Thread: Are your dreams in color?

My dreams are colored. I couldn't dream without color. I would do the coffee thing for as long as I could. Color is what gives life that extra beauty and I take that for advantage.

As for the wording I use both spellings depending on the situation. I believe that if you can understand what someone is saying and they spell a word without a mistake that no one would intentionally make is good enough. That is why I accept it when people say gooder and brung. I even say funner which supposedly should be more fun. When I talk to my English teacher sometimes I say gooder just to annoy her. She tells me it isn't good grammar. I say grammar is defined by opinions. I would never write funner on a paper though. That would be bad.

Excellent point.

Originally posted by Amethyst Star
From the other post:
I remember having at least one dream where some (not all) of it was in black and white. To me, it all depends on what your subconscious wants you to see. When you're lucid, you see what you want to see, which is usually familiar colors, though sometimes they're off .

I agree with Ame here, that we see what colors we believe we should see in our dreams. It is very possible that we do dream in black and white all the time but we believe we should be seeing colors, so we see them. Really we are not seeing anything in our dreams anyway because it is all in our subconscious. Anyway... blah

I experience color in my dreams but I have also experienced black and white dreams.

Originally posted by A Lost Soul

Probably because we Americans are all the rejects from Britain.

Anyway, I do dream in colour.

Actually, Australia was the destination for all of the official criminal 'transportations' as they used to call them. Yes, there was initially a great deal of emigration to America from Britain -- first the Royalists moved there to avoid the persecutions of the Puratan Protestant Thugs under Cromwell, and then the Puratans had to run because they didn't have what it took to hang onto power. Later, in America these two sides would go at it again in the American Civil War. But in America the Aristocracy would continue to be as it had always been, that is, Dutch. And then immigration from other sources would come to outnumber the English. It is these other elements, I suspect, who would be indifferent to the spelling of the word colour.

Originally posted by Yume
My dreams are colored. I couldn't dream without color. I would do the coffee thing for as long as I could. Color is what gives life that extra beauty and I take that for advantage.

As for the wording I use both spellings depending on the situation. I believe that if you can understand what someone is saying and they spell a word without a mistake that no one would intentionally make is good enough. That is why I accept it when people say gooder and brung. I even say funner which supposedly should be more fun. When I talk to my English teacher sometimes I say gooder just to annoy her. She tells me it isn't good grammar. I say grammar is defined by opinions. I would never write funner on a paper though. That would be bad.

You should never say 'gooder'. The proper form is 'more good'.

Questions!!!

1- When did the "correct" spelling of words come up??? (Hmm, I guess this IS the "general" board...)

2- Leo, just curious, are you trying to prove to us (strangers in a forum) that you're smarter than us? Because I don't know about what everyone else thinks, but you're just annoying me. I mean sure, it sounds like you already have a college education (in which case, you're probably an unemployed middle-aged guy who has nothing better to do than sit at your computer, reply to every other message in this forum, and correct as much grammar and spelling as possible), but you don't have to boast it by making things sound as complicated as possible, trying to intimidate and embarass everybody else!!!

I didn't type this in an angry mood, just slightly annoyed (and very tired!).

*drifts off to sleep and hopes to remember a dream tonight*

Originally posted by ShortyPenguin

2- Leo, just curious, are you trying to prove to us (strangers in a forum) that you're smarter than us? Because I don't know about what everyone else thinks, but you're just annoying me. I mean sure, it sounds like you already have a college education (in which case, you're probably an unemployed middle-aged guy who has nothing better to do than sit at your computer, reply to every other message in this forum, and correct as much grammar and spelling as possible), but you don't have to boast it by making things sound as complicated as possible, trying to intimidate and embarass everybody else!!!

:bravo:

I'm inclined to agree with the past two posts, though not as much with the jumping to conclusions that Leo's middle-aged or has a college degree.

Also, I may occasionally refer to "Leo" as "Adolf" from now on. (see page 1)

I mean, I've been criticized by others for trying to sound too smart (although I don't usually try to sound smart), but, Leo, you're approaching borderline "jerk" by my standards.


Anyway, the difference in spelling of "color" arose back when Webster was making his dictionary. Basically, we had no reason to keep the 'u' in "color," since it's not pronounced. Similarly, we revamped things like "shoppe" to "shop," based upon which letters were actually used.


