If A World Lacks Color

Most people may never have thought about what a colorful world we are living in, and few may have ever given a thought to how a world without color would be. This is because everyone with visual ability was born into a world full of colors. Generally, a colorless world would be thought of as having no color except black, white and grey shades. Imagine that all of a sudden, everything loses its colors. In …

…of the harmonious order in the universe. The colors in nature have been arranged in such a manner as to appeal to the human soul. Perfect symmetry and harmony prevail within color, both in the worlds of animate and inanimate beings. Therefore, living in the world without color will be a disaster for human beings. As a Chinese poem goes, "dark nights endowed us with dark eyes, but we use them to search for brightness."