Do you think colors look the same to all people?

Question

im sure many of you have thought of this before. there is really no way of determining whether what i know as red looks the same to you. it is quite possible everyone sees in different shades. opinions?

Answer 1

Clearly everyone sees things differently:  just look at people who are colour-blind in one form or another.  There's really no way of knowing what red actually IS to a certain person, or how similar our perceptions of red are.

Answer 2

i took optics and obviously brightness is affected by vision (more light, etc) and some ppl can't see certain colors due to genetics but other than that u are quite right, my definition of red could be different from yours...i wonder if science has come up with ways of proving this theory yet.

of course, it's all about our biological make up and the physical behavior of light so if there was something different from one person to the next, we would be able to tell im guessing

still u can never be 2 sure..great question btw!

Answer 3

Actually, there is a way to tell.  Color blindness tests, if you have ever taken them, use shades of similar colors to test for degrees of color blindness.  The whole principal behind them is that there are certain shades of red, green, and blue that people see the same way, unless they are somewhat color blind.

What this proves is that since most all of us can see the "hidden" characters in all of the tests, we do pretty much see the same shades of colors.  What it also proves is that 1 in 10 people have some sort of color blindness and do, in fact, see in different shades than the rest of us.

Answer 4

i know what you mean between me and my wife we look at the same thing and sometimes see a different color/shade of a color

Answer 5

pshh.. no =.=

how do u discribe red?

"HOT AND FIERY"

same for everyone

and complmentary colours.. you leaned about that?

like green and red. u put them together and red stands out more .  

Answer 6

Yes. All humans are part of the same species with the same type of eyes, meaning we all perceive light in the same manner (not including the color-blind). For more information you can read up on color http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color . It is a pretty interesting in-depth article that is likely to answer many of your questions about how the human eyes and brain process light and colors.  

Answer 7

omgg i think about that alot

i thought i was the only one.

i wish there was a sure way to know.

Answer 8

Good question!

I thought about this many times.

I am red/green color blind.

I still see both colors I just get certain shades mixed up or something.

I wonder if my blue could be green to someone else or what red looks like to other people.

Answer 9

Very interesting.

Answer 10

We would have to go to eye doctor to find out.

Answer 11

I like this question also - lol. When I was young, I used to wonder about it from time-to-time. After going to college, and taking alot of Physics courses, I understand the answer. The human eye has "color receptors" in it that send information, through nerves, to the brain. It is all rather invloved, but the end result is, our body parts are all very similar. We all perceive the color green, for example, very nearly the same as anyone else. Some people do have color blindness, but that is because they have flaws in their eyes that act to filter out certain light wavelengths. That does not alter the colors they do see correctly. It merely makes it difficult to discern between two color values. After all that schooling, I must admit I was disappointed in the answer, myself. It would have been more fun to think of others seeing green as red, for example. It was more fun, when I pondered the question, in the first place. Sometimes, knowing the answer is not as much fun as letting our imagination ramble a bit.

Answer 12

Hey! What an interesting question... Something that you can't really answer. I would think it's a TINY difference between most people, I am thinking about colour blindness right now too, so...

Answer 13

Yes people do see different colours and my proof is, some people are colour blind.

Answer 14

I love this question, it's so...trippy? I really don't have an answer. But one thing you have to think of is that, if you believe the answer is yes, do you think when we close our eyes my black is your green? Great question, although I don't think you'll find one "correct" episode.

Answer 15

No sir...just like everything else, it is all in the eyes of the beholder.

Answer 16

I heard from a doctor that a women see the tomato differently from a men POV. Im still not sure about that. Some people are more color blind than others though.

Answer 17

ya i think so...some people are more color blind then others

Answer 18

no

Answer 19

What you call red and I call red can be objectively measured to be around 600nm wavelength.  Whether the subjective mind experience is the same, does it even matter?  We're both talking about the same thing, 600nm light.  'Red' is just a description of 600nm light hitting our light-detectors.

Answer 20

LOL WHO THINKS OF DAT

Answer 21

thats what i allways think of.

i wish i  could see out of somebodys eles eyes for a day.

im sure everything would look diffrent, colors, shapes, ect.

Answer 22

Well, different cells in our eyes are attuned to particular wavelengths of light, and the information they transmit is interpreted as color by the brain in the same way in all humans, so It's probably true for a large portion of the population. For example, people generally agree on certain color combinations clashing or matching well.

Answer 23

of course, not... everyone has different cup of teas. i may like blue but you may not. colors are always subjective.

Answer 24

yes sometimes clothes that look like black are not black they look like the darkest blue.

Answer 25

Rods and cones are receptor of eyes and can interpreted color differently. Every human being have different intensity.