Try learning to paint and you'll perhaps see that your perception of colour isn't as good as you think. I did and it certainly opened my eyes, pun intended.
As for recognizing pitches, it's a trainable skill. I learned to play guitar a while back and it was interesting to watch the skill unfold.
Some of the open chords started to appear to me almost as distinct as different people's voices.
The first time it happened I was listening to Paul McCartney's "band on the Run" and just knowing that he was playing C then FMaj7 (Well, the rain exploded with a mighty crash...)
I'm just ok at learning parts by ear, some people are on another level.
I think the most interesting thing that this points to is that there is probably a whole world of skills that one cannot even imagine until one begins to acquire them.
I remember wondering how my guitar teacher could transcribe songs so easily, but now that I am a 'stream enterer' for that skill, I can sort of see what that must be like.