{"id":1867,"date":"2016-09-26T15:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T19:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/nwcenter\/wordpress\/?post_type=questionslibrary&#038;p=1867"},"modified":"2025-02-14T12:50:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T20:50:02","slug":"the-great-blueness-and-other-predicaments","status":"publish","type":"questionslibrary","link":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/questionslibrary\/the-great-blueness-and-other-predicaments\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Blueness and Other Predicaments"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Do you think that there was a time when there was no color in the world?<\/li>\n<li>How did color come to be?<\/li>\n<li>Is color real?<\/li>\n<li>Do we see the same colors? Does the color red look the same to everyone? How would we know?<\/li>\n<li>If something is red, can it also be blue? Can it be pink? Maroon?<\/li>\n<li>Is the color green made up of blue and yellow? If so, is all green is blue and yellow? Or is it something in itself?<\/li>\n<li>Would the world be different if it were made up of different colors? Draw a world with colors unlike the ones in our world.<\/li>\n<li>Does color make you feel a certain way? How?<\/li>\n<li>If you get out a flashlight and shine it on the grass, and it looks green, does that mean that the grass stayed green in the dark?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Are things different colors at night? Think about what colors the following things are during the day and at night:<\/p>\n<div>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"850\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"250\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"250\">Daytime<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Night<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Grass<br \/>\nThe sky<br \/>\nA tulip<br \/>\nThe rug in your room<br \/>\nYour hair<br \/>\nThe blanket on your bed<br \/>\nA tree<br \/>\nSnow<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1868,"template":"","dqcategories":[377,374],"class_list":["post-1867","questionslibrary","type-questionslibrary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","dqcategories-aesthetics","dqcategories-metaphysics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Great Blueness and Other Predicaments - PLATO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Great Blueness and Other Predicaments - PLATO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Do you think that there was a time when there was no color in the world? How did color come to be? Is color real? Do we see the same colors? Does the color red look the same to everyone? How would we know? If something is red, can it also be blue? Can it ... Great Blueness and Other Predicaments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/questionslibrary\/the-great-blueness-and-other-predicaments\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PLATO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PLATOPhilosophy?fref=ts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-14T20:50:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/greatblueness.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@platoorg\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/questionslibrary\\\/the-great-blueness-and-other-predicaments\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/questionslibrary\\\/the-great-blueness-and-other-predicaments\\\/\",\"name\":\"Great Blueness and Other Predicaments - PLATO\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/questionslibrary\\\/the-great-blueness-and-other-predicaments\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/questionslibrary\\\/the-great-blueness-and-other-predicaments\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/greatblueness.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-09-26T19:00:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-14T20:50:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/questionslibrary\\\/the-great-blueness-and-other-predicaments\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/questionslibrary\\\/the-great-blueness-and-other-predicaments\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/questionslibrary\\\/the-great-blueness-and-other-predicaments\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/greatblueness.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/greatblueness.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/questionslibrary\\\/the-great-blueness-and-other-predicaments\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Great Blueness and Other Predicaments\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"PLATO\",\"description\":\"Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/Plato-Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/Plato-Logo.png\",\"width\":354,\"height\":181,\"caption\":\"Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/PLATOPhilosophy?fref=ts\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/platoorg\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Great Blueness and Other Predicaments - PLATO","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Great Blueness and Other Predicaments - PLATO","og_description":"Do you think that there was a time when there was no color in the world? How did color come to be? Is color real? Do we see the same colors? Does the color red look the same to everyone? How would we know? If something is red, can it also be blue? Can it ... Great Blueness and Other Predicaments","og_url":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/questionslibrary\/the-great-blueness-and-other-predicaments\/","og_site_name":"PLATO","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PLATOPhilosophy?fref=ts","article_modified_time":"2025-02-14T20:50:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/greatblueness.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@platoorg","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/questionslibrary\/the-great-blueness-and-other-predicaments\/","url":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/questionslibrary\/the-great-blueness-and-other-predicaments\/","name":"Great Blueness and Other Predicaments - PLATO","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/questionslibrary\/the-great-blueness-and-other-predicaments\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/questionslibrary\/the-great-blueness-and-other-predicaments\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/greatblueness.jpg","datePublished":"2016-09-26T19:00:35+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-14T20:50:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/questionslibrary\/the-great-blueness-and-other-predicaments\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/questionslibrary\/the-great-blueness-and-other-predicaments\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/questionslibrary\/the-great-blueness-and-other-predicaments\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/greatblueness.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/greatblueness.jpg","width":300,"height":300},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/questionslibrary\/the-great-blueness-and-other-predicaments\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Great Blueness and Other Predicaments"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/","name":"PLATO","description":"Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/#organization","name":"Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization","url":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Plato-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Plato-Logo.png","width":354,"height":181,"caption":"Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PLATOPhilosophy?fref=ts","https:\/\/x.com\/platoorg"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questionslibrary\/1867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questionslibrary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questionslibrary"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dqcategories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dqcategories?post=1867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}