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Musical intervals map mathematical ratios to emotional perception (i.e. all minor thirds: feel similar, are { lower, (6/5)*lower } frequency pairs). For a long
by e7b9 5y ago
Musical intervals map mathematical ratios to emotional perception (i.e. all minor thirds: feel similar, are { lower, (6/5)*lower } frequency pairs).
For a long time I've wondered if there's anything analogous in the world of color (since both are waves), but have been unsatisfied with the non-answers I've found.
- dspig 5y agoMaybe there is, but not for humans! If we sensed sound like we sense colour we'd only hear the amount of bass/mid/treble not the individual pitches. But if there's such a thing as a non-linear medium for light, then transmitting two wavelengths through it should do interesting things depending on the ratio of the wavelengths?