# Put your hand over your left eye and look around... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2000, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-hand-over-your-left-eye-and-look-around/15471 "2000-04-01T19:41:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-hand-over-your-left-eye-and-look-around/15471/1 "2000-04-01T19:41:00Z")
the question of whether people see colours differently has been brought up in gq, yet again, and it leads me to wonder something else… when i close my right eye and look at something, then open the right and close the left, i notice a slight difference in hue and brightness. i mentioned this to my optometrist who referred me to an eye surgeon, who, after many tests and visits, pretty much gave up. so, i just wonder if we all have this, and no one’s been bored enough to realize, or if it is something weird that was slapped on me. so… do **you** notice a difference? * * * if wishes were fishes, we could walk on the ocean. ---
**Author:** ![Squee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@Squee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squee)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-hand-over-your-left-eye-and-look-around/15471/2 "2000-04-01T19:58:00Z")
Nope, nothing special about me… despite what my mother tells me. * * * “Penises don’t belong in the mouth, girls and boys. You’ve got the wrong hole there. Just like you wouldn’t shove pizza up your nose.” -From the **Brother Jed** flyer- ---
**Author:** ![saucy\_potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@saucy\_potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucy_potato)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-hand-over-your-left-eye-and-look-around/15471/3 "2000-04-01T20:00:00Z")
Nada. It’s all the same… * * * _That was a well-plotted piece of non-claptrap that never made me want to retch._ ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-hand-over-your-left-eye-and-look-around/15471/4 "2000-04-01T20:01:00Z")
I tried that mega, and I didn’t see any noticeable difference. But then, everyone’s always telling me how weird I am, so who can say for sure? 😉 * * * You sing in my consciousness like a counterpoint to my life. L.L. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-hand-over-your-left-eye-and-look-around/15471/5 "2000-04-01T20:05:00Z")
I see a slight difference in hue. My left eye sees things slightly more blue and the right slightly more red. No difference in brightness. My eye doctor doesn’t think there is anything wrong with this. When you go for an eye exam, do they do that test where half the eye chart is green and half red? I don’t remember what that is for, but my eye doctor always uses it to adjust something for my prescription. ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-hand-over-your-left-eye-and-look-around/15471/6 "2000-04-01T20:26:00Z")
for me, things in my left eye are slightly more blue, and slightly more yellow in my right. i’m not completely sure if there is a difference in brightness, or if it is simply me being thrown off by the different hues. and no, no christmasy chart for me. ☹ * * * if wishes were fishes, we could walk on the ocean. ---
**Author:** ![Gundhilde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@Gundhilde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundhilde)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-hand-over-your-left-eye-and-look-around/15471/7 "2000-04-01T21:33:00Z")
Actually, I just tried that, and my eyes seem to be the same way yours are: right sees slightly more yellow tones, left more blue. My left sight seems much brighter, too. The right is noiceably duller. * * * “Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.” --1984 ---
**Author:** ![Sylence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Sylence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylence)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-hand-over-your-left-eye-and-look-around/15471/8 "2000-04-01T23:35:00Z")
Things are a little brighter in my left eye too. . . – Sylence * * * I don’t have an evil side. Just a really, really apathetic one. ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-hand-over-your-left-eye-and-look-around/15471/9 "2000-04-01T23:43:00Z")
Me too. There is a difference, and my left eye picks up greater “brightness” Go figah. E. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-hand-over-your-left-eye-and-look-around/15471/10 "2000-04-01T23:54:00Z")
I think maybe this is April Fool’s trick. Note that the title doesn’t say “ **Simon says** put your hand etc.” Just a thought… ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-hand-over-your-left-eye-and-look-around/15471/11 "2000-04-02T00:11:00Z")
Both the same here (as corrected by my glasses at least). * * * Just make yourself comfy while I shoot nuclear particles into your heart. (Courtesy of Wally) ---
**Author:** ![pipefitter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@pipefitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pipefitter)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-hand-over-your-left-eye-and-look-around/15471/12 "2000-04-02T00:18:00Z")
I also notice a difference in brightness in my left eye. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-hand-over-your-left-eye-and-look-around/15471/13 "2000-04-02T01:10:00Z")
The only time I’ve noticed it happening to me is at night, just after I’ve turned off my bedside light. And the answer I gleaned from this experince is that the bedside light, being on my left, affects my left eye. While my right is mostly shielded by my reading position. * * * [The Legend Of PigeonMan](http://www.hotkey.net.au/~guanolad/pigeonman/) - **Shadow of the Pigeon** - Weirdo of the Night ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-hand-over-your-left-eye-and-look-around/15471/14 "2000-04-02T01:36:00Z")
My eyes have done stuff like that TEMPORARILY–for maybe a minute–after reacting to light in some way. If one eye has been in more light, it will be dilated. Or, the response to a particular color may temporarily “burn out” for similar reasons. Hmmm, I’m going from memory–should experiment with this. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-hand-over-your-left-eye-and-look-around/15471/15 "2000-04-02T06:47:00Z")
With glasses on: no difference in color or brightness. Without glasses on: Everything was a big blur, so I couldn’t tell if there was a difference. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-hand-over-your-left-eye-and-look-around/15471/16 "2000-04-02T06:55:00Z")
Normally, or at least, in the past, I had the bluish/yellowish thing going, but my vision has been decreasing so much lately that all I notice is that my left eye is a little sharper than my right. –Tim * * * You can’t accidently create a handicapped baby whilst smoking pot. ---
**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-hand-over-your-left-eye-and-look-around/15471/17 "2000-04-03T08:23:00Z")
no noticable difference between my left and right eyes… * * * Check out my site: [Chief’s Domain](http://qfg.tierranet.com) ---
**Author:** ![Babar714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-hand-over-your-left-eye-and-look-around/15471/18 "2000-04-03T08:35:00Z")
I notice a difference when I’m laying down watching TV. The eye closer to the ground tends to see a redder hue.