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We captured the video-animation R.O.G.B. (Red, Orange, Green & Blue), 2012, realized by the artist Adam Hinterlang (b. 1975, Pittsburg) as part of a series of experimentation concerning the relationship between color and sound. The sound is based on the frequency of colors that are used in each piece. The colors in the visible spectrum have a frequency interval that ranges between ~ 430–750 THz, well beyond the range of human hearing (which is approximately 20-20,000 Hz). Hinterlang started with a sine wave that just used hertz instead of terahertz. «Each animated layer (red, orange, green, and blue) – explains the artist – is comprised of 10 layers representing 10 octaves of sound. This was achieved by either incrementally dividing or multiplying the numbers by two until they reached their minimum or maximum level within the audible range.»