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Re:Color blindness by grzm on Saturday October 03, 2020 @11:45AM (#24672760)
Yup.

> "The color of a star, as determined by the most intense frequency of the visible light, depends on the temperature of the star's outer layers, including its photosphere."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star#Radiation

Re:Color blindness by endogui on Saturday October 03, 2020 @12:09PM (#24672919)
The poster's question should be interpreted as: can the color of the stars be distinguished with the naked eye?
Re:Color blindness by grzm on Saturday October 03, 2020 @12:14PM (#24672964)
Again, yes. Particularly in clusters, I can detect differences in the colors of stars.
Re:Color blindness by tmp538394722 on Saturday October 03, 2020 @12:49PM (#24673190)
Wow - sounds like you have more sensitive than average color perception.

Do you think you might be a tetrachromat?

Re:Color blindness by grzm on Saturday October 03, 2020 @12:52PM (#24673208)
Nope. It probably helps to live away from cities and such, in that there's a lot of stars visible at night. And it's not like looking at a rainbow: they're tints, not intense color differences.

'endogui linked to an article that talks about this: I don't think it's all that unusual.

https://earthsky.org/?p=2875