Interesting Random Fact: The human eye can distinguish about 10 million different colors, but we can only name a few hundred. #VisionScience#ColorPerception
Storing #color info without language? @yanchaobi &co show that "memory color" shares neural representations with #ColorPerception in #macaques, so humans' sensory-derived knowledge representation is conserved in species without language #PLOSBiology
A person observes how some individuals classify pale skin tones as brown, arguing that despite variations in lightness, these tones are still considered white, and that such classifications are flawed. #colorperception#skintones
"Did you know that languages can acquire new color concepts? A study by MIT found that people of a remote Amazonian society who learned Spanish as a second language began to interpret colors in a new way. #language#culture#colorperception@MITnews"
Contemplating Color.
Did you know?
Color-blind people may see traffic lights differently. Red might appear as black, green as white. A reminder to appreciate our colorful world! 🚥 #ColorPerception
Color me fascinated.
With ebbyting.
Prompt in Alt