jvlianbashir:

an underutilized source of potential comedy in star trek: biological differences between alien species resulting in differences in color vision.

• “It’s so confusing how both engineering and command wear yellow :/” “They……..don’t….?”
• arguments over whether outfits clash or not
• love poems featuring affectionate descriptions of violet eyes when the person themselves thinks their eyes are blue
• “that dress is such a lovely shade of [untranslatable word]” “….what?” “That dress. It’s [untranslatable word]. I think you’d look nice in that color.” “We… We don’t have that color.”