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[โ€“] LittleBorat2@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

People are not all one? Do yo really imagine grey potatoes when someone says apple.

[โ€“] Arfman@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm still coming to terms of people who don't think visually, there are people who think in grayscale??

[โ€“] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

I guess I do?

Visualizing stuff isn't quite the outline one, there's more detail. But thinking of some paintings, I can't quite recall the colors.

[โ€“] joe_archer@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have been diagnosed with aphantasia, so I'm a 5. I have no ability to visualise anything in my head, I was in my 40s before I realised that "minds eye" is not a metaphor for most people.

So, I worked in a job shop, I would draw things up in CAD and leave everything the default grey texture. then the customer would say "I don't want it to be grey. I want it [wood, gold, magenta plaid, whatever]" and I would say "Yeah I'm going to make it out of [whatever], I'm just confirming the physical design." and they would reply "I can't see it."

Is that you?