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minus-squareRinseDrizzle@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·9 days agoHand doesn’t look red tho
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·9 days 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-up17·9 days 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-up1·9 days 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!