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TIL about Tetrachromacy, a condition which lets you see more colors. Normal people can see about 1 million colors, while tetrachromats may see up to 100 million. Up to 12% of women may have it. (www.healthline.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This is how we found out my mother had it:

Mom: "The colours on this new TV are terrible. Everyone is green."

Me: "Okay, hold on, let me adjust the tint."

Mom: "Now they're too blue."

Me: adjusts the colour temp

Mom: "Ew, now everyone is too yellow, it's like the Simpsons."

  • one hour later of adjusting each setting by one step *

Mom: "Well, it's still not right, but it's less awful."

A few years later I found out about Tetrachromacy tests online, and she scored something like 98%.