What is it like to see colors you've never seen before? - An Unboxing
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 12/09/2018

Tonight, on a Very Special TWIS After-Show recording, We present: "Seeing the World Through Blair-Colored Glasses: The Unboxing of Blair's Enchroma Glasses to help correct her Color Blindness." Featuring Blair, and with the "color" commentary from, of course, Dr. Kiki & Justin.

For more on Enchroma Glasses, see — https://enchroma.com/

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(0:00) - Recording Start
(0:20) - Intro & explanation - Dr. Kiki
(1:00) - Blair's history with Color Blindness - Blair
(9:38)- Blair's thank you's to those who helped her get the glasses

(10:16) - Dr. Kiki on the EmChroma company and their web site —  https://enchroma.com/.

(10:42) - Blair on Color Blindness as a Sex-Gender linked trait - mostly found in the Male Y chromosome.

(12:24) - The unboxing begins! with... Colored Balloons!

(14:23) - Blair got sent - TWO Sets of Glasses! Indoor AND Outdoor Glasses.

(15:55) - Blair preps by turning more lights on in her Office space, Dr. Kiki with more on the Science of Color Blindness.

(16:45) - Justin thinks Blair's dad is obfuscating just how color blind he also is.

(17:35) - Blair puts on - The Indoor EnChroma glasses!!

(18:45) - Blair's first impression ("Things are Brighter!")

[Ed. Note: It can take 10 - 15 minutes or longer for the Enchroma glasses to begin to take effect as eyes adjust on average... so we'll be here a bit.]

(20:10) - Blair fears the Placebo effect, but then sees around the room and begins to notice hue differences that she thought were all the same color before!

(21:49) - Blair realizes that she hadn't really solved her Rubik's cube (correction, she did).

(23:17) - Blair realizes a color of a tentacle monster in a poster in her room is a green she never saw before.

(26:15) - A description of the EnChroma Web Site explanation of Color Blindness

(27:06) - Blair goes & gets an old color Blair's Animal Corner Calendar to look at now.

(31:14) - Justin - "We're watching an artist really see her art for the first time."

(33:53) - GordMcLeod from the chat room suggests that Blair needs to re-watch "Futurama" now.

(34:01) - Blair now wants to watch "Avengers: Infinity Wars" again - "Those Super Hero Movies must be very brightly colored."

(35:39) - Everything without the glasses tends to be more brown or sepia-toned for Blair, the colors pop for her now with them.

(38:38) - Blair: "I HAVE TO GO TO A MUSEUM!"

(43:44) - Dr. Kiki presents Blair with a screen full of colorful Corporate Logos.

(46:12) - Blair Reviews Enchroma disclaimer instructions (we love disclaimers!).

(52:24) - Dr. Kiki puts up another classic color painting for Blair to see.

(53:08) - Justin Challenges Blair to name the colors on her row of Bowling Trophies.

(54:19) - "The DVD Spines — THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT COLORS!"

(55:55) - "I've never taken a hallucinogen, but I must assume THIS is what it's like."

(59:27) - "I wonder if I'll dream in colors...?"

(1:01:06) - "Saturday: I'M GOING TO A GEM FAAAAAAAIRE!"

(1:01:40) - Blair takes off glasses, wrapping up unboxing video

(1:02:18) - Hot_Rod_ from chat room: hold the glasses up to camera and let us see through them — Blair obliges.

(1:03:12) - Thanks to the TWIS Minions & Enchroma who made this possible from Blair.

(1:03:19 ) - Dr. Kiki Wrap up.

(1:04:44) - Goodnights

(1:04:48) - End video

Watch for more adventures of Blair & her new Enchroma glasses coming to our TWIS YouTube channel after Sunday, 16-Sept-2018.