tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post8837950138107651564..comments2024-03-25T11:49:21.281-07:00Comments on The Splintered Mind: New Studies on Black and White vs. Colored DreamingEric Schwitzgebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541402189204286449noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-34117676580972347622020-09-27T14:20:57.480-07:002020-09-27T14:20:57.480-07:00I've always dreamed in color I've had a d...I've always dreamed in color I've had a dream where I was at a beach it was a strange beach very steep remember seeing shades of green blue water and of course yellow sand with clear blue skyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00200787476885663054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-6006465438508273522018-12-17T18:22:34.971-08:002018-12-17T18:22:34.971-08:00what about people who dream like me??? I have yet ...what about people who dream like me??? I have yet to find anyone so I am starting to think I am on my own....I dream in both black and white and color. usually it's 95% black and white but also includes one to three colors.... like for a few days what ever is supposed to be blue is blue but everything else is black and white.... then a few days it may be black and white with everything that is supposed to be yellow and orange or yellow and orange and the rest is black and white... and so on and so forth. also usually nothing odd or magical... stuff like went to work for the day or drove to my mom's house or something mundane..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381400660539650071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-76258631435931481392018-06-10T17:15:41.174-07:002018-06-10T17:15:41.174-07:00I've been back and forth on the subject of dre...I've been back and forth on the subject of dreams with a friend. He always dreams in color, he said. And then I asked if he was sure. He wrote back and replied, "Good question!, now I'm not sure." Because the ordinary waking state is in color, it's natural to assume our dreams are also in color. And they might be. Or it just may also be an assumption. I've been keeping a dream journal for a long time. When there are black and white dreams I always note it down. I have never described other colors in my dreams. Why? Are colors so obvious and every day that they aren't worth noting them in my journal? Do colors take a back seat as a dream's plot acts out in the forefront of attention? Does it matter whether dreams are in color or black and white? And what are dream colors made of anyway? The essence of a dream is thought/imagination. Are dream colors also thought/imagination? A comment to Bonnie Potts: While your dreams are more intense than usual in my experience (or reading about), you obviously have the ability (natural?) to be more lucid (conscious) in your dreams than most people. Do you know you're dreaming at the time (lucid), and are you able to consciously manipulate or change the dreams? If so, I consider that a great gift or ability, (along with your ability to recall every single detail afterward).<br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06318248560191105661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-32483529949861766072017-12-11T06:23:05.662-08:002017-12-11T06:23:05.662-08:00Hello my name is BonniePotts.
I had seen where yo...Hello my name is BonniePotts. <br />I had seen where you had a discussion about dreams, I was curious if you could help me out. I’m called a lucid dreamer/ intense dreamer I guess? I can see color, I feel in my dream as in pain love wet cold and heat. I’m able to recall every single detail of my dreams especially my bad dreams I’m able to wake myself up (I say it’s time to get up Bonnie walk away) I have out of body experiences like I watch myself as I dream I even cry in my dreams and when I wake up I have tears in my eyes and rolling down my face. Why do I dream like this? Is their a name for dreaming like this? Bonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16409930957979208421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-75117000237969327962017-12-11T06:20:02.241-08:002017-12-11T06:20:02.241-08:00Hello my name is BonniePotts.
I had seen where yo...Hello my name is BonniePotts. <br />I had seen where you had a discussion about dreams, I was curious if you could help me out. I’m called a lucid dreamer/ intense dreamer I guess? I can see color, I feel in my dream as in pain love wet cold and heat. I’m able to recall every single detail of my dreams especially my bad dreams I’m able to wake myself up (I say it’s time to get up Bonnie walk away) I have out of body experiences like I watch myself as I dream I even cry in my dreams and when I wake up I have tears in my eyes and rolling down my face. Why do I dream like this? Is their a name for dreaming like this? <br /><br />Bonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16409930957979208421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-11793065803224615062017-11-17T06:22:43.361-08:002017-11-17T06:22:43.361-08:00Hello again, I just read some more comments and I ...Hello again, I just read some more comments and I would like to explain how I do what I do in my dreams, I am able to control , my dreams and have always been able to do so for as long as I can remember, how I do this is simple... I simply tell myself ok now I am going to dream this... or I want to change this dream because I don’t like what’s happening in it, or okay I think I’m getting tired I’m gonna lie down and dream and I fall asleep with in that dream... I have always believed that