Dressgate 2015: What color is that dress?! Is it blue and black or yellow and gold? As we discussed in class, building off of Professor Conway’s lecture earlier in the semester just after the dress controversy, color vision is affected … Continue reading
http://brainden.com/color-illusions.htm After our discussion with Prof. Bevil Conway in class about the various optical illusions like that of the famous dress and the Rubik’s cube, I was intrigued and wanted to experience some more optical illusions firsthand. I came across … Continue reading
Last week’s discussion on color and how we detect it really interested me. I was especially interested on the artistic side of color since I am especially drawn to artwork that contains really vibrant colors. Professor Conway’s discussion of Matisse … Continue reading
Daniel Tammet is considered autistic. While some of his social skills are said to be compromised by this ‘condition,’ his cognitive and linguistic skills have been able to develop to a very complex system. He tells us that his mind … Continue reading
After our discussion in class about the dynamics of the eye and how they are able to see color, was interested in learning more about how eyes work. I learned that eyes can be different sizes and this leads to … Continue reading
I’ve always wanted to make art, but in a way have always believed I couldn’t. That I lacked the innate talent to ever create a masterpiece. As I grew older I began to understand there was a certain level of … Continue reading
Photodegradation is when energy from the sun destroys the chemical composition of substances. When pigments go through photodegradation, they are bleached. Photons are particles of light. When they are absorbed in the wavelength range of 290-700 (at surface of the … Continue reading
It was really interesting to learn about how color vision is so different in shrimps! As Professor Conway explained in class last week, human color perception is the result of lights absorbed in three different cone photoreceptors in the retina. These … Continue reading
Six years ago, a couple discovered a possible cure for colorblindness. Typically, colorblindness is genetic, so gene therapy is a possible cure for it. Eight percent of men are affected by it, while only 0.5% of women are. What happens is, … Continue reading
This week we learned about a concept that our readings call “color constancy.” I find this absolutely fascinating, because it changes the way we define color completely. Normally, one might claim that an object’s color can be measured by the … Continue reading