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Old 02-March-2006, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by George
That is a fair analogoy. The color of objects is usually a mixture of wavelengths; what we hear is a mixture, too. I would bet people will vary in their hearing perception much more than their variance in color perception, however. The dimensions within the ear may greatly affect the strength of certain wavelengths, whereas the eye would seem less susceptible.

Nevertheless, there does seem to be some differences on how one sees very intense light such as the sun. That appears to be one conclusion we can draw from the poll, as some see a white midday sun and others see more yellow.
What'll Be Even Weirder, Is If we Ever Discover Creatures, Who Evolved Under a Different Sun ...

In The Latest Book, In his Worldwar/Colonization Series, Harry Turtledove Reveals The Main Aliens, a.k.a. The Race or The Lizards, See TWO Colours In The Infra-Red, And Can't See Violet to Boot ...

Moreover, One of their Subject Species, The Halessi, Come From a Planet With an Even Redder Sun, And See a Further, Additional Colour in The Infra-Red, And Although it's Not Stipulated, Probably Can't Even See Indigo, Either!
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