Color Perception

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So what if how we see colors is different from one person to another

for example - we're both looking at color X. we've both been brought up since childhood to call this color BLUE

but what if it looks different to me than it does for you. what if that color that you really see is something i would consider green

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09-14-2011, 04:39 PM

LOL, funny cuz me and my boys talked about this same thing before. Had never seen a video for it before, though.

09-14-2011, 08:35 PM

Yo I'm colorblind & you have no idea how many times I've had to answer this question [pic]

09-14-2011, 10:28 PM

Interesting, but would you eventually learn the "approved" name for each "proper" color?

09-14-2011, 10:57 PM

Originally Posted by davilla24c

Yo I'm colorblind & you have no idea how many times I've had to answer this question [pic]

So...... what's the answer?

09-15-2011, 12:26 AM

I always think about this..

Ahat if everyone and everything looks different to each individual...

What you see in the mirror isn't what the next person sees....

Deep !!...[pic]

09-15-2011, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by ChickzNKickz

I always think about this..

Ahat if everyone and everything looks different to each individual...

What you see in the mirror isn't what the next person sees....

Deep !!...[pic]

Not really, it sounds like something a quasi intellectual would say. Clearly, physical image is a universal truth. Never once has anybody ever argued with me about how a stop sign looks.

09-15-2011, 05:17 PM

Everyone has same the same photoreceptors for color ('cones'). People who are color blind are lacking a particular receptor. Everyone sees red as red.

09-15-2011, 05:30 PM

Originally Posted by serenitynow1123

Not really, it sounds like something a quasi intellectual would say. Clearly, physical image is a universal truth. Never once has anybody ever argued with me about how a stop sign looks.

So my thoughts reflect those of a quasi intellect because your are the masses don't agree with it...[pic]

I'll stick to my own aphorisms....

09-15-2011, 06:21 PM

No, it's psuedo-intellectual because there is no logic behind it, and well... it's wrong.

09-15-2011, 10:10 PM

im confused if we both think X is blue, but you say your really seeing green, you would know when i go, hey thats not green its blue

09-15-2011, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by KrayLay

No, it's psuedo-intellectual because there is no logic behind it, and well... it's wrong.

That's the beauty of the mind; to challenge logic and search for your own truth(s)..

I don't need logic to form my hypothesis or beliefs....

09-15-2011, 10:15 PM

This is a pretty common topic in philosophy, particularly in the fields of epistemology and metaphysics (I studied this ish in college). The problems arises when we try to ascribe a trait of universality to color. There are two main families with subgroups within them: realism and subjectivism. The former states that colors are mind-independent objects, or that an object has a true color that exists regardless of how an individual perceives it. Subjectivism is the basically the opposite: the colors of an object are dependent on the individual, so it can be viewed in different ways by different people. I won't get into it so just go here if you're interested:

It's a legitimate source that's regularly edited, so you can actually learn something and not worry about being led on by some internet trolls

09-15-2011, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by ChickzNKickz

That's the beauty of the mind; to challenge logic and search for your own truth(s)..

I don't need logic to form my hypothesis or beliefs....

but if its a fact their wrong then nothing you can say will make them right to satisfy your mind.

09-15-2011, 10:20 PM

Originally Posted by ChickzNKickz

That's the beauty of the mind; to challenge logic and search for your own truth(s)..

I don't need logic to form my hypothesis or beliefs....

You do need logic to back up a hypothesis dog, but what you posted earlier has some grounds in philosophy. While you might not experience something in an entirely different way as someone, there may be some variance among individuals when it comes to experiences in the physical world. If you're a subjectivist that is.

09-15-2011, 10:30 PM

Originally Posted by TheGame4705

but if its a fact their wrong then nothing you can say will make them right to satisfy your mind.

In a instance such as this, I believe being "wrong" is subjective ..

Am I wrong to have faith in God? Is there any logic proving God even exists?

Faith defies logic, yet it's what religion is solely based on.

Logic only defines certain truths, yet man will never know everything.

09-15-2011, 10:42 PM

So what you see is based on memories in the brain
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09-15-2011, 11:37 PM

Originally Posted by serenitynow1123

Not really, it sounds like something a quasi intellectual would say. Clearly, physical image is a universal truth. Never once has anybody ever argued with me about how a stop sign looks.

I think it makes sense to an extent.

Although most of us wouldn't argue about the PHYSICAL qualities of a stop sign (it's an octagon), the color can be disputed.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think it's possible for someone to go their entire life thinking blue is red, for example. How you be able to prove it wrong? [pic] All of us see the sky and know it's blue, but what if one's perception of the actual color blue is actually red? So the names of the colors are all the same and agreed on, but what we see in our head can be different.

I might be reaching, but food for thought.

09-16-2011, 01:20 AM

Didn't watch the video, but the perception of color has been discussed for centuries - often in this very same context, i.e. qualia - which in itself is a bit broader but equally as entertaining.

09-16-2011, 01:44 AM

Originally Posted by miamisports

You do need logic to back up a hypothesis dog, but what you posted earlier has some grounds in philosophy. While you might not experience something in an entirely different way as someone, there may be some variance among individuals when it comes to experiences in the physical world. If you're a subjectivist that is.

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