we all have the ability to contro, our dreams I have just always believed this I didn’t know tha others were not able to do so until I began asking friends, and that is when I realized not everybody can do this, but I beleive we can will ourselves to to it bc it’s what I do? Just think it beleive you are in control and you will be... it may not always happen or may take you a while to do it but I beleive you/ we all have the ability to condition ourselves to do so.. I can go on about dreaming in both black and white and in color all with I. The same dream, and dreaming out of my time zone, being another person, and so on but they are all stories within themselves as I have long book like dreams and can even go back to sleeep that nite and continue that dream, I remember as a child I would love to go to sleep tha ni5e to continue my dreams I felt like they were stories or mini series that I couldn’t wait to continue watching... by morning time even up until I got married I awaken to tell whom ever is nearby all about the nite and my story.. as I have grown my husband isn’t interested to hear them as he can’t even remember a dream??? Hope that helps those who ask the. Question how do you change the color or dream ?? I just tell myself I’m gonna do it and it happens :). Enjoy your dreams all !!!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-89462072918084803182017-11-17T06:05:12.681-08:002017-11-17T06:05:12.681-08:00I have enjoyed all the post, and should like to as...I have enjoyed all the post, and should like to ask if there are any of u out there that can do or can analyze how I dream?..I have since I can remember control my dreams I can dream in both black and white and color, although it is mostly in color and when I do change my scene from color to black white it occurs like a flow of black and white as I take a step it is occurring first my shoe hen my leg, and so on u til the entire scene is black bf white.. I can dream that I am dreaming and with in the dream I fall asleep and dream u til I am in four dreams and as I awake it stays in order I awake in chronological order.?? And remember the dreams and where I fell asleep at with in my dream?? Hope this was understandable? I am able to control what I dream about, who I dream of and if my dream gets away from me, like if I feel I am no longer in control I end this dream and move on... I was a bout 8-9 yrs old when I began to dream out of my time period I believe the first one was maybe sixteenth century ?? According to what I was wearing where and what I lived in?? And growing up I didn’t watch the tell much?? And as I got older and would ask my mother about specifics bc I didn’t know what some objects were or what they were for she would ask where did you see that item they don’t make them anymore ??? Strange I thought.. I have dreamt I was a boy, a older women and mid age women, mostly women all this when I was still a young girl.. now I mostly control my dreams and I haven’t dreamt out of century for a long who.e but I am still able to control my dreams... are there more ppl out there like me?.. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-16941094308949127962017-11-17T05:50:58.338-08:002017-11-17T05:50:58.338-08:00I enjoyed all the different aspects of dreams and ...I enjoyed all the different aspects of dreams and how and who dream in color vs. black and white ??? I myself have always wanted my dreams analysedm because of how and what I dream about?? I will give a few examples And if they’re any takers please respond???? I am able to completely control my dreams I can control what I dream about control the ppl I want to dream about and what I am doing.. if I no longer want to dream of that particular dream such as sometimes it gets away from me I feel as if I am no longer controlling it I end that dream by saying ok I’m moving on I no longer want this dream and begin a new. I have even dreamt I was dreaming of sleeping and dreamt with in that dream four times into a dream like that movie ?? With Leonardo decapreo in that dream state I can dream I am on a couch within a dram, then within that dream, and so on upto within four dreams and as I awake I awake within each dream chronologically??? Yes, this one is weird to me, but I beleive it’s due to controlling my dreams... when I dream In color and it changes to black and white I see it changing as I take a step my actual foot, as I am taking a step changes to black and white, imagine just a step as you walk that step it is turning black and white as I take thT step first my foot, then my leg, then my leg, hip and so on until my step changes the entire scene where I am now black and white?. I remember my dreams in depth almost like a never ending book, for each dream but I am able to fall back to sleep and continue from there like picking the book back up?? I have been completely awake and experienced a vivid vision, this was only once, but that is another story In itself. I am not on any drugs nor was I on any medication/ drugs during any of this, nor do I suffer from any mental disorders so rule that one out :). What it all mean? Does it mean anything at all??? Are there many ppl out there that are the same as me?. It must be? And have you had it analyzed? Bc my husband can’t even remember his dreams let along on a color or attempt to control his? Plus, I think he doesn’t believe I am able to do what I do what I do... oh and I dream out of my time period, very vividly as if I am in a entire different person and time period I wanna as very young when that started. I remember being maybe no older then 8-9 when that began and the first one was in a time of castles I can discribe items vividly but I don’t k ow the time period maybe sixteenth century, for that one. ??? My question??? What does it all mean ?. Not too origianal huh?? The age ol question what does it mean and are you also able to do this ??? