On Fri, 9 Apr 1999 09:21:20 -0600 "Wathen, Adam" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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. Just have him watch any acetylated Eastmancolor print from the '60s or 70s which has suffered severe dye fading - then it should look perfectly normal! Then ask him if he can grasp the fact that, to a non-colour blind person, it looks like a b/w image tinted pink... L __________________________________ Leo Enticknap Postgraduate Common Room School of English University of Exeter Queen's Building, The Queen's Drive Exeter Devon EX4 4QH United Kingdom email: [log in to unmask] ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite