Our perception of colours – including black and white – is a construct of the brain, formed by the way our visual system draws distinctions.
Each colour – including black and white – can be interpreted as a relational object arising from the mirror symmetry of Order 4.
Oppositional Pairs in Perception
- Black and white form an oppositional pair, as do the three primary additive and subtractive colours (e.g., yellow and blue).
- Each pair member is perceived as an alternative to the other, but both are necessary for the visual system to function.
- If no distinction is drawn – such as in blindness – neither member of the pair can be perceived.
The three relational pairings that give rise to the additive and subtractive colour pairs, along with the single pairing of black and white, map to the three relational pairs of logic gates in chiralkine counting. These mirror-opposite gates operate in dual symmetry, just like the dual NOT function, which inverts between what a thing is and what it is not.
Together, they also reflect the same structure found in the triplet and singlet states of ortho and para hydrogen – each a relational object defined by symmetrical oppositions.
Summary
The additive and subtractive colours emerge as relational objects in Order 4.
