tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post8012681410597865124..comments2024-03-10T15:20:30.552-05:00Comments on stmhumanities: The Great Dress Debate of 2015Mrs.Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17626503384057111894noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-28273649502571560772015-02-28T20:07:38.234-06:002015-02-28T20:07:38.234-06:00A little more explanation on the background bit: S...A little more explanation on the background bit: So our eyes are special in that they try really hard to distinguish illumination from actual color. "What’s happening here is your visual system is looking at this thing, and you’re trying to discount the chromatic bias of the daylight axis,” says Bevil Conway, a neuroscientist who studies color and vision at Wellesley College. “So people either discount the blue side, in which case they end up seeing white and gold, or discount the gold side, in which case they end up with blue and black.” Mr. Conway actually sees blue and orange.Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290417381925241091noreply@blogger.com