3 ms·
The "fuzzy clouds" argument is both true and important. But there also are some basic truths about human vision. We only see three "simplified" different colo
by BurningFrog 3y ago
The "fuzzy clouds" argument is both true and important.
But there also are some basic truths about human vision.
We only see three "simplified" different colors, red, blue and green, and other nuances are interpolations our brains make. There is infinitely more frequency information in light that we just don't pick up.
So I would expect that the primary colors red/blue/green, which are grounded in human physiology, were universally recognized across languages. To the extent they're not, that's confusing.
- Retric 3y agoThe color receptors in your eyes don’t actually correspond with red, blue, and green with the same wavelengths being able to trigger multiple receptors. On top of this your retina absorbs more blue light as you age. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cone_cell#/media/File:Cone-fundamentals-with-srgb-spectrum.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cone_cell#/media/File:Cone-fun... So, defining the separation between Red, Blue, and Green is really fairly arbitrary.