Bill's stationary vision was as good as mine, but for meteors he was in a very different league. One day looking at sunlit trees, I found out each eye responds to green differently. Quite a few people see no color in meteors or stars. Joan gets a little star color but meteors have to be as bright as Jupiter for her to see any color, and it's iffy even then. If I am looking at the ground when a fireball occurs, I can still give the magnitude and color just from the flash on the ground.
Experience ought to keep accumulating over time.
There is always something to learn out there, and I have been on meteors since 1960. Building up star knowledge never stops while waiting for meteors to appear, which is essential for plotting skill. My first observing partner quit after 3 years thinking there was nothing more to learn. Perhaps I can excuse him, for his interest wouldn't hold up forever with perception only half mine.