Tomatoes are red, the sky is blue, and bananas are yellow, right? Well, not exactly — color does not really exist (存在). What exists is light. Light is real, but color is not. It is our brain that creates color.
We’re told to trust our eyes, but our eyes have little to do with vision (视觉). We see much more with our brains. You sometimes see different colors because your brain thinks they have a different meaning. The brain does this by looking at what’s around the object. Here is an example. If you see a person wearing a white shirt against different backgrounds, your brain might express the same white color differently. Suppose this person stands in front of a bright yellow background, your brain might think the white shirt is more like gray. If the person moves to a dark blue background, the same white shirt might appear closer to a brighter color.
Color is created according to our past experiences, and sometimes there are optical illusions (视错觉). That is because your brain includes the recent history of what you saw, at least for a brief time. But if you watch the thing for a longer time, your brain may forget the recent history and see the real color.
This raises the question: Do you see what I see? The answer, in short, is no. Our past and present experiences are different. None of us even sees the world as it really is, but as a meaning that comes from our own experiences. It’s clear that seeing is not always believing.
【小题1】What is real according to the writer?
| A．Light. | B．Mind. | C．Meaning. | D．Color. |
【小题2】Why does the writer give an example in Paragraph 2?
| A．To make the text longer. | B．To make a comparison. |
| C．To support the idea. | D．To show a problem. |
【小题3】What does Paragraph 3 mainly tell us?
| A．Color is influenced by the background of an object. |
| B．Color comes from our past experiences. |
| C．Color is changing all the time. |
| D．White is the lightest color. |
【小题4】Which word is close to the underlined word “brief”?
| A．Hard. | B．Simple. | C．Quick. | D．Short. |
【小题5】Which can be a proper title for the text?
| A．Does Color Stay the Same? | B．Is Seeing Really Believing? |
| C．Do You See What I See? | D．Is Color a Recent History? |
