Why 16 Million Hex Codes Aren't Enough: The Physics of Color
Quantifying Colour
This article explores how colors can be quantified physically, moving beyond imprecise word labels. It explains spectral power distributions, photoreceptor cells, and the science behind color perception, including why hex codes are limited and why color blindness occurs.
The idea of mapping colours to numbers might look odd, but it is not too far fetched.