Colors

[TheGame]

well, it's impossible to see the world through another person's eyes... so, it's impossible to say we see it the same or different.

But blue for everybody is the same thing... I see blue, you see blue, so it's blue. Just like anything else we decipher with our eyes, I see a fat lady, you see a fat lady, does that mean my concept of what fat is may be reversed and what I see you would describe as skinny? No way to ever find out... but as long as we say it's the same thing, chances, it's the same thing

What it is, is what it is...

[Jonbo298]

The you see fat lady, so I see fat lady reminded me of the movie with Gwenyth Platrow as a fat person, but Jack Black see's her as a skinny person.

This brings up a similar subject, hypnotism. If X person was hypnotised so that whenever he saw something blue, he would be seeing it as say Red. But then again, we are fooling with the mind, so not all of us would be seeing Blue as Blue. But I'm starting to lose myself, so I'll just stop.

[GameKinG]

Well others could see it differently, but Its more likely the same to them unless they are color blind.

[nWoCHRISnWo]

But some colors look a lot closer to some than others. Like most people would agree blue and purple look a lot alike while orange and purple aren't even close. If people saw different colors though, and one person's "blue" is actually what most people see as brown then they wouldn't agree that "blue" looks like purple.

...Eh, who cares anyways.

[Mechadragon]

Very interesting. *suspiciously looks at everyone" YOUR PERCEPTION IS WRONG! HAH!

[Rndm_Perfection]

Originally Posted by nWoCHRISnWo

But some colors look a lot closer to some than others. Like most people would agree blue and purple look a lot alike while orange and purple aren't even close. If people saw different colors though, and one person's "blue" is actually what most people see as brown then they wouldn't agree that "blue" looks like purple.

...Eh, who cares anyways.

That's because they are close together on the spectrum.

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple

Let's use that as the spectrum for now..


Lessay what I recognize as orange, you would recognize as blue, were you to see through my eyes (however, through your eyes, you'd call it orange as well). Therefor, I see what you'd call yellow, yet I call it purple... (and so do you, Ginkasa!).


Is blue close to purple? Sure is... is Orange close to Yellow? Definately (though we may not be talking about the same colors, exactly).


This "theory" would also be based on the spectrum. Don't give it too much thought though, for it is impossible to prove incorrect without scientific tools.

[Xantar]

Ah yes. Very Buddhist. And actually it touches on some quantum theory stuff, too.

The mistake made by many people of all kinds (scientists, theists, nutcases etc.) is assuming that there is a single objective reality that we can all see the same way if only we'd just think right. As this thread has pointed out, there isn't. And in fact, the universe as we know it wouldn't exist if we weren't here. The act of observing something changes it.

Sound weird? Well, it's proven.