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what the average eye sees from a given pigment (and light source) is not what Everybody sees; and we have a hard time discussing those fine gradations of percep
by h2odragon 5y ago
what the average eye sees from a given pigment (and light source) is not what Everybody sees; and we have a hard time discussing those fine gradations of perception.
My wife sees enough infrared to see hot air circulation in indoor light; it makes her art interesting because she literally sees the world in a different way than most others and can express some of that in a way that we can see... it looks trippy, mostly :)
- Gehhitio 5y agoCan you go into more detail? Infrared should not be very prominent even if you could see it. It might be a slightly red tone I would argue. Hot air doesn't radiate much energy. You don't mean by any chance the fliring effect when warm air leaves a window?
- h2odragon 5y agoShe describes the diffraction of light when hot air moves; but that light isnt visible to most and its not a color she can describe well. "Sees infrared" may not be accurate, but its the best guess we've got. Her colors are shifted and slightly wider gamut than others too, as far as we can tell. She sees some of the "UV flower patterns" but not as a stark contrast, just more pattern and depth in a flower petal than I (or a camera) can see. We have a big propane fired ceramic element heater; it lights the room for her more than it does for me. She can see the air dancing over it clearly by its own light, i have to smoke near it and have a lamp to see the same thing.
- bodhi_mind 5y agoSounds like she sees the refraction of light through the different densities of air, aka a mirage. Artists are usually more perceptive of how light contributes to what we see.