I was sure that I had picked out the different square, only to find I was wrong. Looking back, I can’t see any difference, really (and I suspect the original one I saw was due to a shadow on the screen). Nevertheless, the scientists do say that there is a difference between the square the Himba picked and the others. Some people can see weird things, like the polarization of light, so it’s not a stretch to imagine they are more sensitive to different aspects of light than we are, and less sensitive to things like hue. I really wish the clip explained what the difference they were seeing was.
If the Himba were to design a color wheel, I wonder what it would look like.
I was sure that I had picked out the different square, only to find I was wrong. Looking back, I can’t see any difference, really (and I suspect the original one I saw was due to a shadow on the screen). Nevertheless, the scientists do say that there is a difference between the square the Himba picked and the others. Some people can see weird things, like the polarization of light, so it’s not a stretch to imagine they are more sensitive to different aspects of light than we are, and less sensitive to things like hue. I really wish the clip explained what the difference they were seeing was.
If the Himba were to design a color wheel, I wonder what it would look like.