Is what I see as red, the same as what others see as red?

Question

have you ever wondered if what you know as one color is completely different to another person? ex: what i see as red you see as my blue, but you call it red
-this isn't about colorblindness

Answer 1

Yes! I have totally thought about that! Even if we tried using words to describe what we see to find out if it is the same or different than others, the words "dark" or "light" or "bright" would be obsolete as well in trying to describe it! What IS dark? That has be learned as well!

That is so funny that you asked that, because I think about it often! :o)

Answer 2

No, there are conventions. All words are.
What I think is that without being necessarily colourblind, some people see more or less nuances than average.
It happens with mixed colours.
My sister sees difference in shade of white, I don't.
Otherwise, one of my friend will say of something it is more of a shade of dark green, I will see more a colour of eggplant.
I think we are both right as the two colours have been mixed.
And compare to artificial light, when you go outside, the colours look different too!

Answer 3

I'm sure it's different among some people (and scientists have names for such people), but it's fairly similar to most people, since majority of 'normal' people have receptors that have similar shapes and sensitivity. This means the information would be received by the brains in similar ways. The shades may vary somewhat from person to person, but I doubt it'd be vastly different among the majority of the population.

Answer 4

most ppl see the sam colors just possibly a different shade
colorblindlness only means u cant ell the difference between 2 colors so u see grey instead

Answer 5

Not necessarilary. When I see a glass it may not be the same that you see. we all have our own perception of things. What we see, think hear and experience! We are all different. Yet we are the same.

Answer 6

I think people see the same colors, maybe just different shades

Answer 7

yes, it is the same because people can all agree when something is red. if you're asking about whether if you looked through their eyes, would it still be your red, then yes, assuming no biological abnormalities, because human eyes all work the same way, interpreting the same waves as the same hues.

Answer 8

Probably not. But what you interprete as red is the same as what others interprete as red.

Answer 9

Some people just see things diffrently.And it could be where they are and the position of the sun!I hope this helped!!