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‘I’m really just high on life and beauty’: the woman who can see 100 million colours
The Guardian ^ | 29 Jan 2022 | Bronwyn Adcock

Posted on 01/30/2022 6:51:34 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT

“It’s not just an affectation and it’s not artistic licence,” says Antico. “I’m actually painting exactly what I see. If it’s a pink flower and then all of a sudden you see a bit of lilac or blue, I actually saw that.”

Antico is a tetrachromat, which means she has a fourth colour receptor in her retina compared with the standard three which most people have. While those of us with three of these receptors – called cone cells – have the ability to distinguish around one million different colours, tetrachromats see an estimated 100 million.

According to Dr Kimberly Jameson, a University of California scientist who has studied Antico, just having the gene – which around 15% of women have – is not alone sufficient to be a tetrachromat, but it’s a necessary condition. “In Concetta’s case … one thing we believe is that because she’s been painting sort of continuously since the age of seven years old, she has really enlisted this extra potential and used it. This is how genetics works: it gives you the potential to do things and if the environment demands that you do that thing, then the genes kick in.”

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: colorreceptors; conecells; retina; tetrachromat
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Darn. I can’t read article.


61 posted on 01/30/2022 9:10:56 PM PST by NetAddicted ( Just looking)
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To: GaltAdonis

The flowers are fuscia. Magenta is a tad darker.


62 posted on 01/30/2022 9:31:55 PM PST by NautiNurse (Who will portray Alec Baldwin in the SNL skit? )
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To: dfwgator

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

Depends o n what city she is in


63 posted on 01/30/2022 9:48:44 PM PST by Bob434
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

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


64 posted on 01/30/2022 9:53:31 PM PST by Bob434
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To: j.havenfarm

LOL- how many did you see?


65 posted on 01/30/2022 9:55:41 PM PST by Bob434
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To: dfwgator
Colors of the wind...

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

66 posted on 01/30/2022 10:09:15 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: NWFree

67 posted on 01/30/2022 10:38:43 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: FamiliarFace

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.


68 posted on 01/30/2022 10:40:40 PM PST by Grammy (When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. Thomas Jefferson)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Concetta Antico Fine Art

69 posted on 01/31/2022 12:31:24 AM PST by jonrick46 (Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: Bob434; MinuteGal; M Kehoe

“[[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.


70 posted on 01/31/2022 1:33:42 AM PST by flaglady47 (Donald J.Trump, President in 2024 - DeSantis for VP (or Senior Advisor))
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To: jonrick46

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


71 posted on 01/31/2022 1:36:24 AM PST by flaglady47 (Donald J.Trump, President in 2024 - DeSantis for VP (or Senior Advisor))
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To: DUMBGRUNT

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


72 posted on 01/31/2022 1:43:16 AM PST by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: Rinnwald

The invisible dog.


Which one?


73 posted on 01/31/2022 3:23:49 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

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


74 posted on 01/31/2022 3:24:56 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Media Control is an anagram of Delta Omicron.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

bookmark


75 posted on 01/31/2022 3:41:17 AM PST by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: Grammy

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.


76 posted on 01/31/2022 5:51:03 AM PST by FamiliarFace
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To: BiteYourSelf
Nah - too purpley to be pink IMO.
Thanks for your opinion.
77 posted on 01/31/2022 6:03:29 AM PST by GaltAdonis
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To: Jamestown1630
"...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.

78 posted on 01/31/2022 6:07:55 AM PST by GaltAdonis
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To: DUMBGRUNT

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


79 posted on 01/31/2022 6:15:41 AM PST by GingisK
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To: NautiNurse
"...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.)


80 posted on 01/31/2022 6:16:55 AM PST by GaltAdonis
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