Byrne and Hilbert's selectionist physicalism holds that colors are specific reflectance types (SSRs) selected by evolution precisely because they covary with the similarity structure in color experience.
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Selectionist physicalism(as the main theory being explained)
A philosophical view that says colors are entirely physical properties, and that evolution selected (chose) which colors matter to us because they were useful for survival.
Similarity structure(as the pattern in colors that reflectance types match)
The patterns and relationships in how things are alike or different from each other—for example, how orange is more similar to red than to blue.
color experience(as used in philosophy of perception and consciousness)
What it's actually like to see color—the subjective feeling and perception you have when you look at something colored, not just the physical facts about light wavelengths.
reflectance(in philosophy of perception and color theory)
The amount and type of light that bounces off an object's surface—basically what makes something look the color it does.