The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-08
HiuMderSc Vision.

| 1t Is estimated by those who have ta,.an
| SPECIAL pains to investi tigate the matter tha,
| TWO persons out of every hundred are decided
| iy coior-hlind. Many comicai mistakes have
| been made on eccount of the INABILITY of par.
les 10 distinguish colors The following eases
| are reported in the Philosophical Transac-
| tiOns:
gentleman relates how he was shocked.
Just before the marriage Of his daughter by
.ne appearance OF the bridegroom in Il suit of
oiacki Ior In earlier times it seems color was
indispensable 10 matrimony Papa insisted
That the poor fellow should 20 home and as
| sumo some less melancholy attire; but the
oride, VINO would probably have married him
IN sackcioth, like noble woman-at,a least so
we snspect-rushed TO the rescue and declared
that her lover was correctly clothed In rich
scar|et-colored dress. Such was the fact
Ohe DAY sitter service at church, gentleman
went up 10 lady and inqsired. with great +
concern, for whom she was in mourning For
no one, was the reply why should he Imagine
that such was the case. The querist ex LAIN.
ed-"as not her bonnet deep black Ger
talnly not; IT was crimson velvet A persou
who had lost n relative, greatly scaudaIizad
his friends by sealing black-edged letters with
red wax, just as many an heir-at-laW would
probably do, If, after testifying his regard for
the memory OF the departed, by using n sheet
with the deepest and darkest of borders he
We're at liberty to symbolic his genuine ssnti-
ments when he came 20 the seal But this was
nothing to the hlunder of an uphol.terer's au-
prentice, who was sent TO purchase some blacl,
cloth to cover 4 coffin and returned with :,
quantity OF scarlet, under the impression that
II was AS mourntul a sable as the occasion re-
quired.
Next let us mention a series of cases i,
Whlch one color IS simply confoundei with
another. Red, for example, NAV be habitua,lv
mistaken for green, or crimson iden titled with
blue. Take the former species Of defect for
the clashing of green with red is one of the
most forms n hafo lovx,
the hines. gentleman was asked if ia saw
any object stretched upon a hedge. Ee de-
clared there was none. The fact was that a
red CLOAK happened to be thrown over il, aud
though theeXact position was pointed cut to
him. he could not perceive any difference IN
color between the garment and the grten of
nature. Boys have more than once become ac
quainted with their parachromatism-notce
tainly under that titIe-by finding that their
companions could make easy havoc anon, .ha
cherries, while they, from their inabiliS, 10
discriminate between the hues Of the fruit and
the leaves, were compelled To explore the tree
laborlonsly, and To commit their depredation;
on very unsatisfactory scale. The same DIT
hculty has attended their operations whist
tOraging in the straw berry beds
O!her most amusing instances are on record
"A gentleman was req ues ted To pick ont a II tla
greens from number of pieces OF stained
glass he selec ted the red, brown claret ytl
low and pink and when asked to saw With
was the most emphatic green of the group te
uiihesilttihsiS HAeu upon tne ciaret A sui
geon called upon his tailor, in tending to order
4 pair OF brown pan falcons he select ted tn,
cloth himself, but when the garment came
home the color proved to be as sanguinary Is
if he were on the point of starting for tie
wars. He went on another occasion detes.
mined to secure his tavorite brown but tie
result was just as unfortunate as before Ths
time the color adopted was a violent green.
and the poor fellow was compelled to get he
articles dyed in order that he might not be
A
noble whose vision was similarly ofTact.d
began to banter his lady one day for wearing
n scarlet dress. Her ladyship was at a loss 10
understand the joke for her dress was as ve,-
dant as the garb OF spring. A Gentleman who
was fond of drawing used to pprpetrafe ,anI
scapes in which the trees were adorned wih
red foliage and when he attempted to execuk
a marine view, his Waves-contrar to all prA
cedent, except they Were intended for the Rel
sea-Were tipped with fine crimson crests