Comment by pjsg
2 years ago
It is a pity that the website does not collect information about whether the participant is color-blind or not.
2 years ago
It is a pity that the website does not collect information about whether the participant is color-blind or not.
I'm deuteroanomalous, and I got 165 - greener than 94%. Turquoise is blue (well yeah, it always has been!). People often tell me things are green that clearly are not, so I'm wondering what this means. Does the "165, which is greener..." thing mean that I only say it's green when other people would say "very green"?
I'm red-green colorblind but I surprisingly got a perfectly median result. I'm usually horrible at determining what is green but I think the blue/green distinction is less prone to issues with red-green colorblind people.
There's a few 'kinds' of red-green colorblind as I understand it. It has to do with whether you're missing a type of cone, or whether the frequency response of a cone type is shifted. I knew someone who had never experienced what others call "green" - all things supposed to be green are brown. I on the other hand see some green things, but a lot of things other people call green are brown, maroon or even purple. Pastels are the worst.
I have mild tritanomaly ("blue-yellow colorblindness"), which _directly_ affects blue vs green color discrimination, and I landed at 168, "greener than 85% of the population"
To be relevant to blue/green wouldn't they need to not just collect a boolean but collect the type of colorblindness?
It gets complicated if the goal is perfect accuracy. Cone sensitivity also varies on an individual basis even for color-normal people. Worse, the transfer function of the eyeball also varies with age as your lens yellows and internal fluid clouds a bit. Even holding those constant, brains do a lot of processing that maps what your eyes can physically capture into perceived colors, which are significantly influenced by upbringing.
Plus, screens and ambient lighting. It's a lot of variables.
What makes you think it’s collecting any information at all?
From the about:
"What happens when I hit submit?
When you hit submit, we store your responses anonymously so we can aggregate them later and measure aggregate naming curves. We don't store any information that would identify you personally. "
Didn’t notice that option. The website has neither an ‘about’ nor a ‘submit’ button until you have completed the activity.