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What is the reason for the appearance of the color brown?

Color is not a quality of objects, but a dance between light, perception, and consciousness; brown emerges when the mind weaves together the threads of experience in the tapestry of existence.

— Osho
According to Osho, color is not an inherent property of objects but an event between light, the senses, and consciousness. ‘Brown’ appears when a mixture dominated by long wavelengths (orange-red) is seen at low luminance and in contrast to lighter surrounds; the mind constructs this shade and names it.

Brown isn’t in the thing; your eyes see dim orange-ish light against something brighter, and your mind calls that color “brown.”

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