Hyper Spectral Perception

What is hyper spectral perception? It's a hypothetical form of vision, which is akin to perception of light beyond the limits of our own. Yet hyper spectral perception goes the other way. Seeing a larger spectrum is comparable to using a telescope. Yet you could also see more detail using a microscope. In a similar way, we could see more detail in colors, in other words, being able to see smaller scales of color. This can also be called "color resolution". So, what are the smallest units of color?
This is not about dynamic range. Seeing various shades of color can mean two things:
1) Seeing colors of various amount of light/dark, or...
2) Seeing colors of various frequencies
Now, the second is what I call hyper spectral perception. Unfortunately, although it is said that one person may see more or less shades as compared to another, chances are, that the person actually see colors that are not always different wavelengths, but ones that have different lightness or darkness values. After all, we only see a certain number of colors, that are only based off of the three primary colors.
Can anything obtain this ability?
Yes. If an animal can see a narrower range of color, or light, than we do, than if it's eyes adapt the same as ours did, yet without such an expansive spectrum, then their color perception over that range will, or at least can, be more specific than ours. They would have the ability to focus more on a small range, where as we can do better over a larger color spectrum. And ever since I've started exploring this subject, I have come to an intriguing realization. One in which color is probably composed in a manner akin to that of matter. For example, if atoms are the building blocks of matter, or if photons make up light, then what will we be able discover about light; what are the individual units of color? What are the "smallest intervals of wavelengths". What we need to keep in mind, however, is that color differs from light in a fundamental way. Even though they are essentially the same in many ways, color is actually a quality of light which is a result of the mind's interpretation. When we keep becoming more specific, this is what we will be able to discover. If we were able to discern between sources of light that were separated by mere nanometers , things could get much more interesting. And they might even have a difference of less than a nanometer, in terms of their colors!
So, this is basically describing various "dimensions" of vision. There is more to these things than you might think. And I did not really realize this until I started blogging about it. It's a fascinating idea. Just think about it; we could have hyper spectral perception, as well as having extra spectral perception, all at the same time. What would it be like if we had both of these abilities? Well, think about this analogy: Imagine if the smallest units of measurement you could possibly perceive with unaided eyesight were smaller than they are currently. Then imagine if you could turn your eyes to the skies, and resolve one planet from another, without having to rely on information beyond your senses, or vision, based purely on the surface features. And then let's take it a step further, by theorizing that some day, you are able to stare at the sun without aid, and see features on the surface. Now, after that, we could evolve to look away, go into a room where the light levels are no more than that of a full moon, and our vision could immediately adapt to seeing the room as if it were daylight. Now tell me, wouldn't that be something!? What do you think about the possibilities?
We may not currently have such abilities; however, who knows? Either we might obtain them over time, with training, or... another equally interesting possibility exists, the one being that there is extraterrestrial life out there, that has already obtained this ability.
And the logic that I've just proposed is similar to the logic that one could use regarding other senses. Take the sense of hearing as an example. It is said that one person can hear better than another, yet in what ways is that really true? The superiority of hearing can be divided up into at least two distinct parts in itself....
One being that someone can hear more types of sound than another, or.... it may not be so much about the types of sound, but instead, about the intensity of sounds. Or how about the sense of smell? For instance, let's say that there is a scent coming from somewhere. But because that "somewhere" is some 3 miles away, you can't smell it. And I can. Yet I don't have an additional smell receptor. Instead, my sense of smell of that particular scent is much stronger. Also, this logic can go the other way as well. I could have an equal, or perhaps less strong sense of smell. However, I can still smell it. Why? Because you don't have the smell receptor necessary to sense the scent.
And we'll stop here. The only senses that can really lend themselves to this "conundrum", so to say, are the main senses, right? I mean...what does that have to say about others. Perhaps there are other aspects of the mind that can become involved (we can apply the same logic), such as intuition. Telepathy? What secrets are yet to be discovered about the way our consciousness works in the mind? Is it less, or even more mundane than I have just described here? And yet, there is still the theory, not that you'll find it anyways, that our mind could even develop ways of perception that are beyond what life here on Earth has been able to achieve.
Next time on The fascinating universe...delve further into the reached of the science of perception