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 number 301 on "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It subsequently made Time Magazine's 100 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2006. In 2017, it was #11 on National Public Radio's "The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women". A re-issue released in 2007, in conjunction with Parton's 2007 European Tour, featured previously unreleased songs. In 2010, Sony Music reissued the 2007 CD "Coat of Many Colors" in a triple-feature CD set with "My Tennessee Mountain Home" and "Jolene". Coat of Many Colors Coat of Many Colors is the ninth solo studio album by Dolly