Newton speculated Harmonics in music were organized like the
color spectrum in light. “Turns out, Sir Isaic Newton, who was
looking for unifying principles in the universe, not only broke
light into the colors of the spectrum but also tried to apply
color to the harmonic relationships in music. Newton’s spectrum
of light remains – but his ideas about color and music never
quite fit together, and were ultimately ignored.” “The idea that
there is a link or correspondence between music and colour is a
very old and very persistent one. According to McClain’s (1978)
analysis, Plato linked the major second and perfect fifth to
yellow and the perfect fourth to red, in an extension of the
Pythagorean harmony of the spheres to encompass planets, tones
and colours. Aristotle (1984) suggested a parallel between the
harmony of colours and the harmony of musical intervals. Newton
(1730/1952), when investigating the spectrum of light, linked
the intervals tone, minor third, fourth, fifth, major sixth,
minor seventh and oct