The Emergence Machine

Primary Colors

abstract · Visual Arts · Level 9 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

primary-colors emerges from color. It requires space.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “primary colors” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “primary colors”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
primary colors
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0Primary ColorsColorSensoryVisualLightNeuron… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureChangeMatterWaveEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesSecondary ColorsL10Tertiary ColorsL10Primary ColorsL9VisualL7ColorL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Visual L7 (requires)
    The visual phenomenon of primary colors, involving space and color.
  • Color L8 (conceptual)
    Primary colors are the foundational colors

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