What Colors Do You See?

Full Screen Kill Me Bookmark Me Todays installation will be pretty hypothetical, as I don't know if it applies at all. It's about color. How do people know that they see the same colors? That's the basic question that I am posing. If somebody can tell me the answer, I'd be willing to listen. Here's what I mean. How do people teach their children which colors are which? They give them examples and then say "this is red" or "this is blue" or whatever. Now, what if that child saw an apple, which they were told was red, as blue. Because they've been told it was red, they will think it was. So when I say "this is red," they will agree, even though if I were seeing through their eyes, I would say "this is blue." Both of these could be labeled as red, if that's what you'd been told they were for your entire life. So, to draw a sort of parallel: If I say "do you have a dog" but your definition of the word "dog" is my definition of the word "cat" then if you have what I call a cat, you will say "yes, I have a dog." The same thing may apply to colors. However, I cannot think of any way to possibly test that out. Strange. Completely irrelevent, I suppose, though interesting. At least to me. And since I write this webpage, you can just ride with it. If you can think of a way to differentiate, throw me a suggestion. Email me: tyler@childprogeny.com Sign my guestbook. Back to updates.