Different color spectrum theory.

Switch Kicker · Post by **Switch Kicker** » 09 May 2006 05:43

I've had this idea since... well, a long ass time. lol Didn't think about sharing it here though untill just now.

What if... we all had different veiws of the color spectrum.

For instance. An apple is red right? But... what if our reds are different. Say the red that YOU see, is the same color as the GREEN I see... Get it? Say I had your vision, and you had my vision, but I still had my ideas on what red and green look like. What if by looking at something red, and then switching to your vision, it changes to green. Would that not just be so weird? That'd be crazy.

I'm just rambling, lol.

Peace,
Fred.

Anz · Post by **Anz** » 09 May 2006 06:06

Dude I was thinking that too

-- like 5 years ago

I talked about it with a friend, but he said that it sounds stupid and it's impossible, but I can't see a reason, why it couldn't be possible.

[off-topic] btw - you're an imperialist, aren't you? I mean, according to that signature.
I'm a rationalist and I say that a falling tree makes a sound even if there's nobody to hear it

Iain · Post by **Iain** » 09 May 2006 06:31

no.

that's not how sight works

Anz · Post by **Anz** » 09 May 2006 06:44

It's not about sight, it's about how the brains deal the information.

Colin · Post by **Colin** » 09 May 2006 08:20

This actually does happen, but nothing so radical as 'my red is your green'. My own two eyes pick have always been in slight disagreement - not so much that I can notice when they're both open, but switching back and forth it gets really obvious, especially with pastel colors and lighter skin tones.

Iron Clad Ben · Post by **Iron Clad Ben** » 09 May 2006 08:42

It's definitely possible. The human experience is entirely subjective.

You'd like NLP.

Zeb Jackson · Post by **Zeb Jackson** » 09 May 2006 08:57

dude i totally thought about the same things! its impossible to ever figure that out though

Drew360 · Post by **Drew360** » 09 May 2006 10:38

i have thought about that before... like two people looking at the same red apple but one person sees a different color than the other but it is still red to both of them because that is what they have learned since they were kids...

CRAZY....

Switch Kicker · Post by **Switch Kicker** » 09 May 2006 10:59

Iain wrote:no.

that's not how sight works

Ignorance anyone?

Btw, Anz, can you explain why you think there is a sound whena tree falls? I can explain why there isn't a sound.

Peace,
Fred.

james_dean · Post by **james_dean** » 09 May 2006 18:09

I have thought about this before too.

Also it depends how you define 'sound'. certainly a tree falling in the woods would make vibrations in the air. When does it become a sound? Is it always a sound or does it only become that when your ears pick it up and you interpret it as a sound? It's all semantics, really, and doesn't make a difference either way. I hope I used 'semantics' in the right way there.

Drew360 · Post by **Drew360** » 09 May 2006 19:29

deep freakin deep lol.... i think since you brought up the vibrations being present then sound would also be present... basically your ears pick up on those vibrations... so you could even classify vibrations as sound... even if i wasn't there the same things would be happening as if i was there, my ears just wouldn't be present to pick up on the vibrations/sounds...

BUT in theory if no-one was there to pick up on the sound then a sound never happened.. to anyones knowlege that is...

retsamaksrepus · Post by **retsamaksrepus** » 09 May 2006 20:25

Yeah, this whole perception thing can be transfered to anything. Sounds and one thing I've always thought about is physical pain. Some people complain about pain all the time, others don't. I almost never complain about pain, even though I'm almost always feeling some kind of pain for no reason. (and quite often for a reason

) I've always though it would be interesting if I could put my exact pain on someone else and see their reaction.

Drew360 · Post by **Drew360** » 09 May 2006 20:38

or you could transfer into someone elses body and experience their pain, vision and hearing... it would probably be a totally different world.

hacksterbator · Post by **hacksterbator** » 13 May 2006 21:01

haha, wow, i posted that idea in the random thoughts thread way back in the day... funny that so many people think about that.... i wonder if it's true...

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 14 May 2006 11:32

In one of my art history courses we had a scientist speaker come in to talk about this exact subject. Colour ranges are VAST. I believe the "red" spectrum is even larger than that of "blue", but human eyes are not sensative enough to pick up the differences in the reds, whereas we can with the blues. Other animals see in different colour ranges, as I'm sure most people know; I think it's the bee that that can differentiate between all the variations of the colour red. We all see different colours. I think the difference is very slight for humans because we generally have the same reception of light and perception of colour, but with other animals there would be more of a difference. So if I dog could talk and was looking at the same thing as you it could be seeing a different colour that we are incapable of differentiating (a HUGE variety of reds will look like one red to the human eye), but by communicating with the dog you wouldn't know it, because you would both just say that it is red. This is how it is between humans, but the differences in the colours we see isn't as severe as between species.

Seath · Post by **Seath** » 14 May 2006 14:49

I have a colour deficiency. I don't see as broad a spectrum of colours as the standard human eye. I pick up on a lot less blues and greens than most of you do, so yes, sometimes my "greens" are your yellows.

hehe greens.

Jdigges · Post by **Jdigges** » 14 May 2006 15:19

i just thought about this the other day while i was driving. hehe greens