aesthetic, archaeology, enroll and travelling were spelled differently in American English. Or were you just pointing out words that you like?