Senses and Stuff

    When it comes to a person's sense of sight, many people either identify as having normal vision or having color blindness. However, tetrachromacy is a rare genetic mutation that occurs only in women that allows someone to see 100 million shades of color instead of the regular one million different hues. The genetic mutation gives the person with tetrachromacy an extra fourth cone instead of three cones, allowing them to simply see "colors in other colors". For someone who has this rare condition, they will be able to different between hues that are indistinguishable to others who have normal vision. This may make it overwhelming for those who have tetrachromacy to be in surroundings that are full of different colors, but this condition can also improve an artist's work or the ability to distinguish illness just in people's skin tones!

    As an artist, I feel like having this condition would be extremely fascinating as I would be able to essentially see a whole new world of colors. My artwork would "come alive" in a sense where I would be able to formulate so many different hues, adding vibrancy to my paintings. However, I also feel like this would make living harder because the constant exposure to colors on the internet could easily strain my eyes. I wonder if people with tetrachromacy experience any sort of eye discomfort throughout their daily lives. 

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