Color Perception

Last year, the dress that blew up the internet was a shining moment for vision researchers and others who study color perception. Finally, the general public was asking, "Why do I see colors differently from my friends" and the scientists were more than happy to oblige them. Today, Claudia Amaral and I speak about color perception, its similarities and differences across individual people and cultures.

"The Dress" wired.com

Around the one year anniversary of the dress, a new phenomenon started to sweep the internet, with "The Jacket." We also disscuss the BBC documentary, Do you See What I See, from the BBC. You can test your color perception for color blindness here and color hue test here.

6 Things You Didn't Know About Color Perception

Music is provided by http://freemusicarchive.org/ - Trevor Flowers and Iheka Chama - Mandingo Tribe