Furthermore, I have always dreamt in color, as nearly as I can remember. I would think that a grayscale dream would actually stand out to me, since it would be so unusual. Then again, most of my dreams occur in daylight, twilight, or in rooms with some sort of lighting, so it makes sense that they would be in color, since that's how I'd see an area with that sort of lighting, anyway.

Here, we return to another of Leo's posts:

Originally posted by Leo Volont
Now, as for the people who say they do not remember any dreams but those that are in color. We can take that to mean that when the intensity of their dreams is beneath a certain threshold, they simply do not recall them. It is not that they do not dream in black and white, but only that they have no memory of these dreams. Yet, their baseline energy levels may be high enough where every dream is relatively intense. But, still, in a World where the question has so often come up -- are dreams always in just Black and White -- we must suppose that many dreams are in fact just in black and white.

While this very well may be true, it also may be false. Just because many individuals have recalled grayscale dreams does not mean that everyone has some grayscale dreams. Perhaps there exist humans who have no such dreams, yet still have dreams. Then, by definition, those individuals have all of their dreams in color.
I'm not saying that this has to be the case, but it seems rather odd to jump to the conclusion that everyone has at least some grayscale dreams. Saying that it must be true because the question has been brought up a lot is like saying that dragons must exist because dragon tales have occurred in every culture. While either statement may be true, the corresponding argument is a fallacy.

Oh god Leo youre pathetic! I'm not even going to get into this because I'm better than you and everyone here knows it. I dont know nor care about what you say, fuck you and your life thats so great. Go fall on a sharp object.

Originally posted by ShortyPenguin
Questions!!!

1- When did the \"correct\" spelling of words come up??? (Hmm, I guess this IS the \"general\" board...)

2- Leo, just curious, are you trying to prove to us (strangers in a forum) that you're smarter than us? Because I don't know about what everyone else thinks, but you're just annoying me. I mean sure, it sounds like you already have a college education (in which case, you're probably an unemployed middle-aged guy who has nothing better to do than sit at your computer, reply to every other message in this forum, and correct as much grammar and spelling as possible), but you don't have to boast it by making things sound as complicated as possible, trying to intimidate and embarass everybody else!!!

I didn't type this in an angry mood, just slightly annoyed (and very tired!).

*drifts off to sleep and hopes to remember a dream tonight*

Go back to sleep. Staying awake might make you smarter.

Originally posted by will.i.am
Oh god Leo youre pathetic! I'm not even going to get into this because I'm better than you and everyone here knows it. I dont know nor care about what you say, fuck you and your life thats so great. Go fall on a sharp object.

Now baby is having a tantrum.

But please, tell me who it is that thinks you are better than I. It must be those who think I'm trying to act smart.

Leo what are you doing? You're on an online forum trying to make fun of me? HA! I could care less about my image in this place, all I am is words to you. So sure, go ahead and make fun of me because I really don't care, it's only helping others to see who you really are.

Ok, guys. I have a feeling that this goes beyond how a word is spelled… I can understand where the aggravation is coming from, but I’m not going to play judge here. That isn’t my place. However, there’s no reason this should have become a battle. Who gives a damn how a word is spelled or if someone has imperfect grammar? Guess what? We’re human. And not all of us claim English as a native language. Guess what else? We’re not perfect. This isn’t the place to degrade to schoolyard name-calling. But if you’d really like to continue (and some folks do enjoy a drop-and-drag fight) please do it through PMs.

Anyway, back to the subject at hand. ^_^

To get back on topic(who cares about the correct spelling, no use in arguing):

I usually LD in color, most people do because your dreams in REM sleep (most LDs) are in color. Black and white dreams occur in deeper stages of sleep when the brain is less active and disables colors and other vivid things. But recall and LDing is easier in REM stages so we tend to have color (lucid) dreams.

Um, yeah, so we're arguing in really long paragraphs about the spelling of color/colour why? Talk about derailing a topic into a forest then raping it before it can do any good.

I don't know if I dream in colour because I keep forgetting my dreams. I do vaugely remember the colours in dreams though, but that could just be my mind "filling in the blanks".

I can't remember me dreaming in black-white and i am pretty sure that i dream in color, when i think I can remember color of skin, red ,blue and other colors

I dream in both colour and black and white, i dont see what the big deal is with dreaming in black and white, a dream has colour beyond its surface features.

