The Greatest Artist in the World

I am not a writer, and this will probably be my only post ever on this site.  I hope someone can make some use of this idea, for I certainly can’t.

 

For background, I have recently had occasion to research the topic of color blindness, and I came across a curious and very rare condition, unknown until quite recently, called TETRACHROMACY.  This is a color vision defect, but it is a sort of ‘anti-color blindness’; the sufferer sees far more gradation of colors than a normal person.  It affect only approximately 1% of females, and most are not aware of it.

 

This led me to speculate about the fate of a tetrachromatic painter in the past, who could produce works of sublime beauty and amazing depth- perhaps the greatest works of art the world has ever seen- that absolutely no male and very few females could even see, much less appreciate.  I can think of several directions this might go in the hands of a capable and imaginative writer (neither of which I can lay claim to).  If someone can use this idea in any way, I would love to read the results!

 

The only story I can think of off hand that has a premise that even remotely resembles this is H. G. Wells ‘The Valley of the Blind’.

 

Thanks

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