Color vision and variations

Vailias

I've noticed for a long time that my eyes often see color different from one another.
Typically my right eye is skewed warmer, and my left eye is skewed cooler.
Specifically I perceive far more oranges and reds in things with my right eye, and more cyans and greens/yellows with my left.
The degree of this effect is somewhat dependant on light source as well. Indoor florescent tubes seem to give consistent lighting (like they're supposed to, even if its skewed green) and also the sun near sunset seems basically consistent, but evening, full sun, and daylight spectrum bulbs produce noticeable color shifts.

In some ways I think of it as a benefit, aiding in overall color perception, though I suppose it would technically be a "genetic defect".


I'm curious as to how many others experience this sort of thing, or some heavy form of color perception issues ala color blindness, and how, if at all, it affects your art.

Rai

You should take this test if you haven't, to see how your eyes fair. http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77&Lang=en

Try both at the same time, then do each individually.

I believe I got nearly 100% if not 100% on the test, but I'm blind as a bat. :<

00Zero

i have the same issue. left eye = more blue right eye = warmer

Chemical Alia

I noticed the same phenomenon when I was a kid, when staring at a white wall. My left eye sees warmer than my right, but I don't think it has any impact on my use of color in art. Though I took that color test a couple of months ago and screwed up pretty much the whole green row. And green is one of the colors I use least in my art, so go figure.

vcool

My right eye is astigmatic, and I have the same thing. I noticed it once in class years ago, the white/lime wall was of a different hue if I used different eyes.

Bishop

That test what actually kinda, acurate may be the appropriate word?

My left eye has an astigmatism, while my right is near perfect. My left eye sees warmer than my right, and to my knowledge it doesn't really affect me since my left eye's vision isn't as strong as my right, so my vision is mostly based in my right.

Vrav

Ditto on noticing one eye being warmer as a kid, but I don't think it really means anything. Perception is weird and forgiving, anyway.

McGreed

I noticed the same with my vision, and was actually thinking that it was on purpose, like 3D red-blue glasses

Michael Knubben

Bishop: not sure if that's actually related to astigmatism though. I say this because both my eyes are astigmatic, yet I also perceive more of a blue overtone in one of my eyes.

Fireflights

I've also noticed the same cool/warm differences in my eyes...most notably after I wake up from sleeping, and had slight pressure on one of my eyes...the difference seems more pronounced, for whatever reason. [edit] Also, now that I think about it...when I go from a really bright area to a low-light area, the color differences in my eyes are also really pronounced.

Got perfect score on that test though! (blurring your vision helps a lot)

Calabi

I have same . I think I messed up my eyes staring at those magic eye pictures. One eye doesnt focus as well or as quickly as the other, its a bit lazy.

It could be genetic though, our faces do have a left right symmetry bias, so why not the colours.

ikken

I've been seeing my optometrist recently, and according to one of the tests (staring at a black screen with random red and green diods), my left eye is about 25 % worse at seeing greens than my right one
and all the colours I see through it are a tad warmer as well

I don't notice it much unless I'm trying on intention though.

Eric Chadwick

The nun was right, you are going blind.