i know exactly what you mean!!! when I'm depressed, it could be a bright, sunny day, flowers in bloom, sky blue and cloudless, all that good stuff... and I just don't notice. It's like the colours are there but I've lost my ability to appreciate them. As my meds and therapy have started kicking in, it's like I'm slowly gaining the colours back into my world, one by one. Not only that, but I'll notice other senses more fully too -- birds singing, the way everything smells fresh after a rain, the texture of the clothing I wear, the flavour gets more intense in the things I eat ... It's like everything gets muted somehow when I'm depressed. I've heard a lot of people describe depression as "walking through a fog", which I think is a fair description, myself. Dunno if it's "normal" or if there even IS a normal, since I think we all experience depression a little differently, but you're definitely not the only one.