Some very few, (only women), are able to see not only the normal colors, using red-blue-green cones, but an "additional" color cone is in their eyes. This enables them to see different shades of green. To most of us, two colors of green would be identical, but to them, the two would appear very different. Maybe you are one of those "4 color" people.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lauren Walker Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 6:03 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: color names [Waaaaay OT] On Jan 28, 2007, at 8:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 1/28/2007 7:06:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Usually, it's not even one of those wishy-washy turquoise or aqua > colors, > but we both see them differently. Neither of us is color blind, > either. > > As for color vision itself, I've read that humans are able to > distinguish > more finely between shades of green than for any other color. The > reason > postulated was that as evolving herbivores/gatherers recognizing > shades of > green was more important for survival than other colors. > Individuals with > finely developed green discrimination presumably ate better. > I wonder if that's why shades of green seem to clash more than any other? Two blues that don't match can often look okay together; but the greens drive me crazy, because so many look terrible side-by- side. Is it just because we can see more fine variations? Lauren _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
