Perception.

Upon speaking of perception this week in class, it reminded me of a time in middle school where our perception of taste was tested. We were all given different strips to taste, and our reactions were noted. Sometimes, something that I could not taste, tasted horrible or bitter to whoever was across from me. I recall leaving that class with a whole new outlook, having a small epiphany that consisted something along the lines of, "That's why people like different food!!"

Subsequently, this idea led to other thoughts about how we perceive different things. I moved from taste to sight, and considered color. I thought about people who are colorblind, who genetically perceive colors differently, and whether we all see different colors, but would never know it. 

For example, I could see the grass as green. But green to me, may be (my) blue to another. Someone's skin tone could be filled with a variety of peach tones and reds, but to another my peach could be their green.  Through their eyes, all the colors would be different, but referred to with the same names. We will never really know whether another person has a completely different color spectrum than your own.