Color
In the beginning of the podcast I found the statement that scientist often make "color has an objective reality, but colors we see are tricks of the imagination" very insightful. This explanation made a lot of sense to me and is an easy way to think about color because in actuality there is no completely correct way to observe color or determine the "real" color being viewed. I found it interesting when the speakers went on to talk about the different color receptors of multiple creatures and how each thing would see the rainbow in a distinct way. A dog has only two color receptors, blue and yellow, and can be compared to someone who is color blind. A human has a third color receptor, red, which mixes with many other colors and helps humans have the ability to see about 100 more colors and shades. A sparrow sees more of the start of a rainbow than we do because of their ultraviolet vision. They also see more colors than dogs and humans because they have ext...


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