Karmactive Staff
Visual neuroscientist Dr. Patrick Mineault created ismy.blue after disagreeing with his ophthalmologist wife about a blanket's color - he saw green, she insisted blue.
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The simple online test challenges users to identify shades between blue and green, with results showing where their color perception boundaries fall compared to others.
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The website has received over 1.5 million visits since its launch in early August.
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Color perception varies due to retinal cone cells, but higher-level processing involving cognition and experience remains less understood by scientists.
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Factors like device model, display settings, ambient light, and time of day influence how colors appear on screens, with night modes causing blues to appear greener.
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Cultural and linguistic differences shape color perception - ancient Greek lacked a word for blue, while modern languages vary in their color vocabularies.
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Color blindness affects perception in 1 in 10 men and 1 in 100 women, showing physiological variations in how humans see color.
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The test joins successful citizen science projects like Fold.it and Sea Hero Quest in engaging millions to advance scientific understanding.
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Despite technical limitations, ismy.blue sparks discussion about subjective perception and challenges assumptions about universal color experience.
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