the color she observes IS different than the color he observes-

[lane912]

Biology of Sex Differences | Abstract | Sex and vision II: color appearance of monochromatic lights
Men and Women Really Do See Things Differently

In color experiments the men and women tended to ascribe different shades to the same objects. The researchers think they know why.

"Across most of the visible spectrum males require a slightly longer wavelength than do females in order to experience the same hue," the team concludes in the latest issue of the journal Biology of Sex Differences.

Since longer wavelengths are associated with "warmer" colors, an orange, for example, may appear redder to a man than to a woman. Likewise, the grass is almost always greener to women than to men, to whom verdant objects appear a bit yellower.

[genrex]

I've known about this for my whole life, having many sisters and female relatives. In my experience, it can be a rather annoying problem in the cream-beige-tan spectrum. But I didn't know there's a scientific journal called Biology of Sex Differences. It's not often one sees a scientific journal use words like "ascribe" and "verdant." Not that there's anything wrong with that.

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[WolfeMacleod]

Originally Posted by lane912

Likewise, the grass is almost always greener to women than to me.....[/COLOR][/I]

I think the infidelity statistic of men vs. women show that to be true.

[BlueSkyJaunte]

This explains my perpetually mismatched socks.

[Christien]

This might explain why so many minivans are gold.

[GH85Carrera]

I have worked with color for many years. In the stone ages before digital I worked at a professional photo lab. We made photos from 4x6 inches to 4x8 feet. All done by hand with a color enlarger. Color is VERY subjective. On many many occasions what looked like a great print to sell the client at 5:00 PM looked horrible the next morning.

I had many arguments with women printers that flat saw a print as perfect but it was 5 to 7 points off color. I know some women clients wanted a print that was very warm. We sometimes had every employee come evaluate a print and write down what they thought was wrong with a print. We discovered that most of the time 8 people had 8 different opinions.

Hungover people see color much different than a heavy coffee drinker.

[Z-man]

Originally Posted by genrex

In my experience, it can be a rather annoying problem in the cream-beige-tan spectrum. _

Cream = something I put in my coffee.
Beige = a color, I think.
Tan = something that I do when I sit in the sun on the beach.

There are only red, green, blue, yellow, orange, black, and white. Maybe pink and purple. All of the other alleged colors are made up by either florists or Hallmark in order to sell more product. "Colors" like sea foam green, malted caramel milk, and misty yellow.

It is a conspiracy, I tell you, a conspiracy!!!!!



-Z-man.

[72doug2,2S]

Have they figured out a way to fix this deficiency in women?

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Z-man

Cream = something I put in my coffee.
Beige = a color, I think.
Tan = something that I do when I sit in the sun on the beach.

There are only red, green, blue, yellow, orange, black, and white. Maybe pink and purple. All of the other alleged colors are made up by either florists or Hallmark in order to sell more product. "Colors" like sea foam green, malted caramel milk, and misty yellow.

It is a conspiracy, I tell you, a conspiracy!!!!!



-Z-man.

Nope, just 6 colors of light. Everything else is a combination of the 6.


Red
Green
Blue
Cyan
Magenta
Yellow.

That is all. Every other color is just a combination of those.White is a combination off all 6 colors together. Black is no light at all.

Now paint or pigment is a different animal entirely.

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Hungover people see color much different than a heavy coffee drinker.

But what about a hung over heavy coffee drinker?

[masraum]

This explains A LOT! My wife never agrees what colors our cars are, especially if they are blue-green.

[lane912]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Nope, just 6 colors of light. Everything else is a combination of the 6.


Red
Green
Blue
Cyan
Magenta
Yellow.

That is all. Every other color is just a combination of those.White is a combination off all 6 colors together. Black is no light at all.

Now paint or pigment is a different animal entirely.

can not tell you how manny times someone has asked me for a room lit in orange and black

[GH85Carrera]

Lighting in black is easy, just turn off all of the lights!

That is like asking the speed of dark.

[afterburn 549]

If you have spent a small amount of time with a female gender...
the differences in color and a few other things become quite obvious..as well as some other things
No logic
Cant answer questions with out a 1000 word statement.
Time is Totally different for a female.
Changing their mind about a statement is OK for them but a lie for us men if we do it.
They say they like a nice guy but are drawn to rectum holes then complain about them.
You may noticed other things

[look 171]

Originally Posted by afterburn 549

If you have spent a small amount of time with a female gender...
the differences in color and a few other things become quite obvious..as well as some other things
No logic
Cant answer questions with out a 1000 word statement.
Time is Totally different for a female.
Changing their mind about a statement is OK for them but a lie for us men if we do it.
They say they like a nice guy but are drawn to rectum holes then complain about them.
You may noticed other things

Fcuk, you know my wife?

[Buckterrier]

I worked for the OEM automotive SBU at my company for 18 years. Every year I dreaded CSIR, (Color Sample Initial Report) season. You had to submit color panels that were, as we used to say dead nuts. Not just one angle but 3, using a colorimeter and visual. GRRRR. We'd get a color pretty much on visually and numerically only to have this women reject it for "being slightly light and blue on the flop, too dark on the face and slightly green". GRRRR X2. We'd get the sample back thinking this thing looks awesome, resubmit the same panel and get it approved.
My point being the OEMs used women to approve colors.