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bloodyrosemccoy) wrote2009-01-22 04:22 pm
bloodyrosemccoy) wrote2009-01-22 04:22 pm
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THE COLORS, DUKE!
In regard to the last post on Martian colors, check this out: ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pixel39 and biomekanic say that some humans are tetrachromats already! Yes, some people can see more shades of color than the rest of us!
I'm not sure if I qualify—I see a spectacular range of color, and I don't have much to go on. But I've got a couple reasons to suspect I'm not a superpowered color-distinguisher:
Reason #1: My synesthetic senses do perceive colors with such subtle differences that they are difficult to duplicate in reality. I mentioned trying to think up new colors, yes, but I didn't count these because they don't seem like new colors—just odd combinations of normal colors. And I have never actually seen these combinations outside my head—rather like the colorblind* synesthete whose synesthesia perceived "Martian colors" he'd never actually seen. Suggests to me that I never see these colors because I lack the equipment.
Reason #2:Look what I can do I unrepentantly love Lisa Frank. And I'm pretty sure the cover of the notebook I bought yesterday would kill a tetrachromat dead.
*Not sure which kind of colorblind.
pixel39 and biomekanic say that some humans are tetrachromats already! Yes, some people can see more shades of color than the rest of us!I'm not sure if I qualify—I see a spectacular range of color, and I don't have much to go on. But I've got a couple reasons to suspect I'm not a superpowered color-distinguisher:
Reason #1: My synesthetic senses do perceive colors with such subtle differences that they are difficult to duplicate in reality. I mentioned trying to think up new colors, yes, but I didn't count these because they don't seem like new colors—just odd combinations of normal colors. And I have never actually seen these combinations outside my head—rather like the colorblind* synesthete whose synesthesia perceived "Martian colors" he'd never actually seen. Suggests to me that I never see these colors because I lack the equipment.
Reason #2:
*Not sure which kind of colorblind.
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Can I exact color match (*) two different fabrics (a heavy weave slub linen and a light brushed silk satin) across 10 years because I may be a tetrachrome, or because I've been in theater and costume my whole life and probably had more color awareness before the age of 6 than most of the people I know?
* - Long term exact color memory is one of the anecdotal observed traits of tetrachromes.