Colors

[Heep]

I think he meant being brought up looking at paintings vs. being brought up playing with dinky cars (me ), for example.

[MBTN]

Everyone played with little cars!! I used to crush them in vices and shit. I'd also throw them down the stairs to see who could jump the farthest., putting scratches on the little cars and the floor!

w00t!

[Porsche]

I here there worth something now.

[MBTN]

"I here there worth something now"
You mean: "I hear they're worth something now."

[texan]

Originally posted by Porsche

How do designers and painters get there 10X better tonal distingiushing ability?

By using their sense of sight so much more often to try and distinguish subtle color variation. And no this isn't adaption or evolution MBTN, it's the same prinicple as heightening any part of the body through continued use (weight training, cardiovascular training; the brain gets better at performing tasks once they've been done a thousand times over too). Remember our sight is based not only on our eyes, but more accurately our brain's interpretation of those electrical signals. Better interpretation = better sight.

[Carguy]

So how do you explain Slime Green Pontiac Azteks?

[MBTN]

Pontiac Azteks should not be brought up at any time from now one. Anyone who does shall be hanged.

[Heep]

lol MBTN...those slime green ones are the worst of the worst.

I kept all my dinkys in perfect condition...I still have most of them (500+) everything from Ferrari F50's to Dodge Omnis. I wish the dinky car companies still made everyday cars like the Omni, and not just the exotics (which are nice as well).

[MBTN]

I said NOT to bring it up anymore!

[verboom]

Y'know about those Azteks... no no, I won't say it. They say wine tasters also have improved taste than the rest of the population. That's one thing I could like without. After a day of tasting really great stuff, you have to either go home and cook for hours to get something to taste half decent, or go spend a lot of cash. I'll stick with my taste abilities that still say that mac and cheese is good food.

[John Napkintosh]

Sorry to dig up an old topic, but this was something interesting that I read about a while back.

Link: http://www.redherring.com/index.asp?..._id=1910013991

Summary: Most people are trichromats, with retinas having three kinds of color sensors, called cone photopigments -- those for red, green, and blue. The 8 percent of men who are color-blind typically have the cone photopigment for blue but are either missing one of the other colors, or the men have them, in effect, for two very slightly different reds or greens. A tetrachromat would have a fourth cone photopigment, for a color between red and green.

For years now, scientists have known that some fraction of women have four different cone photopigments in their retinas. The question still remains, however, whether any of these females have the neural circuitry that enables them to enjoy a different -- surely richer -- visual experience than the common run of humanity sees. "If we could identify these tetrachromats, it would speak directly to the ability of the brain to organize itself to take advantage of novel stimuli," says Dr. Neitz. "It would make us a lot more optimistic about doing a gene therapy for color blindness."


If this intrigues you, I suggest following the link.

[blatch]

yeah, i read a huge thing about tetrachromats on slashdot. it was really cool. what if they could find those people and give (somehow) us trichromats a 4th receptor.... sooo sweet. ferarri's would be sexier still.

[Jay!]

What about the way colors invoke emotions? That's clinically proven, and advertising uses it all the time. If blue makes me feel sad, let's say, and your "blue" which is my red makes you fell sad... I forgot my point... anyone get enough of that to figure out what I was going to say? Dur, dur, dur to me today!

[DVSNCYNIKL]

Originally posted by Silver S2000
What about the way colors invoke emotions? That's clinically proven, and advertising uses it all the time. If blue makes me feel sad, let's say, and your "blue" which is my red makes you fell sad... I forgot my point... anyone get enough of that to figure out what I was going to say? Dur, dur, dur to me today!

*Using a megaphone*

Back away from the skittles man!!! No one needs to get hurt!!

[Trigger351]

But what if you were told by your parents from an early age that blue was red, green was yellow etc. It would make school interesting I supose