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Gunfreak Supporting Member of TMP17 Jul 2014 10:52 a.m. PST

So some backstory, on youtube you have roleplaying videoes made for relaxation, it can by anything from haircuts to fortunetelling.

One of the more popular verisions of this is medical exams, not prostate exam and stuff, just basic eye tests, light in the eye ect.

So I watch a few of these now and then, and some times, they have tests for color vision.

And I so over think it. It's POV so the "doctor" as which color is this and points to one.

And you know that you should say/think yellow. but thats not what I think/say, I say mat yellow green, or sand, or beige yellow.

Or instead of green I say, leaf green, Od,

Or light, blue, sky blue, marine blue, dark blue, midnight blue.

Or Burgandy, chessnut blood red, scarlet ect.

And when they as you to tell which of these colors are darker or lighter.

Instead of just saying, that one is lighter, you say, that one is lighter, but got a more washed out clolor and more drab ect.

I think if I ever do have to get a real eye test, my doctor will go mad.

Garand17 Jul 2014 11:16 a.m. PST

I think this is normal when you have a very specific set of references for colors. Most people may say something is "green" but I might say it is close to Olive Drab, etc. The subtleties of color for someone that does not actively work with them may be lost.

Damon.

Zargon17 Jul 2014 12:04 p.m. PST

Go wan! and here's me thinking it was about you 'GF' liking Rap music :+) no dude your just have an artists soul and an artists ways nothing wrong there. PS make sure your optometrist is either a gamer or an artist.
Cheers happy gaming.

Personal logo War Artisan Sponsoring Member of TMP17 Jul 2014 12:07 p.m. PST

You could have it worse. Consider what it's like to be a wargamer who has been in printing most of his life, and does detailed color matching on a daily basis. When my wife points out a yellow-green object and I say "That's a Pantone 361, with maybe a little touch of extender but not quite a Pantone 360", it usually gets me a poke in the arm and a curt "Stop it."

legatushedlius17 Jul 2014 12:59 p.m. PST

Oh dear, I do refer to things by the nearest Humbrol colour. My daughter bought a new dress recently and asked me what I thought of the colour. "Humbrol 25" I replied

Personal logo Extra Crispy Sponsoring Member of TMP17 Jul 2014 2:18 p.m. PST

It's like asking a foodie/chef to describe a flavor or a musician to describe a song. You have to have the vocabulary and experience to make those distinctions. Artists, decorators, architects, designers etc. would totally understand.

Early morning writer17 Jul 2014 10:47 p.m. PST

I have a gaming friend who is color blind. I plan on 'ambushing' him with dice he just can't read – no way, now how – and watch his reaction. Before I bring out the color blind "braille" dice! : )

snurl117 Jul 2014 11:40 p.m. PST

War Artisan:

Believe it or not I know just what you mean.

tkdguy17 Jul 2014 11:50 p.m. PST

I had a different problem: trying to figure out how to represent some imaginary colors: link (look under colors)

I asked a bunch of folks and got different answers each time.

I decided to represent them in metallic, fluorescent colors:
Ulfire: metallic red
Jale: metallic green
Dolm: metallic purple
All of which would glow in the dark.

GildasFacit Sponsoring Member of TMP18 Jul 2014 3:25 a.m. PST

Real colour vision tests have nothing to do with 'naming' colours – this is an issue that testers were aware of back in the 19th century when the early tests were instigated.

Comparison and pattern recognition are the usual means of finding defective colour vision, not some arbitrary labelling of colours.

OSchmidt18 Jul 2014 4:48 a.m. PST

I simply give the Pantone shade number.

Personal logo etotheipi Sponsoring Member of TMP18 Jul 2014 8:33 a.m. PST

If you want them to lock you up, just say that one is halfway between orc and goblin, or darker than Prussian Landwehr 1811 but lighter than British Home Guard, 1813.

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