xkcd on perception

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 2 Comments »

I have often wondered in the past if everybody really sees the same colors (and a few people I know have independently wondered the same!). I stumbled upon the below xkcd comic during a random browsing session that brought back some old memories :) (click on the image below if you cannot view it properly)



2 comments:

Balu R said...

Either everyone doesnt perceive the same colours or everyone's definition of the colour is different as i have argued many times with different people as to colour of car especially ..i say blue and someone says green and so on ..

Goutham said...

But I think if you show green or blue on paper, most people will be unanimous about the colors. In case of cars, the colors are generally mixtures so there is scope for confusion.