Page 647 - Atlas of Creation Volume 4

Harun Yahya

retina do not actually give ri-
se to color:

All that a single cone can do is capture
light and tell you something about its inten-
sity . . . it tells you nothing about color. 36

These color data perceived by the cone cells are

converted into electrical signals, thanks to the varying
pigments they possess. The nerve cells connected to these
cells then transmit these signals to a special region in the brain, in
which forms the vivid world we see throughout our lives.
Are there any colors in this region?
This special visual center of the brain is completely dark, like all the ot-

her parts of the brain. There is no light there, and no colors. There is no red,
green or yellow in this part of the brain. There is no white. There is no ref-
lection of bright flower gardens or dazzling sunlight, no blue sky or ver-

dant trees. The inside of the skull is pitch black. We imagine that light en-
ters it directly through our eyes. But in fact, there is not the slightest tra-
ce of light anywhere behind the eyes.
The formation of colors stems from objects’ light-reflective proper-
ties. Since there is no light in the outside world, there can be no

question of the existence of any color. Therefore, where is
the colorful world we regard as “outside” our eyes? This
world cannot reach us directly from the outside, nor do-

es it form inside our brains. The colorful world is so-
mething we perceive. It assumes this form because we
interpret it as such.
Peter Russell from the Cambridge University
Department of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

describes this state of affairs:

To the surprise of many, the world “out there” has turned out
to be quite unlike our experience of it. Consider our experience of
the color green. In the physical world there is light of a certain frequency, but the light itself is not green. Nor
are the electrical impulses that are transmitted from the eye to the brain. No color exists there. The green we

see is a quality appearing in the mind in response to this frequency of light. It exists only as a subjective ex-
perience in the mind. 37

The visible light, the near infrared and ultraviolet rays that reach us from the Sun occupy the space of a single unit on the
electromagnetic spectrum. In other words, the light reaching us from the Sun is the equivalent of just one out of 10 playing
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cards laid one atop the other. It is only these rays that support life on Earth.

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