‘I’m really just high on life and beauty’: the woman who can see 100 million colours

The Guardian ^ | 29 Jan 2022 | Bronwyn Adcock

[NetAddicted]

Darn. I can’t read article.

[NautiNurse]

The flowers are fuscia. Magenta is a tad darker.

[Bob434]

[[Can she see the colors of the wind?]]

Depends o n what city she is in

[Bob434]

hmm got every one of them except hte last one on the first test-

[Bob434]

LOL- how many did you see?

[Deaf Smith]

Colors of the wind...

If in Lubbock, Texas it would be a dusty, brown hue in the Spring.

[grey_whiskers]

[Grammy]

I work with color and several years ago found myself frequently going outside to look at my work in sunlight in order to check the color. Then I had a cataract removed. It was remarkable the color change. In the “new” eye everything was bluer and whiter (blue is part of white) I have yet to have the second one removed. I can tell that it puts a yellow tint on everything, so now instead of going outside, I close one eye.

[jonrick46]

Concetta Antico Fine Art

[flaglady47]

“[[Can she see the colors of the wind?]]

Depends on what city she is in”

Go to Chicago (the Windy City) and look in any blowhard politician’s mouth to see a rainbow of gasbag hues.

[flaglady47]

Very pretty pic - delicate, sort of Japanese print style.

[SauronOfMordor]

My wife appears to have that. We see colors very differently.

[PIF]

The invisible dog.

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Which one?

[Fresh Wind]

It’s said that LSD will help you see colors that don’t exist.

[GOP Poet]

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[FamiliarFace]

I think I have been able to see slightly different hues in some colors that my husband can’t (though he is not colorblind), even before I had cataract surgery. It’s more pronounced now that the cataracts have been removed. I had both eyes done, and multifocal lenses implanted after the cataract removal. Vision and color are both better.

[GaltAdonis]

Nah - too purpley to be pink IMO.
Thanks for your opinion.

[GaltAdonis]

"...I was wondering what she uses to paint colors that other people can’t perceive..."

Obviously whatever she wants, since nobody can disagree with her.

[GingisK]

Easy there! I’m sure a woman has a name for every color. Ever seen one of those bundles of paint colors? That merely scratches the surface. ;-D

[GaltAdonis]

"...The flowers are fuscia. Magenta is a tad darker..."

Okay.

So the spots in the center of this lavender azalea are
fuscia also also, in your opinion? Or are they magenta?
(My Dad grew this type also.)