Only 25% of People See Colors as They Are. Are You One of Them?

What is color of the sky? Blue, right? And grass? … But, however, this questions don’t have a lot of sense. Blue, and green, and other colors, it turns out, everyone sees in his scheme. As a result, you may even meet a person for whom your “blue” is purple, for example, or light purple.

 

The color nuances we see depend on the number and distribution of cones (color receptors) in our eye. You can check this rainbow: how many color nuances do you count?

 

You see less than 20 color nuances: you are a dichromats, like dogs, which means you have 2 types of cones only. You are likely to wear black, beige, and blue. 25% of the population is dichromat.

You see between 20 and 32 color nuances: you are a trichromat, you have 3 types of cones (in the purple/blue, green and red area). You enjoy different colors as you can appreciate them. 50% of the population is trichromat.

You see between 33 and 39 colors: you are a tetrachromat, like bees, and have 4 types of cones (in the purple/blue, green, red plus yellow area). You are irritated by yellow, so this color will be nowhere to be found in your wardrobe. 25% of the population is tetrachromat.

You see more than 39 color nuances: come on, you are making up things! There are only 39 different colors in the test and probably only 35 are properly translated by your computer screen anyway.

It is highly probable that people who have an additional 4th cone do not get tricked by blue/black or white/gold dresses, no matter the background light