Color in the world or what you see is not what you get

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This first-year seminar will explore the science behind rainbows, peacock feathers, and your favorite color. Color is a fundamental characteristic of how we experience the world in a wide variety of ways. Color contributes to how we recognize objects (is that an apple or orange?) and navigate the world (red light or green light?). Color invades how we understand our social world (green with envy or feeling blue?) and how we present ourselves to the world (fashion anyone?). We will explore many different aspects of color, what it is, how we see it, and how we use it.