Color Me Impressed – Seasons Matter When It Comes To Color

I work with a guy who is color blind.  Believe me, color matters.   Bright bold colors, warm pastels, cool hues of blues.  Color plays an important role in our view of the world.  So, as August chugs along, how might you describe the warm yellow of  summer?Scientists have discovered that we see colors differently in summer than we do in winter. U.K. researchers tested the way  participants saw colors in both January and June. All were placed in a dimly lit room and were asked to use a machine called a colorimeter to scroll through different shades of colors, and were told to stop on "unique yellow."

Scientists already knew that humans can identify four unique colors (colors that are not composed of two other colors mixed together) blue, green, yellow, and red.  What researchers were particularly interested in was unique yellow because people across many cultures agree on what it looks like despite the fact that people's eyes are often very different.

Scientists say they discovered that between seasons vision adapts to changes in environment.  In summer we are exposed to far more green, in winter it’s grey and dull and our vision compensates for those changes which in turn, surprisingly, changes what we think 'yellow' looks like.

The yellow we see in summer is more greenish-yellow, while the yellow we see in winter tends to be more "reddish" yellow.

Not sure exactly

what that all means but I find it fascinating! (Daily Mail)