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Timaeus
Physiology and Human Nature (80e)
Timaeus: and derived from kindred substances,—some from fruits, and some from cereals, which God planted for us for the express purpose of serving as food, —they get all varieties of colors because of their commingling, but red is the color that runs through them most of all, it being a natural product of the action of the fire in dividing the liquid food and imprinting itself thereon. Wherefore the color of the stream which flows through the body acquired an appearance such as we have described; and this stream we call “blood,” which is the nutriment of the flesh
Secret Teachings of All Ages
The Pythagorean Theory of Music and Color (37)
In Meno, Plato, speaking through Socrates, describes color as "an effluence of form, commensurate with sight, and sensible." In Theætetus he...