On Vision and Colors tried to demonstrate physiologically that color is "specially modified activity of the retina." The initial basis for Schopenhauer's color theory comes from Goethe's chapter on physiological colors, which discusses three principal pairs of contrasting colors: red/green, orange/blue, and yellow/violet. This is in contrast to the customary emphasis on Newton's seven colors of the Newtonian spectrum. In accordance with Aristotle, Schopenhauer considered that colors arise by the mixture of shadowy, cloudy darkness with light. With white and black at each extreme of the scale, colors are arranged in a series according to the mathematical ratio between the proportions of light and
Coat of Many Colors Coat of Many Colors Coat of Many Colors is the ninth solo studio album by Dolly Parton. It was released on October 4, 1971, by RCA Victor. The title song, which Parton has described as her favourite of all the songs she's ever written, deals with the poverty of her childhood. It reached #4 on the U.S. country singles charts. The album was nominated for Album of the Year by the Country Music Association in 1972. Over the years, Parton would re-record a number of the songs from the album. She redid "Traveling Man" (not to be confused with the