https://ismy.blue/

Two years ago i shared this website where you try and determine when a shade is either blue or green.

Posting it again because lemmy has grown quite a bit since then, maybe we have more people that havent tried it!

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[–] 3 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

Anytime color perception comes up, it's good to point colorblind isn't a lack of colors...

It's just different colors:

Red-green color blindness is caused by an unusual form of a light receptor in the eye, which is sensitive to a different range of colors than normal. This variant type of receptor makes it harder to distinguish among red, orange, yellow, and green. The resulting shift in color perception bestows extra sensitivity to other hues, however, as the researchers demonstrated by asking subjects to rate the similarity of 15 circles painted in tones of khaki. People with regular vision struggled with the test, while color-blind men aced it. The findings lend credence to the theory that people with red-green color blindness make good hunters or soldiers because they are not easily fooled by camouflage. The researchers hypothesize that the variant form of receptor could be an evolutionary relic from the time when early humans needed to spot predators or food hidden in branches and leaves.

https://www.discovermagazine.com/in-combat-stick-with-the-color-blind-15907

People who suck at red/green, are the ones that never understand why all the different colored khakis were always mixed together on the rack.

People just always assume what they perceive, is what every one else does too.

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  • [–] 3 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

    Also, as we age the lens in our eyes starts to yellow, diminishing our ability to perceive blue. There is speculation that this is why many artists use more blue in their paintings when they get older - they're painting to match what they imagine, not what they see.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 hours ago (2 children)

    That's why old ladies have blue/purple hair...

    It doesn't look purple to them, or their friends.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 hours ago (1 child)

    Nah, we have blue or purple hair to hide the the brassy tones our hair gets when reach oldness, but getting the tint result neutral is harder than expected. Less so these days, and some hair types or damaged hair grabs the rinse much stronger than others.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 hours ago

    I'm not talking about today, I'm talking about back like way back in the day when the "blue rinse" was part of a normal blonde dye job that had to be done by a professional at a salon.

    Older ladies back then were likely to have cataracts changing their color perception, so rather than listen to the (usually) young stylist, they left too much blue in. But to them and their peers, it looked the same as when they were young.

    I fucked up and put "have" instead of "had".

    Not like I'm an expert, but I don't think the literal "blue rinse" has been a thing for a very long time.

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