What if everyone saw things differently? Such my perception of Red was different than yours? We'd never know.
of course we would know. or could easily find out.
put down a swatch, we each write down the color we see, and if our answers match (regardless of what the actual color is), then we'd know our perception is the same.
Not sure if srs.
There is no way to know if what I perceive as red is exactly what you perceive as red. Perhaps you see red as green, but you call green red because that is the name you were taught for it. Perhaps this is why some people are fashion-blind.
this shit kept me up all night as a child, there's absolutely no way to describe a color without using associations.
Not sure if srs.
There is no way to know if what I perceive as red is exactly what you perceive as red. Perhaps you see red as green, but you call green red because that is the name you were taught for it. Perhaps this is why some people are fashion-blind.
Colors generally tend to create similar emotional responses in people. Why else is yellow considered "warm". So it is not unreasonable to assume most of us perceive colors the same way.
Not sure if srs.
There is no way to know if what I perceive as red is exactly what you perceive as red. Perhaps you see red as green, but you call green red because that is the name you were taught for it. Perhaps this is why some people are fashion-blind.
You have to understand that 'perception of red' in the way you are wanting to think of it is not real. The only exterior value of Red is as a narrow band of wave lengths. Our eyes are sensitive to those wave lengths in a known manner. Nearly everyone's eyes send a 'Red' signal in the same way to the same part of the brain.
But the brain must interprets that signal. You have to teach children colors. Until we build an association with that signal there is no way to interpret it. Until then there is no such thing as 'Red'. The 'Red' you see is really just a amalgamation of associations that have built up through out your life. It would be nearly impossible for two people to have the same set of associations for 'Red'. Therefore none of us see the same 'Red' as anyone else.
Except if we're all calibrated the same as kids, does it really make a difference?Not sure if srs.
There is no way to know if what I perceive as red is exactly what you perceive as red. Perhaps you see red as green, but you call green red because that is the name you were taught for it. Perhaps this is why some people are fashion-blind.