Colors and You

You must be wondering why I asked about the color of the top bulb in a traffic light two days ago. In case you answered red, you're right. In case you answered green, stay out of the road. In case you answered blue - don't have kids. We have to nip that seed of retardation in the bud.

Or...

You might have problems with colors. And it's even possible *gasp* that you're not retarded, just biologically defective, in which case you are still not allowed to have kids, but will be allowed to continue existing - at least until you do something stupid enough to garner you the dunce hat factory's monthly quota.

Anyway, to be a bit more scholarly about it, a lot of people have problems with colors. There are some people who see everything in black and white. Still there are those who see certain letters with colored fonts, as documented by the American Psychological Association. (while the test subjects for these studies by the APA could be nothing more than lying bastards, I bet it's entertaining enough watching them bluff their way into and out of day to day experiments that probably involve anal probing) These types of color recognition problems stem from the brain's locus of introspection of the color data being sent by your eyes. While it is only normal to have problems distinguishing the names of colors using the left brain and the actual recognition of the right, some people mess up so badly, they end up eating crayons during kindergarten out of frustration.

Here is a simple test that proves the theory. For the love of God, don't flunk this.

http://cc.domaindlx.com/redkinoko/colortest.swf

The idea of the test is very simple. Use context switching via concentration to make sure the right locus of your brain is doing the analysis of the data at hand to get the right answer. If you cant do that, that means you have problems coordinating various sections of your brain, meaning you have to go use it more every now and then (how? THINK.)

Anyway, the next type of color recognition problem is actual color blindness. Originaly diagnosed by John Dalton, color blindness comes from a hereditary flaw that prevents the proper photoreception of the eyes of certain colors, in essence making them not learn what certain colors look like apart from other colors. 20% of the male population surprisingly have this problem, which is probably the reason why condoms are not color coded.

When I was doing my thesis, we conducted a simple eye exam for every member in the team. Out of the four in our group, turns out I'm the only normally sighted person, ironically, I'm the only person who wears glasses. (And no, the glasses have nothing to do with color blindness)

To think I hitched rides from them. Hahahahaha fuck. I should sue them for endangering my life.

Nevermind.

Anyway, there's a quick way of testing for color blindness. It's called the Ishihara Color Blindness Test. And since I know right now you're curious already if youre color blind or not, I've provided for a simple page that will test if you are indeed color blind. If in case you flunk it, don't worry, you can still be my friend (with exceptions)

http://cc.domaindlx.com/redkinoko/ColorVisionTest.swf

Getting a score with more than five mistakes means you are red-green or blue-yellow colour blind. But dont worry. One out of five men are suffering from the conditions as you. Just be aware of the problem and create a workaround because to date, there is no cure for mental incapacity (it's classified under this condition so screw it)

So now you know the basics of color. Go forth and not multiply.