Color me silly
April 10, 2008
This week’s class discussion sure was colorful! For your blog entry this week, consider some of the following topics for discussion:
1. Why did John Keats lament Newton’s “unweaving of the rainbow”? Do you also lament this unweaving?
2. What is the difference between adding and subtracting colors? What does that even mean?
3. What does the condition of synesthia tell us about “normal” sensory processing? What do you imagine it is like to have this condition?
4. Do people with color blindness see the same way as those with “normal” color vision? In what ways do they perceive the world differently? For that matter, how can we tell if anyone’s visual world is similar to our own?
I look forward to your colorful thoughts on these questions!
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