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Does nature choose aesthetic colors?
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[QUOTE="BillTre, post: 6501190, member: 581757"] The aesthetics of colors is in the mind of the beholder. And is based upon, among other things, on the visual system of the beholder. Things would not look the same to someone who is color blind. You are not seeing everything that other organisms might be seeing. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_coloration']adaptive values of particular color combinations will be more complex[/URL]. Naturally evolved colors of flowers often serve as guides or attractants for things that are involved in their pollination. Your 2nd picture shows flowers with a bullseye-like target pattern. It may be further accentuated by pattern of reflected light in the near UV (bee purple, visible to bees). Reds are often for birds I think. Concentric patterns trigger very common image extraction mechanisms in the brain, like center-surrounds and color that contrast based upon opponent color sets. There are many mechanisms of vision processing shared among different species. The bottom picture could be interpreted as the white laying down a path leading an insect to the pollen (nectar (sugary reward) from the insect's point of view). Spots on animals can have different purposes. Some are scary big eye spots to put off predators. Some spots on fish anal fins are involved in courtship/breeding. Not sure about the ones in the first picture, but they are quite contrasty with the darker background. Thus, the fruits of evolution directed at birds, insects, or predators can be appreciated by humans. [/QUOTE]
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