Do we see colours the same way? by Lewis Cooper

My wife an I always argue about turquoise/ teal colours whether they are greens or blues, so yes your picture is spot-on. Great joke.

What a great topic , I’m always arguing about colours as I often see then different to the rest of the family. I tend to pick up small changes in colours or see a colour thst no one else notices is it because we use colour regularly so notice . Love the artwork Lew , this would be a good discussion on the forum.

You made me chuckle, but it’s a question to ponder. Other animals do perceive colours differently so why not us.?

Would be interesting to know if any of the great painters were colour blind. anyway, a good point made very well.

Unlike the lady's palette, I think your imagination knows no bounds.

Thanks very much for your comments. In talking with my son, as far as I can gather, he sees purple as a blue colour. As purple is mixed from red and blue, I suppose he's seeing more of the blue. It's not easy to discuss or grasp, because we're both looking at the same colour and seeing something different. And for each of us, what we see is normal.

Brilliant, excellent picture and colour .

Very true, especially blue, turquoise and greens. Brilliant as always Lew.

This is super Lewis. I remember seeing Monet’s giant water lilies paintings in Paris and was struck by just how bold and extreme many of the colours were compared to much of his earlier work. I later learnt that Monet was suffering from cataracts at the time which affected the way that he perceived colours.

My hubby and I disagree over certain colours- usually the range that others have mentioned-blue, green, greys. Good point and excellent quote.

Great work Lewis and I think there is some truth in what you say.

We do indeed see colours differently - and interpret them differently; I was in an exhibition, i.e. visiting one, with a friend and she got quite irritated - "look, he's got blues and yellows in that tree trunk - there's even a purple! If I look at a tree I don't see any of that, so why does he put it in?"; I replied that this might be the way he sees it, and she retorted "well there's something wrong with his eyes, then!". I didn't pursue it - irritation on her part had rendered her immune to argument... but I did know what she meant, and sometimes I admit to painting colours into objects that I don't see at all, I do it to enhance the impact, I suppose....

Such beautiful eye that woman has got Lewis.

Thanks again for your comments, I must admit I occasionally put the 'wrong' colours in my pictures...just because I want to...but then, I seldom painting realistically.

Keep it up!!! This one made me laugh!

No we don’t see colours in the same way. One of my eyes sees things bluer than the other. There are different forms of colourblindness too. But there is no way of knowing if the experience of colour is vaguely the same for one person as another. Well depicted Lewis.

I do think Lewis we often see colours in their natural surroundings. Would hate to see a green sky. Excellent question Lewis in your usual artistic style.

My husband has a degree of red/ green colour blindness and there’s certain shades that we just don’t agree on- and of course I’m always right 😅

Love it Paul. Being badly colourblind my paintings, if I paint as I see, are rather different! No wonder I do purple cows and imaginery paintings. I couldn’t do a landscape otherwise people would wonder what drugs I was on!

Great.