The problem of direct colour photography has been facing us since the turn of the last century.
Gabriel LippmannWhen I think of flavours, I think colour, so lemon should be yellow and orange is orange.
Dylan LaurenAnd where colours like A rainbow dance alive, as Wisdom’s arrows rain down And ages come to pass.
LifeBlood-coloured bottlebrush trees and scarlet hibiscus looked too bright for this devastated world.
Snowfed WatersTheir faces were clay-coloured and featureless, yet not stupid; they might have been shrewd turnips.
This Real NightI know that if odour were visible, as colour is, I'd see the summer garden in rainbow clouds.
Robert Bridges