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LearnedHand

(3,833 posts)
Wed Sep 18, 2024, 08:45 PM 16 hrs ago

How blue is your blue?

This is kind of fun.

https://ismy.blue/

A visual neuroscientist got interested in color perception when he thought a blanket was unambiguously green and his partner, an ophthalmologist, said it was unambiguously blue. He devised a fun website to measure your blue/green perception and grade your perception on a scale as compared to others who take the test. According to this online tool, I perceive more green than blue.

Note: I read about this in a clever Guardian article.

https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2024/sep/16/blue-green-viral-test-color-perception

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LearnedHand

(3,833 posts)
2. CI was at 187, greener than 98%
Wed Sep 18, 2024, 08:57 PM
15 hrs ago

Whatever that means in terms of percentile. But I actually do see turquoise as a green.

electric_blue68

(16,855 posts)
4. Ty. I'm at 173; greener than 57% of the population.
Thu Sep 19, 2024, 12:09 AM
12 hrs ago

As an artist I've always perceived
Turquoise as a blue-green.

I tried once. Will try again a few times tomorrow.

LeftInTX

(29,022 posts)
7. I'm 194 . Bluer than 99% of the population. But I tend to see some purples as blue. Blue is a weird color.
Thu Sep 19, 2024, 05:27 AM
7 hrs ago

Texas is very hot and I like cool colors. My favorite flower is blue plumbago because it is the only blue flower that grows here.
However, it comes in Imperial Blue and this pale blue as pictured. There is also a dark blue plumbago, but it is short lived here and needs a cooler climate.




I also do some graphics, which obviously gets you realizing that "true blues are few!" This is true in nature and in graphic arts.

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