From having watched the video, "Do you see what I see? The color of perception", it became clear throughout that certain colors allows each person to interpret them differently. Different experiments were done by scientists in order to determine if color changes the perception of time as well as if certain colors makes you a winner. It was shown that the color red tends to make people more confident while the color blue speeds up time, creating a sense of anxiety.
A theoretical aspect of color that most intrigues and fascinates me involves the retinal ganglion cells in the humans eyes. In the video, lighting designer, Mark Hensman incorporated blue light in a restaurant to create a different atmosphere. Hensman didn't understand why around 10 p.m. people seemed to become more alive and awake. Scientist, Russell Foster looked into the human eye and discovered a new cell, being photosynthesis ganglion. These cells are plugged into different structures in the brain such as levels of arousal and the ability to go to sleep and wake up. Having been that the cells sending levels to your brain to wake you up are only sensitive to one form of light, being blue. Which is why the people who are within the restaurant with the blue lighting around 10 p.m. tend to perk up. Which is also why discovering this bit of information fascinates me since it makes you become more aware of light choices.
In the video, the topic of language affecting the colors people see made the biggest impression on me. This was due to the discovery Dr. Anna Franklin found that learning language and color terms can change the way in which your brain is categorizing the visual world. Suggesting the way people process color and when individuals learn language are connected.
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