[thelittleone]

If I recall a high school physics class correctly the colour of the photons that are emitted from the object (the colour we see) are the ones the object does not absorb. If so, is the object the colour we see or is it the colour it absorbs.

[ddingus]

Color may not actually be a basic physical property.

Purple is an artifact of our minds, for example. Does not exist as a distinct wavelength of light.

The object absorbs, does not absorb, emits, whatever wavelengths of light. To us, those have colors, where they are in the visible spectrum.

Take us out of the equation, and?