TIL that some women can have a genetic mutation which causes them to gain a 4th color-vision cone in their eyes, allowing them to see millions of more colors. The last two sentences kill me. [Xpost from /r/todayilearned]

KRosen333 · 2013-06-18T01:19:47+00:00

“Seeing 100 million colors is probably pretty mind boggling,” Neitz said. "Men probably could not handle it. That could be why it is restricted to women."

Huh.

Moxiecontin · 2013-06-18T00:17:51+00:00

My boyfriend's brain would just explode if he knew that my car isn't "blue", but is instead Periwinkle. I thank god every day that he has been spared that trauma.

Pecanpig · 2013-06-18T01:18:51+00:00

Can't something like 0.2% of women see ultraviolet light?

2013-06-18T02:06:59+00:00

I wonder who developed the technology to make this discovery?

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