Most candles and oil lamps are really rather dim and smoky. So they make everything look black (because it’s covered in a layer of soot, and because the light was so dim).
Looking around me, nearly every object is artificially painted or dyed in some way or another. And mostly not particularly chosen to make the colors match.
For human faces, we seem particularly sensitive to small variations, and slight differences in color could indicate illness. For artists doing color matching, sure color temperature matters. But otherwise, why should it matter if I perceive orange curtains as a slightly different shade of orange?
Most candles and oil lamps are really rather dim and smoky. So they make everything look black (because it’s covered in a layer of soot, and because the light was so dim).
Looking around me, nearly every object is artificially painted or dyed in some way or another. And mostly not particularly chosen to make the colors match.
For human faces, we seem particularly sensitive to small variations, and slight differences in color could indicate illness. For artists doing color matching, sure color temperature matters. But otherwise, why should it matter if I perceive orange curtains as a slightly different shade of orange?