Re: OT: Supporting a color blind photographer
Re: OT: Supporting a color blind photographer
- Subject: Re: OT: Supporting a color blind photographer
- From: Chris Murphy <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:37:31 -0600
On Jul 26, 2011, at 9:27 PM, Niemann, Andy RBCM:EX wrote:
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> PS. I'm always surprised at how many people in the art creation business are color blind. You'd think those two things would be mutually exclusive.
Yeah the most common type, deuteranomaly, is a continuum - not one single state of departure from normal vision, and are still considered trichromats. But I'm unsure where on this continuum most people affected are. It is an area being researched as it relates to the applicability of the standard observer also, the idea that there is just one when there very well may be several applicable standard observers.
I seem to recall some years ago that the Crayola Crayon guy who, I think, came up with new colors, was color blind. I'm pretty sure he's since retired. The numbers for full on dichromacy are pretty small - not insignificant, but still it's more common for people (men mostly) to be on that continuum between just below what's considered normal trichromacy, and yet above dichromacy.
Who knows, maybe there's some correlation between design work and hunting for animals that isn't as much about color discrimination, but some sort of pattern recognition or enhancement ability (or interest). Maybe both are sourced in a basic cognitive demand for problem solving that just so happens to come along for the ride with color blindness, or vice versa.
Chris _______________________________________________
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