Researchers pinpoint how detecting social signals may have affected how we see colors

The arrangement of the photoreceptors in our eyes allows us to detect socially significant color variation better than other types of color vision, a team of researchers has found. Specifically, our color vision is superior at spotting “social signaling,” such as blushing or other facial color changes—even when compared to the type of color vision that we design for digital cameras and other photographic devices.

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read that, could be quite a few advantages

second thing that came to mind is of very young offspring, newborns – babies – they can’t exactly pull an extra leapard skin on if too cold, or kick it off if too hot, or express their exact situation to Gog mum.

and what parent hasn’t looked at their baby and the colour of face etc not been a part of concerns about the thermal comforts of the baby (probably good-part instinctive).

the example I gave might not be right, but something tells me a look at the nurturing of very young offspring might yield something.

>>> However, we’ve now shown that when it comes to spotting changes in color linked to social cues, humans outshine the type of color vision we’ve designed for our technologies.”

I think that’s because 80+ emotions are involved in the visual system, when you see someone blushing you might create an emotion has a reaction to what your seeing and then its stored in memory

Cameras and other devices lack emotions involved in facial recognition and aesthetics.

Tau.Neutrino said:

Researchers pinpoint how detecting social signals may have affected how we see colors

The arrangement of the photoreceptors in our eyes allows us to detect socially significant color variation better than other types of color vision, a team of researchers has found. Specifically, our color vision is superior at spotting “social signaling,” such as blushing or other facial color changes—even when compared to the type of color vision that we design for digital cameras and other photographic devices.

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People with red-green can’t detect blushing.

So what? Hardly as important as detecting when fruit is rips.

mollwollfumble said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Researchers pinpoint how detecting social signals may have affected how we see colors

The arrangement of the photoreceptors in our eyes allows us to detect socially significant color variation better than other types of color vision, a team of researchers has found. Specifically, our color vision is superior at spotting “social signaling,” such as blushing or other facial color changes—even when compared to the type of color vision that we design for digital cameras and other photographic devices.

more…

People with red-green can’t detect blushing.

So what? Hardly as important as detecting when fruit is rips.

These two sentences from the article

For instance, some species of monkeys give red signals on their faces and on genitals that change color during mating and in social interactions. Similarly, humans exhibit facial color changes such as blushing, which are socially informative signals.

These primates’ facial color has been known to change with their reproductive status, with female faces becoming redder when they are ready to mate

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Human genitals change color and size too don’t they? maybe not for everyone, the color change that is.