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-42355757066286622062017-07-17T07:31:35.489-07:002017-07-17T07:31:35.489-07:00Hello, very nice website, I have written articles ...Hello, very nice website, I have written articles about lucid dreams in particular from their origins in Plato's Hyperuranium, which develops through the Sephirot (tree of life), are quite complex articles, and I understand that someone may find it difficult to read them, but if you are interested i give you the link: http://hokmaph-iperuranio.blogspot.it/2017/05/articles-iperuranio-world-of-ideas.htmlMassimo Civitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13608966480622216819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-36962397143994721362017-06-23T13:46:56.754-07:002017-06-23T13:46:56.754-07:00Though lacking some real answers:
I think for most...Though lacking some real answers:<br />I think for most people dreaming in whatever state you happen to be is perfectly normal.<br />Whether it's color or b/w or other things happen that defy your common sense, it has nothing<br />to do with any psychological or physical disorder. In my opinion you should be very happy to dream and to experience the fun of it in any extend. It's healthy. Some people claim they never dream, to me sounds like a nightmare. Maybe they just don't remember them.<br /><br />Maybe the brightness of a dream-scene (which in itself might result in a b/w dream) is decoupled from the hue (which could lead to dream colors). Also sounds reasonable that dreaming colors takes more than dreaming b/w. But since dreams morph and are dynamic, a location in your dream-scene has nothing to do with a certain part of your brain. Maybe your subconsciousness is filling in the details of your scene and for some reason (esthetics ? :-) paints one part in blue?<br /><br />One should indeed write down all things/ways people dream, it's a record of experimental results which theories have to be able to explain later on.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-69466442017905911332017-06-02T16:07:23.556-07:002017-06-02T16:07:23.556-07:00I just woke up from a dream a few moments ago in w...I just woke up from a dream a few moments ago in which I lacked complete control. Everything (as per normal) was in shades of black/grey except for a few things that were bright blue. Interestingly, my favorite color. I realize now what I was feeling, though distorted, that the lack of control I felt in the dream was how I was subconsciously feeling in a real life situation. But my thought/question is why do all my dreams appear to be grayish but for perhaps one thing that is brilliantly colored? Most all of my dreams are positive ones. And I recollect easily. I am able to control some aspect of the dream in most cases. For example today the dream got so stressful I told myself "it's time to wake up. This is too much!" And I did. I dream a lot of family or very bizarre non-sensical things. I am also very active physically and verbally while sleeping. Oftentimes waking myself up laughing like mad. I've also had conversations with others who were also sleeping. Both of us waking up thinking what the heck happened. Is it normal? Do I just have a very active mind? Or do i suppress a lot in life? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-88899621579996062842017-05-09T09:57:40.532-07:002017-05-09T09:57:40.532-07:00Only Black and White for me. Wish I could join the...Only Black and White for me. Wish I could join the fun and dream in color. I came here to see if anyone dreamed in color I thought Black and White was the normal. I guess not. I am amazed at some of the descriptions . That would be so cool. Oh well believe it or not.JKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10407308471551925587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-91240817553379914652017-05-04T22:29:18.893-07:002017-05-04T22:29:18.893-07:00I
I HAVE NEVER DREAM IN BLACK AND WHITE, NEVER. ...I <br />I HAVE NEVER DREAM IN BLACK AND WHITE, NEVER. IT WAS NOT UNTIL I WENT TO SCHOOL THAT I<br />LEARNED THAT SOME PEOPLE DREAM IN ONLY BLACK AND WHITE. I WISH THAT I HAD ASKED MY PARENTS WHEN THEY WERE STILL ALIVE. MY DREAMS AND VERY VIVID AND WITH SOUND.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-34055267954348430062017-04-18T13:23:40.551-07:002017-04-18T13:23:40.551-07:00I think it's important to mention how the resu...I think it's important to mention how the results of this study may be skewed by social pressure of simply asking the question, "Did you dream in color, or b/w ?" I tend to think of an acceptable answer before answering and as an example, some of those people might confuse "my dream Should be in color" with "It Was in color." That may just be me over-thinking it.Ol' Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-65121135444669102732017-04-08T13:05:28.380-07:002017-04-08T13:05:28.380-07:00@Betiel:
