What if? (8)

What if everyone was colorblind? Well not necessarily color blind, but what if we didn't see colors, or never knew things were different colors? Many things are influenced by color. Things as simple as a stop light depend on color. Everyone knows the colors red for stop, yellow caution or yield, and green for go. What if we couldn't see the difference? Clearly there would have to be another system set into place. Road signs are also in colors. Red always signals stop; the red stop sign or a red flag in racing means to stop. Yellow always means caution; watch out for workers ahead or yield to oncomers. Green is always go. The blue and white lights of a cop car always signal us to stop, and the red and white lights of the ambulance always tell us to get out of the way. So clearly without colors our roads would be screwed up. At my work we have two agents and we use red and blue to tell the difference between the two. We have a red marker for Mark and a blue marker for Paul. People use yellow highlighters to mark if something is important, and teachers generally grade in red ink so it stands out on the page. Colors are a big part of our world, even with things that aren't really threatening like road conditions are. Things like buying a car, color is a big part of someones decision. When people try to match clothes, color is important. People match nail polish or accessories to the color of their outfit. These things are small, but it is a part of color. We even use color to characterize someones mood; blue being sad, red being mad, and yellow is generally used for happy. What would the world be like without color? It's a good question, but I can only imagine it being like the movie Pleasantville. They had no color. It didn't matter, but once they discovered it, color became everything. Color is a vital part of our everyday life. Without it, who knows how we would do things.