Re: Fwd: [rlhymers-watcher] Glasses, Drugs and Color Perception

From: Christophe <xof_at_chanticleer.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 20:53:29 -0700

This is something I remember from back when I first got glasses.
Colors and contrast seemed different, somehow, setting aside the
obvious focusing effects. Any lens does decrease contrast, slightly,
so perhaps that's what is being seen, but I really don't know enough
about optics to be sure.

On May 31, 2007, at 8:48 PM, Joy McCann wrote:

> Miriam sez:
>
> > I see colors more clearly when I put my glasses on.
>
> I've noticed that, too--and it bothers me, a lot. Theoretically, if
> I am
> only looking at something for COLOR, I shouldn't reach for my glasses
> (either reading or driving, depending on where the focal point is),
> but I do.
> So do they really help? Or am I simply being visually obsessive-
> compulsive
> by putting the glasses on?
>
> If my eyes were worse, I'd say that the edges of things being a bit
> blurry COULD affect color perception, but the eyes aren't that bad
> just yet, so it isn't like the different objects are overlapping and
> distorting color.
>
> Perhaps I'm nuts. Or maybe I need some LSD.
>
> --J
>
>



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