Summary Of I Listen To Color By Neil Harbisson

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Within this Ted Talk, “I listen to color”; Artist Neil Harbisson has addressed to his audience that he was born completely color blind and see in a world of black and white. Although he is completely colorblind he is still able to “hear” color. Within this short segment he shared that he has a device attached to his head that acts as if his eyes, giving him the advantage to tell the difference in color. The way the he is able to tell the difference between colors is the type of frequency it gives off. This device gives more then the ability to tell the colors but give him the ability to tell the mood of a painting, facial expressions and speeches. Not only is he able to hear the norm frequency of what ordinary people able to see but those