Sadness and depression literally change how you see. Your contrast sensitivity drops and colors fade, especially blues and yellows. Bright environments, sunlight, and red light therapy can help restore what mood took away.
Does your mood affect the way that you see colors and consequently the way that you see the world? This is what the science says. As we know from the video that this comment is on, nobody in the world sees color the same way as you and emotion is one of the reasons why. If you've ever heard the saying seeing the world through rose colored lenses or feeling sad turns your world gray, these are actually real effects that happen in the brain. There is research to support that. Depression and sadness can affect how our eyes function. There can be reduced contrast sensitivity and reduced color differentiation. It's actually shown that when you're feeling feeling sad, you may have a harder time differentiating colors in the blue yellow spectrum so your world literally looks hazy or less vivid when feeling sad. A great way to lift your mood would be to incorporate more bright vivid colors into your environment and spend as much time in the sun as possible. Also, Red light Therapy Research shows that you can use red light therapy to enhance your color vision.
