Complex sentence: All life is governed by the laws set by Munsell, the supposed founder of Chromaticia; whereas hierarchy is defined by the ability to see colour, which is limited in most people to varying degrees of one shade, or at most two.
Split into simpler sentences: All life is governed by the laws set by Munsell, the supposed founder of Chromaticia. The social hierarchy of Chromatica is defined by the ability to see colour, which is limited in most people to varying degrees of one shade, or at most two.