Nice to read there are people able to do...@Betiel: <br />Nice to read there are people able to do things that have been denied to be possible by many. <br />You talk about a focus upon which your dream reality is unfolding. It's not uncommon, I have it too. Mostly my focus in dreams is somewhere behind the back of my head, sometimes it's just a blob in space without any body at all. In dreams it then seems so natural you can see yourself moving. Many funny things happen in dreams, I also sometimes when waking up remember sentences "heard" or texts read (sometimes I can read whole sentences, not that they always make any sense in my dream, I feel like I am able to think a very little bit in my dream once in a while so that a sentence can be analysed real-time. A few times I remember explaining to someone in my dream a whole lot of math which perfectly followed common sense and logic). Looking up the texts or sentences on Google few times even lead to some real-life places like once kind of an airforce centre for testing new planes. The building on the picture looked exactly like that in my dream.. it's logo equal to what I had been reading. Other times I remember sentences from proza I've never heard. I tend to write them down when I wake up and later on reading them again they turn out to be proza indeed, not to be found on the internet.<br /><br />When I go to sleep and am half way or drowsing I also can remember many of my dreams, many froma long time ago. They just emerge and "morph" to parts of other dreams in a seemingly logic order. Never been in a cartoon though, must be very funny .. :-)) <br /><br />Depending on whether you believe our mainstream psychology answers (rather fixated to materialistic explanations in terms of chemistry in our brain) or are open to reality in all its splendour as being investigated by modern physics, which is far ahead of materialism, the implications of our dream abilities are extremely interesting. To me it seems that what you dream depends largely on how one faces reality (whatever that word means) and how "open" one is to experience whatever there is. <br /><br />Last couple of years I often run in my dreams like a predator, using four legs. It feels so natural in those dreams that I don't even think about standing upright. Am not chasing some prey though.. hehe. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-4585882433571859392017-04-05T16:33:34.255-07:002017-04-05T16:33:34.255-07:00If the brain was reflecting on events within a bla...If the brain was reflecting on events within a black and white television show, I would not be surprised if the corresponding dream was black and white. If someone spent a large part of their day watching black and white TV I feel that a black and white dream would be very likely. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13561674634463777939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-84531930328025581502017-04-04T03:50:04.516-07:002017-04-04T03:50:04.516-07:00My dreams are exactly like real life. Full of colo...My dreams are exactly like real life. Full of color, sound, touch, taste, pain, feelings and spacial location.I do not recall paying attention to smell, but probably it is there, because many times when I wake up It´s really difficult to me to separate dream from reality. Specially when dreaming things like friends calling me or me talking with someone. Fortunately for me I tend to dream fantasy stuff in my dreams or with houses and places I´ve never been in my like. Besides that, what I can know if I concentrate, is the history, name, or details of the past of the people and places that appears on my dream, just as if I´m omniscient on my dream. What is really weird on my dreams is that I do not always have a body. Sometimes I´m more like a focus from where I observe the world. And only once I´ve dreamed with cartoons, and being inside a cartoon. A friend once told me that you can´t read in dreams, but last night I had a dream where I was reading a sign that said house of and a name I do not recall right now but I´ve written it down to search. By the way, that name didn´t appear in google search, which is quite rare, because it really sounds like an Italian surname.Another thing I´ve heard about dreams is you cannot died there because you wake up. But I´ve dreamed twice I´ve been murderer. In both cases my spirit continued on with the dream. One, in which I was decapitated, it was like my floating head continued on.<br />Another thing: Some times external stimuli got into the dream, like music or pain. Both external influences got into the dream and become part of it.Betielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588770051777595350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-56607045461334828332017-03-27T05:30:35.902-07:002017-03-27T05:30:35.902-07:00could it be more the fact that when we dream of fa...could it be more the fact that when we dream of familiar places/objects, we expect to see it in colour and so our brains automatically fill the colour in? We may not even reliase we are seeing it in black and white because we already know what the colour is so automaticaly we see it in that colour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-995671656819351332017-03-21T06:33:09.581-07:002017-03-21T06:33:09.581-07:00I dream in black and white . I think it'd beca...I dream in black and white . I think it'd because I don't focus when I'm awake on every thing in a way to which I will remember everything about it. I was very shy when I was young and had an abusive father. So I tend not to look up much but tend to look away or past someone.The reason I wrote this is because for the,first time in 59 years I dreamed one thing in color last night. My wife's face. Don't know why it just happened. JKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10407308471551925587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-13916922967155590082017-02-25T06:31:50.137-08:002017-02-25T06:31:50.137-08:00I always dream in more or less vivid colour.
