Do people see the same colours?

[Guest2]

I have had this conversation with a few people before and my housemate brought it up again last night

Do you think colours look the same to all people? I dont think there is a way of ever finding out the answer.

For example, when I am younger my mum or dad will have pointed at the grass and told me "that grass is green" or I might have seen it in a book. I automatically associate this colour of 'green' with anything that looks similar.

Whats to say that my 'green' might look like what someone else sees as my 'brown'

Maybe in future this could be worked out when we know more about the brain

 

[Freefaller]

So you're basically asking if anyone is colour blind... ?

 

[PermaBanned]

http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/Ishihara.asp

 

[DJMK4]

Some people are color blind so this may effect it, other people may see a lighter/darker shading of that color, abit like pc monitors display the color shading/brightness differently.

 

[shauncr91]

I've often wondered this before, boggles the mind

 

[Edward01]

Don't quote me, but I think it has been proven that people see almost the same in advanced maths somewhere

 

[mame]

I've thought this before! I know what you mean. If I see red as you see blue and something is pointed out to us as children as being 'red' then we would just associate whatever colour we see with the word red. We could all have the same favourite colour!

 

[bad_ass_neil]

its all about perception. To me this forum colour is a dark blue, but to you its just a normal blue. The colours we both see are the same but your experiences in life make you see them differently to me.

I think that's how it is anyway i remember doing something about it in school.

 

[Guest2]

So you're basically asking if anyone is colour blind... ?

no, colour blindness has nothing to do with it.

 

[Stretch]

We'll never know.

 

[PermaBanned]

http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/Ishihara.asp

no, colour blindness has nothing to do with it.

Yes it does.

 

[GravyMonster]

its all about perception. To me this forum colour is a dark blue, but to you its just a normal blue.

To me it's grey

 

[Guest2]

I've thought this before! I know what you mean. If I see red as you see blue and something is pointed out to us as children as being 'red' then we would just associate whatever colour we see with the word red. We could all have the same favourite colour!

This. Yes, this forum might be 'blue' or 'dark blue' but whats to say my blue looks, to me more like someone elses red.

A nice head scrambling question for a hungover monday!

 

[mame]

To me it's grey

yes but whatever colour you see it as, you have been taught that the colour you see is blue. I may see it as green but would also know it as blue. How would you ever know any different

 

[Jock Dodds]

This. Yes, this forum might be 'blue' or 'dark blue' but whats to say my blue looks, to me more like someone elses red.

A nice head scrambling question for a hungover monday!

It's like trying to describe a colour to someone born blind, how would you do it? They have no point of reference.

 

[Greenlizard0]

I've often had disagreements about peoples' eyes. Especially greens, hazels..

 

[Guerrilla]

I have thought about this before, I'm red green colour blind as is my brother (must be in the family!).
Always wondered if i see colours different to most people and how wierd it'd be if they had some "magic glasses" which would change it all around

 

[meghatronic]

If you had 100 swatches of 'blue' and asked thousdands of people to pick out ~blue~, you would get a variation.

I suspect most computer literature people/designers would pick out 0,0,255 though

 

[bmi92]

If you had 100 swatches of 'blue' and asked thousdands of people to pick out ~blue~, you would get a variation.

I suspect most computer literature people/designers would pick out 0,0,255 though

Is 0,0,255 the OcUk blue?

Also OP I have also wondered this myself. It would be interesting to know what colour people see things as. My blue, might be your green, but we both recognise it as the same colour :\

 

[RobH]

Is 0,0,255 the OcUk blue?

No this is 0,0,255: #0000FF