Color Blindness

Throughout chapter 4, we learned about different senses such as vision, hearing, smell and touch. But vision is one of our most valued senses. Our eyes see an image and send it through the retina and back to the Visual Cortex, here the image is then processed and our brain tells us what we are seeing. One of the defects people have with vision is color blindness. I thought that color blindness was really interesting because I couldn’t imagine not being able to see the world in different colors. I then researched about color blindness and read an article about a man who was an artist but was color blind, how did he do it??
Neil Harbisson, 25, is an artist who was only able to paint in black and white but is now able to paint in color ever since he discovered a device called the Eyeborg, invented by Adam Montandon. The Eyeborg allows him to convert colors to sound. Harbisson said, “When I paint it is as if I am composing music on a canvas.” The device uses light vibration, vibrating fastest from violet and slowest from red. With this device, Harbisson has been able to expand the horizon for his paintings and has also traveled around the world showing off different paintings he has created.