Module 3: The Science of Color Perception
Color is created when a mixture of lights strike a certain object and reflects back to the cones in a eye, then those wavelengths travel to the brain. The word hue is also known as color because it makes up main properties of a color. Colors effect our emotions because it influences our brains to make us get aroused, have anxiety, and raise our pulses.
It is fascinating that color really does not exist but our brains create illusions allowing us to see them. How color can have such an impact on our emotions and the way that we think. For instance when I see the color pink I instantly think of love, feminine, etc. With the color red I feel alert, aware of my surroundings. It is amazing that color can get our brains to feel and think about colors that are not really there.
In the video "Do you see what I see, The science of color perception", what impressed me was when Dr. Beau Lotto did a series of experiments. In the experiment with color blocks multiple people, different ages and races were asked to assemble the blocks together. Dr. Beau lotto said after a number of tries he could predict how the next person would assemble the color blocks. Another experiment he did was asking people to step into blow up cylinders that had a color lit up inside. The color in each cylinder were red, blue, and white. The two colors used for the experiment were red and blue. He had each volunteer stand inside the cylinders and asked them to stand there and a see how long a minute took. The purpose of this experiment was to see if people who stood in the red cylinder would speed up time faster then the people standing in the blue cylinder. The color red gives most people the feeling of anxiety, it gets their pulse racing. He wanted to test that theory but surprisingly people who were standing in the blue cylinder spend up time. It was shocking to him because the color blue is suppose to be a calm color and make people feel comfortable.
Megan simms being color blind is another thing in the video the impressed me. People who are color blind really see the world different from us who can see color. She taught herself colors by comparing different shades of grey, going from lights to dark.That is impressive to me a lot of people who are color blind give up on trying to see color, especially those who do not want to undergo operations.
Professor Jay Neitz have been working with Dalton and Sam two squirrel monkeys over the past four years. Both these monkeys are color blind, they can not see reds or greens. Him and his teams gave them the missing receptors in their eyes. He wanted to see if by giving them the ability to see reds and greens they would be able to see new colors. It worked and the monkeys caught on immediately.
One last interesting thing about the video was the Himba tribe. We have 11 words for color and they use only half the amount. Zoozu most dark colors; reds,greens,blues,and purple. Vapa;white and yellow. Buru which include some greens and blues . Dumbu which includes different greens but also reds and browns. It is interesting how their perception of colors our different from ours.
It is fascinating that color really does not exist but our brains create illusions allowing us to see them. How color can have such an impact on our emotions and the way that we think. For instance when I see the color pink I instantly think of love, feminine, etc. With the color red I feel alert, aware of my surroundings. It is amazing that color can get our brains to feel and think about colors that are not really there.
In the video "Do you see what I see, The science of color perception", what impressed me was when Dr. Beau Lotto did a series of experiments. In the experiment with color blocks multiple people, different ages and races were asked to assemble the blocks together. Dr. Beau lotto said after a number of tries he could predict how the next person would assemble the color blocks. Another experiment he did was asking people to step into blow up cylinders that had a color lit up inside. The color in each cylinder were red, blue, and white. The two colors used for the experiment were red and blue. He had each volunteer stand inside the cylinders and asked them to stand there and a see how long a minute took. The purpose of this experiment was to see if people who stood in the red cylinder would speed up time faster then the people standing in the blue cylinder. The color red gives most people the feeling of anxiety, it gets their pulse racing. He wanted to test that theory but surprisingly people who were standing in the blue cylinder spend up time. It was shocking to him because the color blue is suppose to be a calm color and make people feel comfortable.
Megan simms being color blind is another thing in the video the impressed me. People who are color blind really see the world different from us who can see color. She taught herself colors by comparing different shades of grey, going from lights to dark.That is impressive to me a lot of people who are color blind give up on trying to see color, especially those who do not want to undergo operations.
Professor Jay Neitz have been working with Dalton and Sam two squirrel monkeys over the past four years. Both these monkeys are color blind, they can not see reds or greens. Him and his teams gave them the missing receptors in their eyes. He wanted to see if by giving them the ability to see reds and greens they would be able to see new colors. It worked and the monkeys caught on immediately.
One last interesting thing about the video was the Himba tribe. We have 11 words for color and they use only half the amount. Zoozu most dark colors; reds,greens,blues,and purple. Vapa;white and yellow. Buru which include some greens and blues . Dumbu which includes different greens but also reds and browns. It is interesting how their perception of colors our different from ours.
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