Friday, July 27, 2012
color blind Greeks?
Just heard a blurb on NPR: Expert says, "All the Greeks were color-blind. They saw everything in black and white, with maybe a tinge of red." How on earth would we know this? Unless he was speaking figuratively. Seems likely, except that the context was a preview of a segment on how people see colors.
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I heard that too! I am so curious. Have been looking for more sources about this topic, but so far have only encountered writings by Gladstone, a former British PM. Did NPR follow up?
ReplyDeleteDon't know if NPR ran the segment yet--I just heard the blurb advertising the segment, and I'm a haphazard listener (I turn it on when I'm alone in the car). Good luck.
ReplyDeleteYes, it ran on Radiolab. Here's a link to listen to it off their site or download the podcast. :)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.radiolab.org/2012/may/21/