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Why so many shades of color?

I'm a guy, and a builder and I was wondering why women need to have SOOOO many shades of the same color? I'm not trying to be a jerk or wiseguy, it just seems that so many of these shades are so close it's almost undetectable. Is it a female thing (literally) are female eyes more able to detect these differences? I know guys could get away with a lot fewer colors. Thanks for your sincere answers!

Update:

PS. I am not considered color blind so that is not an issue

Update 2:

That's a really intelligent way to influence someone to read the bible, However the the question was not intended to be that "deep"

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I'm a woman and I kinda agree with you. I recently was looking for a shade of aqua to match a shower curtain and after looking and examining and studying and discussing and analyzing I finally just picked one...not because I was sure but because I figured how different can any of these be and how much longer can I stand here and look at 28 different shades of aqua that after awhile started looking pretty much the same? It took me about 15 minutes in the paint store and that was enough. I have friends who take months to choose a color and they are always amazed at how quickly I do it. Sure, there are a million shades of aqua but sometimes you just have to say "good enough!"

  • 1 decade ago

    Because 4000 years ago, God said "let their be light". Read the bible jack-***! Its all about the wavelength and frequency! Just feel lucky that he didn't give us humans better eyes, or you'd have to deal with microwaves, radio waves, cosmic waves, and more!

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