These X's Are The Same Shade, So What Does That Say About Color?

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I found the following story on the NPR iPhone App

These X’s Are The Same Shade, So What Does That Say About Color?
by Nell Greenfieldboyce

NPR - November 10, 2014

Learning to name the colors is a ritual of childhood. At first kids have no clue; often they’ll just say everything is “boo.” Pretty soon, though, they can rattle off Roy G. Biv with aplomb. Still, that doesn’t mean they understand what color actually is…

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/11/10/361219912/if-the-same-shade-looks-both-yellow-and-gray-whats-color?sc=17&f=1001&utm_source=iosnewsapp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=app

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[From Rick Marken (2014.11.11.1515)]

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On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 4:48 AM, D Goldstein csgnet@lists.illinois.edu wrote:

I found the following story on the NPR iPhone App

These X’s Are The Same Shade, So What Does That Say About Color?
by Nell Greenfieldboyce

NPR - November 10, 2014

Learning to name the colors is a ritual of childhood. At first kids have no clue; often they’ll just say everything is “boo.” Pretty soon, though, they can rattle off Roy G. Biv with aplomb. Still, that doesn’t mean they understand what color actually is…

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/11/10/361219912/if-the-same-shade-looks-both-yellow-and-gray-whats-color?sc=17&f=1001&utm_source=iosnewsapp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=app

RM: Nice find David. And they draw the correct conclusion: it’s all perception. Indeed, the only way to know what’s “really” out there is to do science; the current models of physics and chemistry are our best guess about that’s really out there. But it’s only a guess. A very good guess but, still, only a guess.

Best

Rick

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