There is a Cambridge University legend of one of the Dons who no-one could catch in conversation on any subject where the Don did not have a robust and detailed understanding- they tried physics and geography, national and local physics. Till one day a post-grad studied up on Norweigian First Division football, and buttonholed the man at lunch and asked about the prospects for Ham-Kam in the upcoming match.<p>And the Don leaned over to get his sandwich and without looking back said "Well I would have said it's an easy win but with Bondevik being injured in the last game I think their defence is lacking ..."<p>I know I should go and spend a few days learning what the relationship between cones in my eyes and intensity of photons is and how it affects color perception.<p>But I just don't know how some people find the time to learn the Norwegian football leagues - not because it might come in handy, not because i'm not smart enough, but I just don't know how to arrange the worlds information so it can arrive in my perception so I can learn it.<p>In short it's not about smart, it's not about hard work, it's about which hard work and how to keep learning more.<p>I am just not sure how many years left there are to give to whimesy
This is a nice article, bringing together various color/perception concepts.<p>For those interested, you may also like the article introducing the "OK Lab" color space[1] and others by the same author[2].<p>It's my current favorite, though definitely not perfect.<p>[1] <a href="https://bottosson.github.io/posts/oklab/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://bottosson.github.io/posts/oklab/</a><p>[2] <a href="https://bottosson.github.io/posts/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://bottosson.github.io/posts/</a>
I found this video from acerola another excellent introduction to color theory vis a vis computer graphics: <a href="https://youtu.be/fv-wlo8yVhk?si=zfG_lxcXPhx3op_h" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://youtu.be/fv-wlo8yVhk?si=zfG_lxcXPhx3op_h</a>
See also the <i>Color FAQ</i>: <<a href="https://poynton.ca/ColorFAQ.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://poynton.ca/ColorFAQ.html</a>>
Incredibly good article. He writes about as clearly as you can about such a knotty subject.<p>Related xkcd: <a href="https://xkcd.com/1882/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://xkcd.com/1882/</a>