Bob, colour blindness has a purely physical basis. This is shown by its inheritance patterns. Neil On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 12:11:35 +0000, Bob Talbot <BobTalbot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Some Christmas reading > > An excerpt from an encyclopaedia of color (without the math!!!) > > http://www.colorsystem.com/ > "In a reality so rich with colours, there are in reality no colours. > The colours we see indeed depend on the light that enters our eyes > from the outside world. Nevertheless, what we actually perceive as red > or green originates deep within our brains. Colours are not, > therefore, merely "Deeds of Light", as Johann Wolfgang Goethe once > claimed; colours are also a product of the self, and we decorate our > own personal world with them." > > That got me thinking: does colour blindness have a purely physical > basis, or is it in the inability to interpret? > > B > > -- http://www.pixpopuli.com
