you know I had forgotten that you said the other day that you were "tonal" blind...I am too!!!
My mom used to think I was messing around when she sent me after something and I kept saying I couldn't find it. Then I saw an eye doctor.
My boyfriend who became my husband (of 31 years now), used to make fun of me when he would say, "Did you see that __ colored car?" and I would say no.
Then I had kids and they would say, "no, mom, that shirt is __, your color blind remember?"
I guess ppl wonder how we can quilt. For me, I use "true" lights, put things up against white-white and go ask other ppl. Somehow I manage. I don't know if I don't see what other ppl see, or our brains interpret stuff differently. Does that make sense?
...and I like pastels as well as iridescents. we'll see what reaction I get when i get some quilts made and post pics.
anyway, I thought that was interesting that we both have that problem, but we love to do something that's all about color. :D