I would love to dream in Technicolor someday. ("Technicolor dreams") LOL

Somtimes when i dream in colour, somthing stands out, like a women in a red dress...that for me is an indication of a "colour" dream.

Black and White dreams are more abstract, like with the lighting and atomosphere (i guess thats with watching alot of Film Noirs).

I think Kaniaz already alluded to this, but dreams are "made" in black and whtie, but are added from memory. If you have no memory of color (or of a specific color) you won't dream in the color you don't see. That's why blind people don't see color in dreams.

That avatar kicks ass ShortyPenguin



I have had dreams in total black and white. Most have consisted of color/colour.
When I have become lucid, if I focus on color they become more vivid than you can imagine in your waking life.

Originally posted by wasup
I think Kaniaz already alluded to this, but dreams are \"made\" in black and whtie, but are added from memory. *If you have no memory of color (or of a specific color) you won't dream in the color you don't see. *That's why blind people don't see color in dreams.

Here is something that kind of goes against that wasup:
Also, check out the links after the quote.

Originally posted by http://www.dreamdoctor.com/teen/schoolproject.shtml
Historically, no one ever believed dreams were in black and white. In fact, it wasn't until the late 1950s and early 1960s that the question came to be debated. The cause? People were beginning to watch a lot of black and white television in those days, and this made their dreams, on occasion, mimic the black and white worlds that people were seeing on their TVs at night.

The answer to your question, accordingly, is tricky. All people dream in color. The truth is that we only recently began to dream in black and white—after we saw, for the first time, what a \"black and white\" world would look like. Think about it. If you'd never seen black and white movies and photographs and TV shows, it would be pretty hard to imagine what a \"black and white\" world would look like. For example, if you lived in the 1850s, and if someone asked you whether you dreamed in color or black and white—the question wouldn't make sense. You'd ask them: \"What on Earth do you mean by dreaming in black and white?\" Because the only world we knew back then was in full living color.

Teen Dreams - School Project

Media Influences How We Recall Our Dreams -- Do We Dream In Black And White Or Technicolor?

Do We Dream in Color? Cultural Variations and Skepticism

Frequently asked questions - Dream-Related Questions

It is true that blind people cannot dream in color. But those are people that have been blind from birth.
Everything we dream is just our own interpretation. A blind person has no referance point. You cannot describe a color. You could describe an apple, yet the blind person's percertion would most likely still be obscured from our apple and how we see it.
So to say do we dream in color may be impossible to actually answer in terms of the dream itself actually being in color. But more likley it is our perception of the colors we have seen and then implanted into our dreams.

Think about it. Most people would not argue that a bird or an apple actually existed in our dream, it was merely based on memory perception. So why would a color be any differant?

Historically, no one ever believed dreams were in black and white. In fact, it wasn't until the late 1950s and early 1960s that the question came to be debated. The cause? People were beginning to watch a lot of black and white television in those days, and this made their dreams, on occasion, mimic the black and white worlds that people were seeing on their TVs at night.

The answer to your question, accordingly, is tricky. All people dream in color. The truth is that we only recently began to dream in black and white—after we saw, for the first time, what a \"black and white\" world would look like. Think about it. If you'd never seen black and white movies and photographs and TV shows, it would be pretty hard to imagine what a \"black and white\" world would look like. For example, if you lived in the 1850s, and if someone asked you whether you dreamed in color or black and white—the question wouldn't make sense. You'd ask them: \"What on Earth do you mean by dreaming in black and white?\" Because the only world we knew back then was in full living color.[/b]

Naw, that sounds like some serious bullshit. Let me explain (from what I know).

Black and white pictures are made from extracting all of the color values from a picture, it is left with just the light in the picture. Now, your eyes have two things that see. Cones and rods. One of them (I think rods) picks up light. Therefore, you subconciously see only the black and white, then the cones (I believe) give the color.

Originally posted by wasup
Naw, that sounds like some serious bullshit. Let me explain (from what I know). *

Black and white pictures are made from extracting all of the color values from a picture, it is left with just the light in the picture. Now, your eyes have two things that see. Cones and rods. One of them (I think rods) picks up light. Therefore, you subconciously see only the black and white, then the cones (I believe) give the color.

I dont know, that sounds a lot like bullshit as well... Know of any writings that talk about it?

Yup they are!