A new test called "Is my blue your blue?" reveals how different -- or similar -- your color perceptions are compared to everyone else. First there was “the dress,” then there was the sneakers, now ...

People love the rainbow of ROYGBIV colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Human eyes perceive visible light as this array of colors. You may notice that some colors you can ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

The colors we see may get increasingly dull as we get older, scientists have found. The pupils of younger people's eyes react differently to bright colors than those of older folk, a new paper in the ...

Have you ever argued with someone over the color of an object? If you remember the viral debate about what color a certain dress was, it turns out, there's actual science behind why everyone was right ...

Scientists have created a color that lies outside the range of normal human vision. Using laser pulses to stimulate specific cells in the retina, a team from UC Berkeley and the University of ...

People perceive colors categorically. But what is the role of the environment (or nature)--specifically, language--in color perception? The effects of language on the way people categorize and ...

Typically, to improve one’s eyesight, we look to tools like corrective lenses or laser eye surgery to improve optical performance. However, [Casey Connor 2] came across another method, that uses light ...

A project to improve data visualization ended up overturning a century-old model of color space that underpins industry standards for color everywhere from digital displays to paint. The opportunity ...

The interplay between lighting and colour perception is a multifaceted field that examines how the quality, intensity, and spectral properties of light influence the way colours are perceived by the ...