Wednesday, April 13, 2011

What Percentage of People Dream in Color?

I watched a movie last night, "What if?" A man enters an alternate reality via an angel. He sees what his life would have been if he had made a different decision. He wakes up out if his experience in a hospital bed. (It is as if the entire experience had been a dream.)

In the movie, he says, "They say only 1 in 200 people dream in color. I guess I'm one of those." A few weeks ago, a Christian woman I know made a similar claim to me, telling me, "My dreams are in color. I am one of the few who dream in color." Truth is, almost everyone I have ever asked dreams in color. It is more rare to dream in black & white. I even have a post about dreams without images. However, dreams without images and dreams in black & white, even cartoon dreams, are very uncommon.

99.9% of dreams are in color. You see real events just like the people who will actually be present, allowing, of course, for personal schemas, expectations, and bias.

2 comments:

  1. thank you my fellow dreamer for clarifying, everyone in my family dreams in Color,, i guess someone thought no one would really check the facts, so a fairytale becomes law, they can't fool us dreamers

    herecomesthisdreamernow.blogspot.com

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  2. What is odd is i stumbled on your site randomly. The movie "what if" was filmed in my home town, coincidentally. I also dream in color, but my boyfriends little brother dreams in black and white.
    The last dream that I had that had a lot of colors in it was when i prayed for God to keep the devil from my body, mind and soul. I had been having terrible dreams about death and i wanted them to go away. The night that i prayed i had a dream of a baby that was in a brightly painted bedroom with me. I was calling the baby Christian and on the wall a huge tree that was blue and green was painted on the wall with pictures and posters all over the branches and at the bottom of the tree their was a black and red magazine clipping. When i left the room i was filled with fear that some evil was trying to get into my aunts house. I ran to the door and all of a sudden i had a bright flashlight that shined upon the "scary" person, who turned out to be my boyfriends mother, very healthy and fit and she was all dressed up. (the opposite of how she really looks)

    I realized that my dreams were filled with signals from God. The tree of life, the innocent child, and the light of the way. Dreams are amazing and i want to be able to discuss my dreams with you sometime.

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