How could someone who is color-blind know that what looks like green grass
to him is our equivalent of brownish-orange.  He wouldn't have any reference
point to make that equation.

Skeptically,

Adam Wathen
Assistant Professor
Montana State University--Bozeman
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> From: Eunice Johnston [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 8:06 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Color blind film student
>
> In my introductory film course last night, I was talking about the use of
> color in films.  One example I used was the little girl with the red coat
> in Schindler's List.  After class, one of my students came up (a senior in
> Civil Engineering) and told me that he could not detect the red coat
> because he is color blind.  This was a first for me.
>
> Apparently people who are color blind do see colors (in other words,
> everything is not black and white)--but they perceive colors differently.
> This student told me that what looks like green grass to us looks brownish
> orange to him.
>
> Has anyone ever tried to study how color blind people perceive films?  Has
> anyone ever tried to find a way to compensate for color blindness?
> Eunice Johnston
> Department of English
> Minard Hall 320
> North Dakota State University
> Fargo, North Dakota  58105-5075
> Phone:  (701) 231-7153
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