Guest guest Posted December 24, 2003 Report Share Posted December 24, 2003 I was wandering Slashdot.org this evening and ran across a discussion about this page: http://nfg.2y.net/games/ntsc/visual.shtm According to it, humans (NTs) have weak sight when it comes to blue in comparison to red or green, and quite a few visual comparisons are offered. People in the discussion mentioned that they could see drastic changes between altered green images, moderate changes for altered red images, but almost no change at all for the altered blue. Strangely enough, my ability to detect the changes in the " blue " images (or images where blue was altered) was almost as good as for the other two colors, and I could see moderate-to-drastic changes in *all* of the pictures. Does anybody get a similar result? I'm curious now if this is an autism-related sensory trait like my light/motion sensitivity, or if it's just something bizarre about my color detection. (I've known for a while that I seem to identify parts of the blue-mixed range differently from others, but this is the first I've ever had evidence that I perhaps wasn't just mis-identifying colors.) DeGraf ~*~ blog: http://sonic.net/mustang/moggy " An autistic person is no more a 'broken' person then an HDTV is a 'broken' TV. " -- Kaiden Fox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2003 Report Share Posted December 31, 2003 DeGraf <moggy@s...> wrote: > According to it, humans (NTs) > have weak sight when it comes > to blue in comparison to red or > green, and quite a few visual > comparisons are offered. When I read this last week, for a few seconds I felt quite hurt and saddened at the remark. I thought to myself `but I'm human, even though I may not be NT'. I quickly realised that I misunderstood it and I had a good chuckle with myself. I also found this temporary reaction quite fascinating. (It seems that in this instance my visual perception is NT (ie human)) This also reminded me of my own visual colour sensations. I first remember seeing different colour rectangles some years ago on a board. They had a strange effect on my sight, so I asked a friend (I assume he must have been NT) what effect he could see. He denied seeing anything noteworthy, which surprised me. I experimented to see if I could duplicate that effect: http://fp.salaam.f9.co.uk/anaseyes.htm To me, the red floats over the blue. This *work of art ©* (only joking) makes me feel quite dizzy, when sitting close or standing at a distance. Most of it looks like 3d floating objects. The blue and red seem to move a bit with the movement of my eyes. I just wondered if this was normal or not. My wife is away for a week so I haven't got any other subjects to test it on. Anas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Message: 9 Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:08:29 -0000 Subject: Re: Sensing Colors DeGraf <moggy@s...> wrote: > According to it, humans (NTs) > have weak sight when it comes > to blue in comparison to red or > green, and quite a few visual > comparisons are offered. When I read this last week, for a few seconds I felt quite hurt and saddened at the remark. I thought to myself `but I'm human, even though I may not be NT'. I quickly realised that I misunderstood it and I had a good chuckle with myself. I also found this temporary reaction quite fascinating. (It seems that in this instance my visual perception is NT (ie human)) This also reminded me of my own visual colour sensations. I first remember seeing different colour rectangles some years ago on a board. They had a strange effect on my sight, so I asked a friend (I assume he must have been NT) what effect he could see. He denied seeing anything noteworthy, which surprised me. I experimented to see if I could duplicate that effect: http://fp.salaam.f9.co.uk/anaseyes.htm To me, the red floats over the blue. This *work of art ©* (only joking) makes me feel quite dizzy, when sitting close or standing at a distance. Most of it looks like 3d floating objects. The blue and red seem to move a bit with the movement of my eyes. I just wondered if this was normal or not. My wife is away for a week so I haven't got any other subjects to test it on. eeeek!! that should have had a health hazard warning. ghastly to see, even for a second. dunno if nausea from colour mix or confusion or the blend of the two. __________________________________________________________________ New! Unlimited Access from the Netscape Internet Service. Beta test the new Netscape Internet Service for only $1.00 per month until 3/1/04. Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Act now to get a personalized email address! Netscape. Just the Net You Need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 > > According to it, humans (NTs) > > have weak sight when it comes > > to blue in comparison to red or > > green, and quite a few visual > > comparisons are offered. > > When I read this last week, for a few seconds I felt quite hurt and > saddened at the remark. I thought to myself `but I'm human, even > though I may not be NT'. > I'm not. :-) (hey! wait a minute...) * * * : " You're all individuals! " Crowd, chants in unison: " Yes, we're all individuals! " Man, timidly speaks up, alone: " uh...I'm not. " ( " Life Of " ) * * * Okay, that wasn't so relevant, after all. You were saying?... > > I quickly realised that I misunderstood it and I had a good chuckle > with myself. I also found this temporary reaction quite fascinating. > (It seems that in this instance my visual perception is NT (ie human)) > > This also reminded me of my own visual colour sensations. I first > remember seeing different colour rectangles some years ago on a board. > They had a strange effect on my sight, so I asked a friend (I assume > he must have been NT) what effect he could see. He denied seeing > anything noteworthy, which surprised me. > > I experimented to see if I could duplicate that effect: > > http://fp.salaam.f9.co.uk/anaseyes.htm > > To me, the red floats over the blue. This *work of art ©* (only > joking) makes me feel quite dizzy, when sitting close or standing at a > distance. Most of it looks like 3d floating objects. The blue and red > seem to move a bit with the movement of my eyes. > I just wondered if this was normal or not. My wife is away for a week > so I haven't got any other subjects to test it on. > > eeeek!! > that should have had a health hazard warning. ghastly to see, even for a second. dunno if nausea from colour mix or confusion or the blend of the two. > That confounding effect of primary red and blue (and certain other color combinations as well) is very common on or off the spectrum. It is well recognized as a " no-no " in website design, though not well enough recognized, by my standards. I once did a search for a particular document I needed for school, and the only copy available online was done in bright primary blue on a blinding primary red background! Horrible! Instant headache! That's when I learned (quite against my will, given the time constraints I was facing at the time) how to extract text from a web page and put it into a readable form. Now, when I retrieve a document from an online source, if it's important to me, I rarely save it in its original form. Customize. Optimize. Personalize. Nothing is sacred! (Except giving proper credit, that is.) :-) --DKM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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