Both my eyes see in different tones of color.. sort of like different white balances. What's up with that?

Question

In one eye, it seems like everything is in a warmer tone. In the other things seem cooler.

Answer 1

This is true for me as well. I first noticed it when I was about 6 years old, it becomes very apparent if I wear something that obscures a portion of vision shared by both eyes, like a mask.

I do seem to have greater sensitivity to color shifts than other people though. So it appears to be beneficial, if anything.

Answer 2

dude me to ! same thing as that guy above me . one redder and one bluer ! i dont know why though

Answer 3

I have the same thing. Like, one sees things bluer and one sees redder. I don't think it is anything to worry about if it is only slight like mine, but if it is very noticeable, professional help would be the best option.

Answer 4

You should see an ophthalmologist about this.  It's not normal to see different hues of color in each eye.

Answer 5

does that happen after you put lenses of 2 different colours infront of your eyes and then remove it and compare?

Or do you wear contact lenses?

Or do you wear glasses which are tinted and when you remove your glasses you notice this change?

If yes then its quite normal.

TRY THIS ONCE:

take an empty olive oil bottle. I hope its green coloured in your country too. or if you dont find any, just take any gree coloured glass bottle which is transparent enough so that you can see through it.

Now close your Left eye and then try to see things around you with your right eye, through that green bottle, e.g. your room, the walls, your notebooks, your window etc.

Then remove the bottle from infront of your eye and try to compare the hues in two eyes by alternately opening and closing each eye.

What you will notice :

You will notice that your right eye will have a view which will have a red hue. and the other eye will see slightly green

WHY?

Our retina secretes 3 major colour pigments. If our eyes see red then the area where green object is focused, produces red pigment (e.g. as in a negative of a photograph), and then the object is removed from infront of the eye we have after-image which is the projection of the area where the red pigments are produced and thus on a white background we see a red after image of a green object