From its earliest existence, man is exposed and worked on a wide range of natural inclinations. Hunters developed weapons to enhance their ability to hunt. He collected a sought after tool for efficient plant and harvest a larger crop production. So he went. Each generation is based on knowledge and experience of the past while we were sophisticated systems that work for us today. The process block is global - the global impact touches all levels of the cultural layer. Mathematics and science, yes, but not have to touch the art of making colors from nature.
In the beginning of civilization can safely assume that there is only color in the most natural form. Sky and water was blue, green plants and foliage, birds, butterflies, insects are dressed in different shades, animals wearing their colorful decorations. As with so many processes we now take for granted, mans' discovery that arbitrarily to add color to his life was most likely accidental. Imagine the first detection of patches of grass and leaves, ripe juicy berries or fall in a puddle of mud color.
