A definition

I thought the obvious place to start would be at the definition.. It turns out 'Colour' is not that simple. 'Colour' can be a noun and a verb, in each form having between 4 and 10 definitions. However, to avoid getting side-tracked, I will stick with the one I initially intended to get to know.


Colour (ˈkʌlə) 
noun

A visual perception of the eye as a result of the way light is reflected off an object. 

Colour derives from a spectrum of light interacting in the eye with the spectral sensitivities of the light receptors. 

Not being much of a scientist/biologist myself, this picture doesn't mean much to me (although I feel it adds to the legitimacy of this entry, and why discriminate against the scientists/biologists?).
For the rest of us though this picture makes it pretty clear:

Light enters the eye.. and ba BAM! There is colour!

"The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light." 

                                                  

                                                 Genesis 1:2-3