Find solution
Do we all see different colors?

What if we all call the colors the same name but we see different things? (Read description.)

  • Like, we all call blue blue but to someone else it might look like pink eventhough they call it blue and blue would look pink to them? or what if we think the colors are the same but with different names? Like pink may not be the same color to everyone? Like, if we all call colors the same name but in reality we see them different and we've been conditioned to call colors by their names but it's a different color for everyone?

  • Answer:

    Somebody posed that to me years ago and it is fascinating. With technology that has discovered that dogs see in black and white and how many other creatures use their sight and how they see things,I am going to look (pardon the pun) into it again. Maybe I can convince my neighbor to repaint his house again. I hope the theory proves true, then I'll know he didn't do it to piss the rest of us off.Crayola hasn't come up with this one..yet. Well , Here's looking at ya !

LayzieJiujitsu at Ask.com old Visit the source

Was this solution helpful to you?

Other answers

mother of god.... #mind blown

arielle

Believe it or not, but all your "what ifs" are true! For one example, color blindness has many forms, and one form has colors being randomly switched by the brain. Normal perception of color involves both the eye and the brain, and each can affect the other and alter perception of the exact same color by different individuals. Scientist named Duncker also showed that if you cut out a leaf shape and a donkey shape from the same sheet of green paper, most people will insist that the leaf shape is much "greener".

chouetteraccoon

I Know What You Are Saying As If The Colors Are Not What They Really Are Because Some People See Them Differently.

Drain98

I've wondered this as well! We might all be conditioned to say 'blue' when we see the colour of a clear sunny sky. Good question.

TieGuy

Then we all have the colors mixed up? Colors don't matter. If our world was all gray what difference would that have on the violence in the middle east?

fuzymunky01

Wow!!! I only WISH I had as much time to think as you do! I'm quite sure the colors are named as such because humans need description and connection. Amazing how language does that. Sooooo your name isn't really ?????? It is "Toaster"? Right?

booDAZE

I have wondered the same thing. But how could we know if we were doing it? Would that explain why some people wear such ugly (to us) colors?

claire7752

It would probably make no difference at all.

Truthisobvious

Related Q & A:

Just Added Q & A:

Find solution

For every problem there is a solution! Proved by Solucija.

  • Got an issue and looking for advice?

  • Ask Solucija to search every corner of the Web for help.

  • Get workable solutions and helpful tips in a moment.

Just ask Solucija about an issue you face and immediately get a list of ready solutions, answers and tips from other Internet users. We always provide the most suitable and complete answer to your question at the top, along with a few good alternatives below.