Friday, March 4, 2016

Is Your Color The Same As Mine? Let the Expert Explain...

Your red=my blue!? Hint: (I already know the answers); I'm so compelled to answer this. This is simple, to me at least. For those of you who don't know the science behind this, that's where I step in. To answer this question, let's first think about something similar to our eyes: the camera sensor. This works just like our eye, in the fact that sensors record light using three primary colors. And, if we compare one camera to another, we will notice that any two of these sensors are the same according to what colors they record. One sensors photo sites will look the same color as another's. And the same goes for our eyes, which also uses RGB. And then comes the science behind how the image is processed via the brain. That's where we run into trouble. After all, a camera doesn't work like our brains. But from then on, we would only need to figure out how this brain exactly forms the colors we perceive. If we could do just that, then we could compare our own processes with those used by other people. In fact, we've probably already done that. I'm just saying that we haven't done the comparing part. So, the verdict is still clear to me: most everyone perceives color the same. Unless, of course, there is something off about how their brain processes colors. You can simulate such a scenario yourself by this little experiment you could try out someday perhaps. Take a picture. Then you can use levels in a program like Photoshop, and switch them around in a way as to show how the world would look like if you were to perceive one color as another. Actually that's something that I've been trying to play around with before when I used to undertake IR photography for some really neat effects! In other words, what you're trying to do is replace one color with another by assigning each one a different profile. And in full spectrum photography, you couldn't really do it any other way. Technology cannot even help us see beyond the visible spectrum, because we don't have additional color receptors to perceive them. Just a little bit of insight into photography was all it took for me to answer this! Problem solved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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