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minus-squareRinseDrizzle@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·6 months agoHand doesn’t look red tho
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·6 months agoBrain uses expectations to decide what to fill perception with. you don’t expect hands to be the same red tone as cola cans.
minus-squarehalf_fiction@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·6 months agoI think it’s also the amount of blue overlay. If you zoom way in, the cola can has much larger chunks of uninterrupted white, whereas the hand has a lot more blue interspersed.
minus-squareRinseDrizzle@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoFair point, well observed!
Hand doesn’t look red tho
Brain uses expectations to decide what to fill perception with. you don’t expect hands to be the same red tone as cola cans.
I think it’s also the amount of blue overlay. If you zoom way in, the cola can has much larger chunks of uninterrupted white, whereas the hand has a lot more blue interspersed.
Fair point, well observed!