For the first time, humans might have glimpsed the rainbow of color that lies just beyond our sight – including a "blue-green of unprecedented saturation". You've never seen it before because you ...

From the first time I saw Blade Runner and heard Rutger Hauer’s Roy Batty describe “C-beams glittering in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate,” I’ve wondered what it would be like to see beyond the ...

Though tiny and delicate, hummingbirds are keen at adapting to their environment — whether building a nest with a leaf as a roof or using their expert eyes to scout out their surroundings.

Humans rely on sight, which is primarily mediated by three color-sensing cone types, to perceive the world in a kaleidoscope of hues. Blue cones develop earliest, followed by the morphologically ...

TL;DR: Researchers have discovered a color called "olo," unseen by humans before, by stimulating specific M cones in the retina. This breakthrough bypasses natural RGB limitations, revealing a unique ...

The human eye can see millions of colors — but no eyes have ever before beheld “olo.” Only five people on the planet have witnessed this brand new color, thanks to the efforts of a team of researchers ...

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Vision is a complex process. The visual perception of the environment is created by a combination of different wavelengths of light, which are decoded as colors and brightness in the brain.