Do people see colors diffrently?

Question

What if my red was your blue? Whenever you saw blue you saw my red but we both called it blue. We would never his because we can't see through eachothers eyes. So if we saw through eachothers eyes, would it be the same?

Answer 1

We will probably never know whether everyone's perception of a colour is the same.

However, it is possible to verify that most people recognise a colour in the same way. For example, you could provide 10 people with a set of coloured cards and ask them to pick out the red one... this could then be refined down to the darkest red, brightest red, etc and most people would make the same choices.

What it all comes down to is a particular wavelength of light triggering a particular nerve to fire an electrical impulse which is then interpreted (by the firing of more nerve cells in the brain) as a colour. What we are actually "seeing" is a series of electrical impulses in the brain which our brain calls a colour. We learn from experience what name to put to particular patterns of nerve impulses, such as red, blue, green etc.

Answer 2

I think since colour is based on light variations people may see different densities of the same shade so some may see blue and someone else sees green, or yellow and orange but I don't think it would be as drastic as red and blue.

BUT.... like you said we don't see through each other's eyes so we really may never know. I've heard that some people who are colour bling are usually not literally colur blind but cannot diffrenciate between red and green but they can see other colours so WE REALLY WILL NEVER KNOW FOR SURE

Answer 3

It seems that seeing through its other's eyes we would all have the same point of view but it would very boring.
In our world I see red, you see pink, another one sees orange and someone else really sees blue. The way we see things and situations depends on our personalities, experiences, education and maybe even gens. This is why everyone is unique and this is why life is interesting

Answer 4

Yes, people see colors differently. However it isnt as extreme as your red & blue example. Many of us will see variations of shades. Then there are a lot of people that are blind to 1 or more colors and/or shades.

Answer 5

I would think it would be different, because we all have favorite colors that are different from each other. Some like red, some blue, in different shades.

Answer 6

There is no way of knowing for sure. But colors are based on the wavelengths of light, so we can be fairly sure that we are really seeing the same color. And those that are color blind obviously have problems with some colors and not with others. That also reinforces the consistency idea.

Answer 7

" colored people create violence"??? the place did that come from, grew to become into Hitler a coloured individual? the end results of freedom they are given ?? Why grew to become into their freedom ever taken away interior the 1st place? i assume you're asking approximately non white people? i grew to become into going to 'rant' on somewhat greater right here, yet its no longer a question that rather merits any severe answer!

Answer 8

Unofortunately, i do, especially confusing are the reds-browns, and blues-purples.....its called color blindness.

Answer 9

That's a good question and one I have asked for years. It's a difficult question to put into words, isn't it? But I know exactly what you are saying.....and my answer would be, we could never know the truth about this. How could it ever be proven?

Answer 10

there's only two reasons why people see colors differently..1... their colorblind..No. 2 they actually don't know the color...I see aqua green..you see Green..