Comments on: Wacky power #17 – Sensing color by touch

By: Jula

Jula — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:51:37 +0000

I know someone who can sometimes sense color by touch.
It is not a difference in temperature and it is not only a matter of light and dark.
As she explained to me black and white can be easyly confused sometimes (depending on how sencitive she is feeling).
She says some shades feel “full” and others fell like more “acid”. Well. Any how she cannot sence allways. It depends on her state of mind or emotional state I dont know. But when she is certain about a color she definnetly gets it.

By: Duane Thomas

Duane Thomas — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:37:03 +0000

And isn’t it interesting how, as DD is fooling Ben Urich into believing he can see, Ben never notices him running his fingertips over the photo like – well, like a blind superhero with an enhanced sense of touch trying to figure out what’s in the photo? And isn’t it interesting how Matt can detect the “areas of hotter and cooler dark and light” through the piece of plastic over the photo – and, as previously noted, through his gloves, as well? Wow, those ARE some sensitive fingertips alright.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:50:04 +0000

To address the colorblind question: There was an Elektra run in the mid-90s (sorry I don't remember the writer but I think the artist was Mike Deodato) anyway they had some origin stuff about Bullseye that indicated he was colorblind. A lot of that stuff was thrown out the window with the Bullseye: Greatest Hits series. So I’m not sure he’s color blind or not…

Anyone know?

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:03:37 +0000

Hey Merzah,

You are sort of right. If he has two identical objects but different shades (one dark, one light) and access to a light source, he can tell which is the darker one, but not which color they are. I hope that makes sense. However, different colors don't absorb different amounts of heat. In the dark, all colors are the same temperature, and differences only become noticeable when you subject them to fairly bright light. In a normally lit room, there shouldn't be much of a difference even between light and dark. I'm sitting on a light couch and my computer is on a dark table and any temperature difference between them would be virtually non-existent.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:50:17 +0000

its kinda like claiming you can taste the difference between different coloured M and M's.

Merzah from Prague

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:48:40 +0000

So, im sorry, im still confused. I said before that "maybe" he could differentiate between lights and darks based on the heat they absorb but wouldnt be able to determine colours. like he could tell between dark green and light green but not that it was actually green. So am i kinda right? any points for me, ms. science teacher?:-)

screw it, why dont they just say hes colour-blind and leave it at that.

I wonder if there are any actual colourblind heroes out there?

Merzah from prague

By: Christine

Christine — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:12:45 +0000

Well, that's Matt's other (previously undisclosed) superpower: he's psychic. This reminds me of the Swedish children's comic book character Skalman ("Shell-man"), who is a member of the supporting cast in the Bamse comic book, about the world's strongest (and kindest) bear. Skalman is always ready for anything, carrying everything from inflatable helicopters to emergency supplies inside his shell. He's the comic book version of MacGyver, except that he doesn't only use what happens to be lying around, he brings most of it himself. I suspect his shell is really a worm hole into a separate dimension.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:56:27 +0000

I love the hair dye incident in Daredevil 60 not only because of Matt's ability to distinguish colour but to have had the forethought to carry on his person chemicals that would darken his hair to the EXACT shade of a thug (he didn't know he was going to meet). Now that's impressive forward thinking.