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

Color Tinted Glasses

Are you color blind? How do you know? Well search for the Ishihara Color Test plates right now and then come back. Alright, so did you get a lot of questions wrong, then these glasses are for you. Color Tinted Glasses filter visible light to compensate for your deficient photoreceptors. It doesn't matter if your green or M-cones are shifted to the right or your red L-cones are shifted to the left, our glasses use patent pending technology to filter out light between where your L and M-cones are close to overlapping to give you more distinct green and red perception. With Color Tinted Glasses you'll be able to use more than the brightness and positioning of the lights at a stoplight. Color Tinted Glasses, see the whole spectrum.

Disclaimer: This is a work of satire. In the tradition of A Prairie Home Companion, this ad, among others, will form the backbone of the underwriting and sponsorship of my podcast.