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
Man of Many Colors recital". Man of Many Colors Man of Many Colors is an album by saxophonist Walt Weiskopf. This was Weiskopf's first quartet album since "A World Away", in 1995. This was his seventh release for Criss Cross Jazz. The album was recorded on December 12, 2001, in Brooklyn, New York. Six of the tracks are Weiskopf originals. "Triangle Dance" is played in 6/4 time. The final track, "When Your Lips Meet Mine", is a duet with pianist Brad Mehldau. An AllAboutJazz reviewer commented that "Weiskopf and crew approach things in a manner that makes this so much more than yet another