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Re: Re: [RingworldRPG] Kzinti colour perception

My partner is in visual neuroscience research so I sent the question
her way. She is however rather specialised in human vision but you
never know...


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How would a kzinti perceive colour? (That's "color" for any Americans reading this). A player in my current RPG game suggested a form of gambling involving ... 		David Fraser
davidkfraser
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11:14 am

Actually - this is a good point. Cats probably have very good peripheral vision wouldn't they? But as you pointed out have to remember that Kzin are not...
David Gordon
degordon3000
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11:38 am

David, Hmmmm. These are really good points. THe minimal research that I have been able to do (via the internet) suggests that big cats see colour, but can be...
David Fraser
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My partner is in visual neuroscience research so I sent the question her way. She is however rather specialised in human vision but you never know... Care2...
Carl Brown
tsiebaiv
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11:56 pm

i would like to imagine that kzinti would be more of what we would call "color blind"- unable to see greens and blues against each other. why would they have...
silly_donkey
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12:58 am

I like your idea - "colour-blind" kzinti makes sense! The answer to your question about the Kzinti sky will be in "Cathouse" by Dean Ing, or the follow up,...
David Fraser
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David (Fraser) and Blaine (is that your name Silly_Donkey? :-) ). Good points. I think blue and green receptors would be thin on the ground if not ...
David Gordon
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You might want to have the Kninti have more diffrent words for oramge in their language if they see more orange colors on their homworld and have them more apt...
Jay W.
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