Som...I always dream in more or less vivid colour. <br /><br />Sometimes it's 'normal', more or less like waking reality.<br /><br />Sometimes its twilight: that's purple-black-grey. All dark tones.<br /><br />Sometimes its vivid anigraphic: like very well rendered animation.<br /><br />So goes my quatum telepathic entanglement with the multiverse. <br /><br />Go figure. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-80345431841596372552016-12-13T07:04:19.543-08:002016-12-13T07:04:19.543-08:00Hi. I just logged onto your site, I merely wanted ...Hi. I just logged onto your site, I merely wanted to google a question," Why is it I dream in black and white and all my friends say they dream in color"? I was shocked while at work my co-workers were discussing their dreams and my friend said " ya, the dress she had on was the prettiest color"! I stopped her. "You dream in color?" Everyone joined in the conversation,all were dreaming in color.I was totally shocked,as I rarely ever spoke about my dreams, and shocked to see everyone was having colored dreams? I went home thinking am I the only one? Am I different? What is wrong with me? I had all kinds of questions? Reading the responses here on this site I can only say, I rarely and maybe never dream in color? Honestly, I will take note of it from now on, but I don't remember ever having a colored dream? My dream this morning was about a sleigh ride in the snow. White snow and gray sled. There was water running from a sink as the dream turned to another location. The water was running over the edge of sink, yet I couldn't hear it running. But I could see the basin full and the ripples in the water and flow from the faucet. Then dream was about a bicycle and it was black/gray. I was moving it to make room for the golf cart,I was trying to move out of the garage/storage space. Everything in the dream was black/gray or white and no sound from horse,wagon/sleigh or the running water. I have studied my dreams for years, and I have also noted that many of my dreams come true. Like I can tell you what my sister bought at the store last week and even describe the color of the jacket. She called to talk and I described the color of the jacket in full detail it was a red plaid jacket. She asked how I knew? Many things come true for me and those dreams are vivid in color and always happen as I dreamed they would. I have no idea why they are in color and my everyday dreams are not? I live in the Adirondack mts. in upstate N.Y. We have lots of beautiful colors in the fall and year round. You would think my dreams would be full of color? I am 61 yrs. old and grew up in the age of baby boomers. We didn't have color t.v. Our phone was a black,desk phone, our floors were simple tile of usually black and white. Our t.v. was black and white no movies were in color at that time until later in my youth. So my age period was mostly black and white. Yet the out doors where I spent most of my time and still do was/is full of beautiful rich color? So I still ask the question why? Why are most of my friends seeing in color is it because of the time period we live in? I imagine there will be many studies in the field of dreams and I imagine many unanswered questions will remain? I am also interested in the dreams of animals, as I know my dog dreams often during the daytime as well as night. He even has his legs and body moving while he sleeps. Thank you for your time, just wanted to share a bit. SandySandra R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-81481601366249386492016-10-04T19:55:21.664-07:002016-10-04T19:55:21.664-07:00I dream in colour, and I can't imagine dreamin...I dream in colour, and I can't imagine dreaming in black and white, it seems impossible to me, but it's not really like real colour, it's more like colour from a computer but not really 'bright', it's hard to explain. <br />P.S. love your name ;)<br />(also I previously posted this comment, but it wasn't showing up for me, sorry if I just missed it and posted this comment twice)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14064607121304617176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-3383154406734015442016-10-04T19:49:46.197-07:002016-10-04T19:49:46.197-07:00I defiantly dream in colour, it is nearly impossib...I defiantly dream in colour, it is nearly impossible for me to imagine dreaming in black and white, but it's not 'exactly' like real colour though, more like the kind of colour from a computer or somthing... Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14064607121304617176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-37188213622598376742016-08-02T10:51:14.007-07:002016-08-02T10:51:14.007-07:00Exactly. When I first saw someone dreaming on TV I...Exactly. When I first saw someone dreaming on TV I asked "why the hell are the dream scenes all in black and white? Who the hell dreams in black and white?" Now it turns out that actually there are people who dream in b&w. <br /><br />Now I'm also thinking about the colors of my dreams... They're not very clear, unless I focus on the object in the dreamworld, its color is not well defined, but it sure isn't in b&w.<br /><br />I will try dreaming tonight and notice clearly the colors of some objects, then I'll wake up and note them down. Yeah, it's that easy to me, but I have no total control on mt dreams: I THINK I'm in control, but actually I'm just role playing with my brain, wich got a ready script. I may improvise a bit, but there is always a limit, and it takes some effort to decisively lucid dream.<br /><br />But... Does TV media got that power on our brains? To make us dream b&w... Or make us think that we dreamt in b&w... TV is even more powerful than I thought. <br /><br />Is there any research from some decade when there were no TVs at all?MegaDeltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02324130977466793382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-56809160565887736282016-04-28T19:22:29.408-07:002016-04-28T19:22:29.408-07:00I feel that dreaming in color and dreaming in blac...I feel that dreaming in color and dreaming in black and white, and not to mention remembering certain visuals in a dream over others has a lot to do what part of the brain dominates at the moment... The left or the rright hemisphere. Whether you're artistic side dominates over the analytical side or vice versa, this could have a major influence on how you dream, what colors you see and recognize in that dream, and what you tend to remember the most in that dream. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03498222399447497953noreply@blogger.com