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From: alanr@rd.bbc.co.uk (Alan Roberts)
Subject: Re: Color space FAQ
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Eleanor Howick (e.howick@irl.cri.nz) wrote:
: David Bourgin writes:

: > A color is defined from human eye capabilities. If you consider a normal
: > human being, his vision of a color will be the same as for another normal 
:               ---
: >being.

: I hope he dosen't consider women abnormal. This kind of thing irritates.


But women _are_ abnormal, only 2% chance of defficient colour vision, compared
with 15% in men. (Or are _men_ abnormal_? I give up.)

But seriously, please don't use David's FAQ, it has too many errors and is
highly misleading in places. When we can find out how to, we'll get it
removed.

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