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Do you see colors the same way that I see colors?

Submitted by TheLetterB, , Thread ID: 178421

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RE: Do you see colors the same way that I see colors?

#11
i think its very close to what i see but who knows

RE: Do you see colors the same way that I see colors?

#12
We have different concentration of cone cells in our eyes, so yes the colors we see have to be different.

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#13
We'll never know if the colors we see are the right ones. But everything looks real to me.
The mind boggles. Sidewalks could be actually yellow!

RE: Do you see colors the same way that I see colors?

#14
As for you to give the idea of blood, some see it brown, others red or dark red, or even black.

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#15
I know you said you don't mean Colorblindness - butI didn't know I was colorblind until I was 24 or something. It's very mild, but interesting to know that I see some colors differently. Interesting thing is I'm a graphic designer by trade. Don't know if or how it's ever influenced my work.

To answer your original question; I'd imagine no one see's colors exactly the same. Between the physical makeup of your eyes, the complicated way our brainsinterpret visuals, and the sheer number of inconsistent variables in physical space - many of us might have seen the same colors - but I suspect if two people are looking at the same image they very rarely see EXACTLY the same thing. The difference might be incomprehensible, but I suspect it exists.

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#16
So in a sense we have proven that people's ability to perceive the same colors are subjective? They did some research on the Niberian Himba tribe, and it turns out they ar really damn good at seeing various shades of green but completely shit at identifying blue, and the researchers concluded part of this was based in them having distinct words for all of the different colors, which in turn caused them to analyze the visuals further and identify distinctions (there have also been recent studies on old texts such as the Odyssey that suggest that the ability to perceive blue as a distinct color is somewhat recent).

RE: Do you see colors the same way that I see colors?

#17
So you're saying that could be some sort of cultural thing? Like in english we have dark/light blue but for example in italian you call the same colours blu/azzurro?

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#18
No way to experience other peoples vision, so hard to tell.

RE: Do you see colors the same way that I see colors?

#19
we will never know. one of the questions thatscience cant answer

RE: Do you see colors the same way that I see colors?

#20
There is no way to tell if we see colors exactly the same. I think we see them alike but not exactly as one another. Also if you are talking on a computer screen then definitely not since monitors show colors differently.

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