"Life is like a rainbow. You need both rain and sun to make its colors appear."
~ Unknown

 

My answers to class project:

1. How many distinct shades of colour can our eyes see?
According to researchers, human beings can see as many as seven millions shades of distinct colours.

2. What was sacrificed in order to allow an increased capacity to process colour?
Supposedly, other senses have been sacrificed.

3. What are the 3 factors impacting our perception of colour?
Light, culture, time/zeitgeist.

4. Give one example from your maternal language (with translation) where a colour is used to express a feeling.
"Weiße Mäuse sehen" = Wahnvorstellungen haben, sich etwas einbilden //
"Seeing white mice" = having delusions, to hallucinate

5. If you wanted to dim down the energy in a room, which colours would you chose for the walls?
Dark, desaturated colours.

6. If you wanted to make a neighbourhood feel safe, what colours would you paint on the walls?
Bright, vivid colours.

7. What is the impact of long term sensory deprivation?
Isolation, loss of identity, without daylight loss of the sense of time too, hallucinations, psychotic breaks.

8. What is the first colour ever to be discovered on the objects of people?
Haematite Red, extracted from iron oxide.

9. What t-shirt colour would you choose to increase your chances to win in a game?
Red.

10. What colour is supposed to have a calming effect and is used in some prisons?
(Baker Miller) Pink.

 

 

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