Have you ever wondered how you see color?
According to
X-rite.com, 1 out of 255 women and 1 out of 12 men have some form of color deficiency. Recently while taking an art workshop, the teacher of the workshop had us look further at the color in the surrounding landscape . Our mind since childhood has been taught to see our surroundings with specific colors, such as, trees as green and the sky as blue. However, as I find as I push myself to learn more about painting and color, I am learning to see again, to see color without my past experiences of learning interfering with what I see. Yes, there is pink in the trees or a lavendar in the landscape. Playing with color is fun.
To check out your ability to see color personally, try taking the test on
X-rite. It is fun and a bit challenging trying to distinguish the different hues of color. When I first took the test very quickly to just see what it was all about, I scored a 22. Later I tried again looking carefully at the different hues and my score was a 3. By the way, the lower the score the better one sees color hues. It is a fun test to try.
To learn more about color and to check how you see color, try out this
sight. There are color blocks showing how those who may have a color deficiency may see colors. This can be important for designing websites or for those who may see an artist's painting differently.
Did you know that there are a few folks out there who are actually tetrachromats!! What is a
tetrachromat?? It is someone who actually has four color receptor cones instead of three. Here is more information on a
tetrachromat. Check this site out to see if you are one of those super humans who is super color sensitive!
Please share your findings on color. I would love to hear about them.
Link Summary:
X-rite.com hue color test: http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77
Color Blindness info: http://www.iamcal.com/toys/colors/
Are you a tetrachromat?: http://www.blogadilla.com/2008/06/08/are-you-a-tetrachromat/
