Do different colors appear differently to different people?

Question

This has been bugging me for years now. I'm not sure if there's any way to successfully answer this question, but it's interesting to think about.

Answer 1

"Color blind" people have demonstrated seeing color's different than others. Some animals have a wider color range than us, while other animals have less of a variety of colors.

However, I have PHILOSOPHIZED that we cannot definitively prove that we see the same color. When we learn color’s we might say “Blue Bird” but if our color vision remains constant in life, this does not mean that you and I see “Blue” in the same way, but rather we have both labeled “Blue” with an object. So, you might see "Red" and I see "Blue" and both lable the blue bird as blue.

Answer 2

I've always wondered that too. My green might actually be red, and how would I know? If you think about it, people have very different ways of perceiving the same thing. Some people's brains even invert or turn upside down letters and numbers. Who is to say that someone doesn't see what we would call purple when shown the color we would call yellow? I suppose it doesn't actually matter, since we all agree on labels. We all call the sky blue and the grass green, so even if someone's idea of green is actually what the rest of us know as orange, I guess it doesn't really make a big difference.

Answer 3

Some people actually don't see the same colors, or even they mix them up. This is a medical condition known as "color blind" was discovered by a british Doctor name Jhon Dalton.

It's said also that women tend to better identify colors than men.

Answer 4

To some. I had a bus driver who saw the world in an odd color schematic.

Anyway, since everyone's eyes are different, it would be illogical to say that everyone sees the colors exactly the same. Unfortunatly, this cannot be tested.

Answer 5

This is one of those questions I keep asking myself, but I think there is no way to prove it. We all know that apples are red, but maybe some people see red as blue to others, and green to others. There is certainly a small difference in how we see colors (you see orange, I see orange with a hint of yellow kind of thing) but I haven't been able to think of a way to test.

Answer 6

I think everyone sees the same colors. But, I think that the feeling that you get from the color is different.

Answer 7

Now thats different! My guess is most of us see colors in the same hue otherwise Crayola would be fuked.

Answer 8

No. Everyone's visual system is wired the same. Of course there's no way to "prove" this, but it makes sense.