mind blag!

Without getting to deep into the human condition and philosophy, colours are a very "relative and subjective" thing. There are some great articles on how colours really don't exist at least in the way we think they do. The way we all individually and collectivity conceptualise colour is amazing and may have more to do with culture and learned behaviour than the actuality "reality" of it.

I remember there was once a tribe in the Amazon that had no real concept of the colour "blue" until they met explorers. The saw the sky as clear or yellow and water as green, clear or brown. It wasn't until the explorers explained to them about "blue" did they start to "see it". Weird and fascinating huh?

They actually did not see what we refer to as "blue" in their mind until the explorers gave them the concept. I know that sounds hard to put our heads around but its true. The colour blue wasn't part of their collective consciousness until it was introduced to them.  When they saw something that we refer to as "blue" in their mind they didn't see blue. When they looked at the sky they saw something like a  "yellow-clear". I know it sounds impossible but there are several examples of this in history.

What about the people that are "colour-blind"?

Very cool. I like you more and more, Auttie!

I had a relative who was color blind.. his red was a version of our green. My mom is a red head, too, so she always imagined she looked "odd" to him lol

Technically there are colours but their nature is hard to understand.  They reason why we know there are colours is that electronic equipment can differentiate between all colours and that light waves behave different depending what section of the spectrum they originate.

That being said, what most people refer to has colour is how light is interpreted in our mind (brain) which is totally relative to each one of us, In "reality" we all see the world and colours differently, (Remember the blue/white dress?)

Possibly, but you will have to tell me again. My memory is not my best asset.

You wrote that, Jen?

WOW!

did u see that blue/gold dress that went around the web??

lol I see it as blue and black =p

See, I have always seen it as white and gold. I have thought the same as you, Callie, how we can never actually know how other people perceive colors because it is all in our heads. Crazy stuff!

i see blue and the netting bit is brown...

My dog is often running in her sleep, you can see her paws twitching.

As for flowers? My dog often smells them. LOL

Speaking of which, a dog's sense of smell is 14 times stronger than ours. That is a fact. So why do they have to stick their noses virtually on top of fresh dog poo?