Is it true that .....?

Question

....depressed people see grey instead of colour? How is this possible?

Answer 1

It's not.
They see color just fine. Their subjective perception is that things don't seem as colorful. More of a metaphor.

Answer 2

It's an expression that's used for someone who is depressed. When people get depressed, our outlook on life is... grey. It doesn't mean that we actually see in only black and white, we still see in colour just fine, but our outlook on life is rather grey. There's also the saying about depressed people only seeing blue; which would be a "blue mood".

Answer 3

Unless they have some type of color blindness, even depressed people see in color. I think the seeing gray thing is more a mood type of description than anything else. The persons outlook in life. "Grey" meaning "bleak".

Answer 4

I don't think the expression was meant to be taken literally, but more likely as a metaphor about their state of mind.

Answer 5

its not true ts a saying it means that the people see it in a depressing way.

Answer 6

No, it is not true. It just means they do not think as clearly when they are depressed.

Answer 7

it aint true. trust me. im one of them depressed ppl. we see colour. where did you get that anyway? ha. i've never heard of that. ha. ♥

Answer 8

I don't think that statement was a literal one. Just a figure of speach.

Answer 9

im seeing grey......but i think i need to fix my monitor.....no wait....yep its the monitor

Answer 10

metaphorically, yes.