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10 HOOK The origin of color is the sun itself Cultures around the world had holiday feasts, with fire and lights—even Stone Age monuments focused their most drama4c light- ing effects on the Sols4ce sky. Picture: Sunrise between the stones at Stonehenge on the Winter Sols4ce. Photo by Mark Grant flower" symbol of the winter fes4vi4es in many cultures. In fact, the color green is the main color viewed on natural land, and over eons of years, the color green, like its effect in Forest Bathing, makes us ins4nc4vely feel calm and serene. Importantly, our efforts to save our- selves on the earth are called "living green." So what is the meaning of color? Simple. The origins of our color per- cep4on is the sun itself, not the modern technical innova4ons of how to make colored paint or dyes or digital screen or paper prin4ng colors. The origin of color is the sun itself. Sunlight bathes the earth with an electro- magne4c atmosphere of specific different wave lengths. Over 4me, living creatures developed the ability to "see" some of these wave lengths with what are called cone cells in their eyes, which can perceive these wave lengths reflected off physical items. The wavelengths humans can per- ceive are the ones we see in a rainbow when "white" sunlight is