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Humans took pictures and watched movies and TV in black and white without any issue. High def colour is nice but not a must have to communicate.

TomK32 4y ago
You can go further back to the art created by our ancestors: cave paintings, carved stone figurines and cubism can all be understood by modern humans who are 99% of their time confronted with a high resolution environment.
pimlottc 4y ago
They did, but not without a lot of tricks to compensate for the uneven color sensitivity of early black and white film. Standard makeup didn’t look right on film so they adopted some very extreme styles just so things would look “normal” on screen [0]. The point is, there’s no “objective” version of black and white, or full-color, or full-color-except-for-ultraviolent. They’re all tuned for our specific visual perception and may look bizarre past the point of recognition for other species. 0: https://cosmeticsandskin.com/aba/max-and-the-tube.php https://cosmeticsandskin.com/aba/max-and-the-tube.php
- conductr 4y ago
  Looking bizarre is still ok in this context though. The birds are socially starved captives and just seeing the shape of another bird, along with the sounds, is likely highly stimulating. I’m thinking of when my phone is in high contrast mode, it looks bizarre but it’s still totally usable for all purposes. If it was the only mode, FaceTime would still be usable to paint a general picture of what you looked like even though we have never met.
- marci 4y ago
  This reminds me of how game designers in the 80/90's took the screen into consideration for their pixel art, and why old games don't look as good on modern screens https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/167804/did-retro-pixel-artists-design-with-crts-in-mind https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/167804/did-retro...
- Cthulhu_ 4y ago
  I've seen some color behind-the-scenes photos for b&w films, that was really interesting to see; Can't find a link now though. But also, Alice in Wonderland must've been as big an experience as people's first 3D films were (it starts in black & white but transitions to color, one of the earliest color films)
m463 4y ago
other humans used red-blue glasses to watch 3d movies. If you've ever tried this, after a while your eyes sort of adapt the red and green out of each eye and you stop seeing the wildly contrasting colors.

TomK32 4y ago

You can go further back to the art created by our ancestors: cave paintings, carved stone figurines and cubism can all be understood by modern humans who are 99% of their time confronted with a high resolution environment.

pimlottc 4y ago

They did, but not without a lot of tricks to compensate for the uneven color sensitivity of early black and white film. Standard makeup didn’t look right on film so they adopted some very extreme styles just so things would look “normal” on screen [0]. The point is, there’s no “objective” version of black and white, or full-color, or full-color-except-for-ultraviolent. They’re all tuned for our specific visual perception and may look bizarre past the point of recognition for other species. 0: https://cosmeticsandskin.com/aba/max-and-the-tube.php https://cosmeticsandskin.com/aba/max-and-the-tube.php

conductr 4y ago
Looking bizarre is still ok in this context though. The birds are socially starved captives and just seeing the shape of another bird, along with the sounds, is likely highly stimulating. I’m thinking of when my phone is in high contrast mode, it looks bizarre but it’s still totally usable for all purposes. If it was the only mode, FaceTime would still be usable to paint a general picture of what you looked like even though we have never met.
marci 4y ago
This reminds me of how game designers in the 80/90's took the screen into consideration for their pixel art, and why old games don't look as good on modern screens https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/167804/did-retro-pixel-artists-design-with-crts-in-mind https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/167804/did-retro...
Cthulhu_ 4y ago
I've seen some color behind-the-scenes photos for b&w films, that was really interesting to see; Can't find a link now though. But also, Alice in Wonderland must've been as big an experience as people's first 3D films were (it starts in black & white but transitions to color, one of the earliest color films)

m463 4y ago

other humans used red-blue glasses to watch 3d movies. If you've ever tried this, after a while your eyes sort of adapt the red and green out of each eye and you stop seeing the wildly contrasting colors.