garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL) · 11 months agoTIL about Tetrachromacy, a condition which lets you see more colors. Normal people can see about 1 million colors, while tetrachromats may see up to 100 million. Up to 12% of women may have it.www.healthline.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down117
arrow-up1133arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Tetrachromacy, a condition which lets you see more colors. Normal people can see about 1 million colors, while tetrachromats may see up to 100 million. Up to 12% of women may have it.www.healthline.comgarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL) · 11 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareAnotherDirtyAnglolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoThis is how we found out my mother had it: Mom: “The colours on this new TV are terrible. Everyone is green.” Me: “Okay, hold on, let me adjust the tint.” Mom: “Now they’re too blue.” Me: adjusts the colour temp Mom: “Ew, now everyone is too yellow, it’s like the Simpsons.” one hour later of adjusting each setting by one step * Mom: “Well, it’s still not right, but it’s less awful.” A few years later I found out about Tetrachromacy tests online, and she scored something like 98%.
This is how we found out my mother had it:
Mom: “The colours on this new TV are terrible. Everyone is green.”
Me: “Okay, hold on, let me adjust the tint.”
Mom: “Now they’re too blue.”
Me: adjusts the colour temp
Mom: “Ew, now everyone is too yellow, it’s like the Simpsons.”
Mom: “Well, it’s still not right, but it’s less awful.”
A few years later I found out about Tetrachromacy tests online, and she scored something like 98%.
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