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I have often wondered why human colour vision is not evenly distributed across the spectrum of visible light. Daniell Dennett (I think?) had a good explanation
by codeulike 9y ago
I have often wondered why human colour vision is not evenly distributed across the spectrum of visible light.
Daniell Dennett (I think?) had a good explanation of this:
Q: Why is the sky blue?
A: Because leaves are green and berries are red
That is: our colour perception evolved in a particular environment and is optimised towards doing well in that environment by contrasting things that we care about (in that environment).