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greerwatson ([personal profile] greerwatson) wrote 2020-07-24 10:31 pm (UTC)

"And, probably, our eyes all being different, too,"

I don't know about all eyes being different; but it's certainly true that some people draw the boundaries between colours differently. My sister and I have both commented on our mother's vision. A colour that we all call "plum" is considered a shade of purple by us, but was called "brown" by my mother. And she had some towels in a shade that we both consider maroon (a shade of brownish red), but she considered "rust" (a shade of orange-brown). It's kind of as though the boundaries got shifted sideways.

(I should add that she wasn't colour-blind, though I think her father was.)





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