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SCIENCE15 - Color Perception

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Pat suggested that I write a blog about color perception after she read an article that proposed that women may have an advantage over men.  So, I looked into the subject, and found that color perception is a very complicated subject.  But it was also a very fascinating subject, so I decided to go ahead, trying not to make it too technical.      After a short introduction, I will talk about the nature of color, how we see color, why individuals may not see the same color, and end with the importance of color to our lives today. My principal sources include: “Color Vision,” Wikipedia.com; “Primary Colors - What Are the Primary Colors in Color Theory?” artincontext.org; “Why We Don’t See the Same Colors,” psychologytoday.com; “The Science of How We See Color,” datacolor.com; “Colour,” Britannica.com; “Color is in the eye, and brain, of the beholder,” knowablemagazine.org; “Color Blindness:   The Most Common, Uncommon Eye Condition,” downtownvisionnv.com; plus, numerous other online