2 - ADVANTAGES OF SEEING IN COLOUR

Question 1

‘colour enables us to quickly recognise things that are similar in other respects, but differ in colour’

Answer 1

eg trying to find your car

eg picking ripe berries - survival advantage

Question 2

seeing in colour is advantageous for…

Answer 2

• locating things
• identifying/recognising things
• linking elements together / separating things from the background (seeing things in foreground - eg predators against a bush)(ishihara test plates - things of colour automatically linked by visual system)
• provide information about object characteristics