Tetrachromats Don't Have Superpowers

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Colorblind people are missing colors, but are there people out there with extra colors? Many people think they are special because of a few internet memes and online color tests. They're not special. Website ► http://knowingbetter.tv Store ► http://standard.tv/knowingbetter Patreon ► http://patreon.com/knowingbetter Paypal ► http://paypal.me/knowingbetter Twitter ► https://twitter.com/KnowingBetterYT Twitch ► https://twitch.tv/knowingbetteryt Facebook ► https://facebook.com/KnowingBetterYT/ Instagram ► https://instagram.com/knowingbetteryt Reddit ► https://reddit.com/r/KnowingBetter/ --- A "clean" edit of this video, designed to be more classroom- and child-friendly, can be found here: https://youtu.be/F5EGNMbPkAM When the Blind Still See - https://youtu.be/l4GmdMNsBfI exurb1a - https://www.youtube.com/c/exurb1a Special thanks to exurb1a, the voice of Wheatley the Ferret - again! --- Neitz, J., Carroll, J., & Neitz, M. (2001). Color vision: Almost reason enough for having eyes. Optics and Photonics News, 12(1), 26-33. Kalloniatis, M., & Luu, C. (2005). The Perception of Color. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11538/ Thoen, H. H., How, M. J., Chiou, T., & Marshall, J. (2014). A Different Form of Color Vision in Mantis Shrimp. Science, 343(6169), 411-413. doi:10.1126/science.1245824 https://nei.nih.gov/health/color_blindness/facts_about http://www.color-blindness.com/coblis-color-blindness-simulator/ http://fox6now.com/2015/03/02/how-many-colors-do-you-see-this-simple-test-may-or-may-not-reveal-something-fascinating-about-your-eye/ http://www.businessinsider.com/the-mantis-shrimp-color-vision-system-2014-1 https://www.popsci.com/blog-network/ladybits/mantis-shrimp-vision-not-mindblowing-you%E2%80%99ve-been-told --- Video Credits - Colorblind Man Sees Purple for the First Time - EZwithETHAN - https://youtu.be/WCcxwieuDH0 The more you know - Jacob M. - https://youtu.be/GD6qtc2_AQA True Facts About The Mantis Shrimp - zefrank1 - https://youtu.be/F5FEj9U-CJM Photo Credits - https://www.unm.edu/~toolson/human_cone_action_spectra.gif http://faculty.montgomerycollege.edu/gyouth/FP_examples/student_examples/griffin_shay/images/colorblindness.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Ishihara_19.PNG/768px-Ishihara_19.PNG http://www.ffca-calgary.com/uploads/circle1192509_960_720.png http://www.sun-world.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/category_hdr_red_grapes.jpg http://www.mb-med.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/RIBES-NERO.jpg http://sciphile.org/sites/default/files/users/guy/media/MonaLisaInverted.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Color_icon_violet_v2.svg/480px-Color_icon_violet_v2.svg.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Color_icon_purple.svg/480px-Color_icon_purple.svg.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Double-Rainbow.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/PSM_V46_D167_Outer_surface_of_the_human_brain.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Human_eye_cross-sectional_view_grayscale.png https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/justcause/images/2/23/Traffic_cone.PNG/revision/latest?cb=20130905180845 http://www.henniker.org.uk/images/Dirty_PCs/1394USB_dirty.jpg http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/921/267/de3.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Wikipe-tan_wearing_The_Dress_reduced.svg Music Credits - "Furious Freak" and "Daily Beetle (Edited)" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Thumbnail, Intro, and Channel Art by PoetheWonderCat https://poethewondercat.tumblr.com/ https://patreon.com/poethewondercat --- Additional disclaimer for this video: That's vaseline. --- Hashtags: #psychology #color #vision #brain #monochrome #blackandwhite #bnw #colorblind #eye #eyes #sight #see #thedress #rainbow #purple