MrHen comments on Bizarre Illusions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MrHen 28 January 2010 01:12:39AM 0 points [-]

I completely agree with you. At this point, I am just trying to clean up the article to help clarify the answer behind the illusion. Does the phrase, "I should stop thinking that the visual system is reporting RGB style colors" mesh okay? That is the only location of RGB as of this edit.

Comment author: mattnewport 28 January 2010 01:15:48AM 1 point [-]

Yes, I think 'RGB colours' is better than 'True Colours' in this context.

Comment author: MrHen 28 January 2010 01:21:58AM 0 points [-]

Thanks. Do you have any other suggestions that may help clarify the article? Your explanations have been very helpful. Learning the terms was apparently something I never bothered to do. Oops. :P

Comment author: mattnewport 28 January 2010 01:41:05AM 0 points [-]

The article reads better now. So do you feel the bizarreness has disappeared now you understand the phenomenon better?

Comment author: MrHen 28 January 2010 02:01:32AM 1 point [-]

Yes. The key point that you mentioned here:

I think the key for me in understanding this type of illusion (and the general phenomenon of colour constancy) was to realize that 'colour' in common usage ("this ball is blue") is perceived as a property of objects and we infer it indirectly based on light that reaches our retinas.

This happened sometime this morning. The more I read here, the more I understand it in the sense that I know the name of the relevant field, a whole bunch of new terms, and more details about how we perceive colors. It gets less and less bizarre as the day goes, which is always fun. :)

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