Primary Colors

[Karin Wells]

You asked..."If you don't mind my asking, is your one eye "red blind" (red looks green), "blue blind" (blue looks yellow), or "green blind" (green looks tan)?"

Compared to my good eye (the right one), the colors in my left eye register in the following manner: Red looks greyish, very dull, but I can definitely tell that it is in the category of "red." Blues seem to get darker and greyish. And yellow seems to lose a lot of its warmth. When both of my eyes are open, I only register what I see from my right eye.

According to my eye doctor I don't have depth perception...however, I can drive, catch a ball, and I don't stumble over things. I haven't got a clue about what I am probably missing.

Also, I'm not sure that this has anything to do with my pecular vision, but when I am "building light" in a painting, I sometimes work in dim light so I can see the effect. I once read that some Old Master (Titian maybe?) checked his work by candlelight so that he could see if the light in the painting was strong enough.