Interaction of Color- Josef Alber

I don’t think I ever noticed how differently everyone views color I mean obviously I know that some people are colorblind so they either can’t see a specific color or they mix up their colors. For example, I don’t know if you have ever seen the T.V. Show New Girl on Netflix but in season 3 episode 1 Winston finds out he is colorblind by pointing out that Nick is wearing what he sees as a green shirt, but to everyone else it’s a brown shirt. When I read the part of “Interaction of Color” that states “If one says “red” (the name of a color) and there are 50 people listening, it can be expected that there will be 50 reds in their minds. And one can be sure that all these reds will be very different.” (1. Color recollection- visual memory Josef Abler). I think that those two examples do a good job of explaining how everyone sees colors differently because the way that Winston saw green while everyone saw brown, and the way that someone listening to the radio can hear the word “red” and instantly think of a Coca-Cola can while someone else can hear the same word and think of a rose red, or an orange-red. 

Albers (an Introduction by Juerge Wissmann) 1977

Also another thing that I recently learned, thanks to my classmate, is that people with lighter colored eyes view colors differently than someone with darker colored eyes, so someone with dark brown eyes might see a Coca-Cola can color red while someone with hazel eyes could see brighter red. And I think that is something else that is very mind boggling is the fact that there is no “correct” answer meaning there is no way to know which person is seeing the “correct” color of red.

Hips to be square- Josef Albers