I'm not sure this question even makes sense

[james_davis_nicoll]

But why are humans so drab compared to, say, birds? Is it just that mammals in general have lousy color vision (although ours is better than average) and that we're descended from animals that wouldn't have been able to make use of a wide variety of fur colors or is it that there's something about fur and hair that inherently limits its palette?

I will admit this ranks lower on my "inherent human features that require fixing" than the vitamin C thing, particularly given the existance of non-toxic dyes.

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I'll hazard a guess.

[0ccam.livejournal.com]

The "Bright" humans were killed off by predators before we invented ranged weapons.


"Predator" here can include other humans.

Re: I'll hazard a guess.

[mrteufel.livejournal.com]

So prejudice against blondes and red-heads is an evolutionary left-over? ;)

Re: I'll hazard a guess.

[0ccam.livejournal.com]

I'll concur with you on redheads.

But honestly, blondes, real blondes, when not made-up, are not that colorful.
Bright, but in a pale way, so that they don't stand out as much as redheads.

In the bigger scope of things, everyone is jealous of everyone else anyway.