I've always had this question, but had never asked it to anyone, because I know that no one could answer it.
Let's say that I look at my yellow sweater (at least it looks yellow... then again what is yellow?) and I recognize it for its "yellowness", and it's bright and new.
I've always wondered, do other people (let's say that they're not color blind) see the same thing that I am seeing?
If you say yes, then how do you know? Maybe their yellow is your "purple", or "green", but they have been recognizing it as "yellow" since the first time they laid their eye at a "yellow" crayon when they were children, and then they were taught the word "yellow" by their parents (or people surrounding them).
I'm not saying that everyone in the world has a completely different way of viewing colors, some may be the same or similar to each other. My theory is that in this world, everyone has the same exact favorite color. For example, my favorite color is blue, and my friend's favorite color is green; and I theorize that he and I look at the favorite color, but see the exact same thing. This isn't just with my friend. I think that whatever your true favorite color (whatever color appeals to you the most) looks the same to you as it does to me or my friend.
Now this may seem a far fetched idea at first, but there is no way for you or me to know, but I've always thought about it, and it may explain some things about people. To why some people behave and act, or to why some people are violent or not.
Whatever there is in my head or yours works, and that is mainly due to how our brains are "wired".
If a study is done towards this idea, and if a discovery is made, it could be a revolution in the neurology science, and who knows, it could explain a lot of things about why the world is the way it is right now.
Let my theory sink in a little bit, and then let me know your feeling toward it is.
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I've done a blog entry on this before! You're not the only one who's wondered this, as I found out when I did a similar entry.
Sometimes I think about it randomly. It's strange to wonder if those green trees and grass look purple to somebody else.
I suppose that you're right, like I've mentioned before, I haven't talked about this subject to a soul before making this blog, and no one has every talked to me about this subject neither.
I just feel weird talking about it, because it makes me sound weird or too "philosophical."
On the other hand, it's cool that someone else thought of this. I had no doubt that thousands of people besides me have thought about it, though I don't think anything scientifically has been done about it and I think that it would be a very interesting subject in science, not just psych science.
YOUR BLOG IS PRETTY FUNNY BUT I THINK THAT EVERYONE THAT HAS BEEN TO ELEMENTRY SCHOOL HAS BEEN TAUGHT THEIR COLORS. BUT MY QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE YELLOW. OF COURSE THEIR ARE DIFFERENT TEXTURES TO IT BUT WHAT REALLY MAKES YELLOW YELLOW. I THINK YOUR ON TO SOMETHING BIG MAN. THINK ABOUT IT.
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Your post tries very hard to confuse me lol.
I like your ending question, because it would have tied up very nicely to my blog ending.
Though thank you for thinking that it was funny, even though it wasn't my intention to be funny, I still like being humorous.
Please do not type in all caps. It is like yelling online. Which is rather rude.
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I was going to say that, but didn't want to be rude. Thanks for pointing that out, because that was another thing that confused me about the reply the person made.
It is an interesting discussion. We do in fact all process color differently in our brain so although we do see a similar yellow (as we use the same color spectrum), my yellow is probably slightly different than yours.
My sister and I talk about that all the time.
it's okay. I have a black gay friend.
Like kiota was saying, your yellow could be slightly different than mine but they are the same color. I can know this because I can hold, lets say, a blue crayon and a yellow crayon. I could hold the two crayons up to another person. Now, if I were inclined to believe that the blue crayon was actually yellow, I could say the person I was with is wrong and that blue is actually yellow.
However, should I hold them up in front of ten people, and all of them called me out saying that the yellow was yellow and the blue was blue, then that would settle which color was which.
But she's not talking about what we call the different colors. If someone holds up an orange sign, anyone who's learned the colors will call it orange. You learn from a young age that this color is blue and that color is red. That's not the debate.
What she's talking about is the perception of the color. Do we really see the same color, even though we both call it orange?
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Sorry, but that is totally different than what I meant.
I am saying that everyone in the world sees a different color when looking at yellow, one that is internationally known to being called "yellow" and every translation of the word "yellow" (Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, etc), though how do you know what I am looking at? Maybe I view it as the color blue, but call it “:yellow”, and you view your “yellow” as how I view the color black, and your mother views it as the color red and calls it "yellow", but your father could view it as a color I have never viewed before, but it is normal for him to call it yellow since that color he sees is always the same to him when he looks at a yellow object.
So, I'm not sure where you misunderstood me, but your "experiment" of grabbing 10 people means nothing towards proving my theory wrong or any goal similar to that.
But if you have already understood that previous to your comment, then can you explain your reasoning more thoroughly?
No, I see where your coming from. Like our eyes percieve a differnt pigment than what someone elses eyes see. I think that art would be differnt though. Maybe not but I guess we'll never know, thhat does clear it up though thank you.
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