In article <Pine.3.89.9606121158.B14863-0100000 at lex.lccc.edu>, rcb1 at LEX.LCCC.EDU (Ron Blue) writes:
> Nevin J. Miller, III is an intereting case. He says he is color blind.
> I would agree with him, but he is *different*. His color blindness is
> not a simple red-green or blue-yellow case. The color that he has
> the most difficult with is purple. He confuses or mixes red-blue and
> yellow-green. His special circumstance has lead to an interesting result.
>
How *different* is NJM III? I too am colour blind but not in the most common
red-green or blue-yellow. I cannot see purple or green. Purple appears as
blue and green as brown. Is this rather uncommon?
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> When the opportunity arose, I showed Nevin Miller the subjective color
> illusion. By rotating a black and white disk in florescent lightand timing
> the speed carefully one can see colors. For the first time in Nevin's life
> he reported seeing a color that he has never seen before. It was to me
> a bright blue-purple.
>
What did NJM III mean by never before seeing this colour? There are many times
that I cannot identify a colour, particularly when they are darker shades. A
"novel" colour may appear to me as dark blue/black/red/brown. Meaning that you
could tell me it was either of these and I would have to believe you. Lighter
shades of these same colours do not appear to be a problem. Often I
would have to say I had never seen these colours before. How else could I
explain my inability to distinguish these colours? Unless I have some kind of
very selective colour agnosia. Wouldn't that be a kick? What about NJM III?
If you showed him the same colour illusion again does he remember it as purple-
blue?
Anyways I was just curious.
> Nevin has reported a willness to be a subject. I suspect that by using
> positron emission tomography that his report of purple stimulation will
> be identical to controls. Nevin lives in the Allentown, Pennsylvania
> area. Are you interested in doing the research?
> Ron Blue rcb1 at lex.lccc.edu>
Steve Madison
Neuromuscular Research
Laurentian University
