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by ojo-rojo 523 days ago
I'm red-green colorblind. I've recently learned some people have four types of cones in the retina. They have tetrachromatic vision, seeing over a hundred times more colors than I do. I'm fascinated by what kind of a bright vibrant world they see!
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It is my understanding that it isn't a brighter view, just more differentiation. So things that might look smooth and all one colour to some may have shades of colour to a tertrachromat. Eg. Make-up may look splotchy, paint looks streaky, etc. I'm not a tetrachromat, so I don't really know.

Can any tetrachromats weigh in on this?