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Colour perception
6 February 2010 14:07Close one eye. Note what colours things look. Then open it and close the other eye. See whether the colours of things look the same or subtly different. Then complete the poll.
[Poll #1522104]
Explanation: This poll is not intended to exclude people with <2 eyes with functional colour vision or upset people who would prefer not to discuss whether they are hetero- or homogametic. It arose from a discussion with flatmates where two out of three of us report that the world has different colours/brightnesses through different eyes, and the other flatmate couldn't even begin to imagine this. I am attempting to collect some more data, and investigate if and how this is affected by myopia and the number of X chromosomes*.
*For those who don't geek out over colour vision, two out of three of the main genes coding for colour vision are on the X chromosome - hence colour blindness being mostly a male thing (as XY individuals don't have a backup set of functional alleles) and the fabled existence of tetrachromatic females.
[Poll #1522104]
Explanation: This poll is not intended to exclude people with <2 eyes with functional colour vision or upset people who would prefer not to discuss whether they are hetero- or homogametic. It arose from a discussion with flatmates where two out of three of us report that the world has different colours/brightnesses through different eyes, and the other flatmate couldn't even begin to imagine this. I am attempting to collect some more data, and investigate if and how this is affected by myopia and the number of X chromosomes*.
*For those who don't geek out over colour vision, two out of three of the main genes coding for colour vision are on the X chromosome - hence colour blindness being mostly a male thing (as XY individuals don't have a backup set of functional alleles) and the fabled existence of tetrachromatic females.
