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How Carrots Help Us See The Color Orange
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by ryanborja | July 23, 2008 at 06:15 pm
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One of the easiest ways to identify an object is by its color -- perhaps it is because children’s books encourage us to pair certain objects with their respective colors. Why else would so many of us automatically assume carrots are orange, grass is green and apples are red?
In two experiments by Holger Mitterer and Jan Peter de Ruiter from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, perception of color and color constancy (the ability to see the same color under varying light conditions) were examined using different hues of orange and yellow. By using these hues on different objects, the researchers hoped to show that knowledge of objects can be used to identify color
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at 08:46 on July 24th, 2008
Dear ryanborja,
I love carrots
at 22:31 on July 24th, 2008
I eat carrots and drink carrot juice because it is good for the eyes. Are you a graphic designer? Good to know that you are interested in news also. Thanks for visiting the site.