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Ronan Canty

Mrs. Stevens

Life Science

21 February 2020

How Does Distance Affect Your Ability to See Different Colors?

Did you know that some people have a phobia of color this phobia is called

chromophobia (Crane). A person’s chromophobia is usually from only one color. It is a privilege

to see color because some people can’t see color at all. Color is sometimes classified as a

disability as well because people mess up colors which makes them dangerous drivers on the

road.​ I thought that if​ ​ten people are tested to see what color you can see the best from different

distances away, then 75% of the people will see red.

How Does Color Blindness Work?

Color blindness means that people do not see certain or all colors the correct way.

Usually color blindness comes from the genes that are passed down from one’s parents. There

are different types of color blindness. The six types of color blindness are deuteranomaly,

protanomaly, protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanomaly, and tritanopia. Complete color blindness is

called monochromacy. People with color blindness lives are the same as regular people;

however, they just see color differently​(Color).

Why Do We See Color?

Wavelengths reflect off the eye to make objects visible able to see. Photoreceptors are a

type of cone that is in your retina that responds to light. Most people have 6 to 7 million cones in

their eyes. Most of these cones are on a .3 millimeter spot that is called the fovea centralis. 64%
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of the cones see the color red and the rest see different colors. The eye tells the brain which

colors are visible ​(Pappas).

How Does Color Perception Work?

The cones in your eyes make you see color. Rays of light bounce off one’s eyes to make

color appear. Our eyes absorb the visible light in the world. The three main colors we see the

best are blue, green, and red. We usually see light in the 380 to 780 light spectrum range. The

long-waves are safer and less harmful to our eyes then short-waves (Zeiss).

Why Is a Baseball White with Red Stitching?

Before a baseball was made of what it is today, it used to be made out of shoe

rubber or lemon peels. The new baseball is white with red stitching because it is easier to

see and it was an evolution from the old baseball. The old baseball used to look like an

old used brown football. Harwood and Sons were the first baseball manufacturers of

baseballs. Spalding company would take over the baseball manufacturing business for

100 years. The cork in the middle of the baseball made the baseball it's rigid outer layer

(Stamp).

What Colors Can We See the Best and Worst? Why?

Green is the easiest color to see. Red is the hardest color to see. Yellow takes over when

it is dark. Green is to go because it is the easiest to see. Fire Trucks are beginning to become

yellow because it is easier to see than red in the dark. Less thing are becoming red (Sanders).

Why Does Distance Affect Your Vision?

Distance affects your vision when you get older and older. Myopia is nearsightedness and

42% of American suffer with it throughout their life. Distance affects your vision because of the
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lenses in your eyes. Myopia, affect you the most in adulthood and it could impair your vision.

The muscles in your eyes help you see things from a distance. When you look at something at a

distance your eyes look startled (Shady).

Conclusion

I thought that if ten people are tested to see what color you can see the best from different

distances away, then 75% of the people will see red,​ ​and I found out that I was wrong.​ I said that

the people would say that red was the easiest but most people saw yellow the easiest. On average

at 40 yards, there was 100% of people seeing yellow. At 60 yards, people saw 70% yellow, 20%

red, and 10% orange. At 80 yards, people saw 70% yellow, and 30% orange. I learned that

people saw different colors differently. I enjoyed my experiment because I got to hangout with

my friends and I learned something new at the same time.

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Works Cited

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Pappas, Stephanie. “How Do We See Color?” ​LiveScience,​ Purch, 2010,

www.livescience.com/32559-why-do-we-see-in-color.html​.

Sanders, April. “What Are the Most Visible Colors From a Distance?” ​Sciencing​, 2 Mar. 2019,

sciencing.com/visible-colors-distance-8209029.html.

“Shady Grove Eye & Vision Care.” ​Shady Grove Eye Vision Care​, 24 Dec. 2013,

youreyesite.com/vision-changes-due-to-close-work/.

Stamp, Jimmy. “A Brief History of the Baseball.” ​Smithsonian.com​, Smithsonian Institution, 28

June 2013,

www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-brief-history-of-the-baseball-3685086/​.

Zeiss, Carl. “How Does Color Vision Work?” ​ZEISS International, Optical and Optoelectronic

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work-.html​.