like as a physical property. i don’t know any color-ology maybe there’s a simple way to make me get it but

IT SEEMS like color depends entirely on BRIGHTNESS so an OBJECT can’t have a fixed COLOR because BRIGHTNESS changes all the time!

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Yes. Lots of chemistry uses the fact that color frequencies are specific wavelengths of light. Measuring wavelength and intensity of light passing through a sample can tell you exact concentrations of your colored chemicals in samples.

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