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The color purple has long been a symbol of royalty, creativity, and mystery. But according to science, it's also something else: a figment of our imaginations. While it looks just as real as red or ...

Color science is the term we use to describe the ‘look’ of colors from particular cameras or brands. It sounds like it should have a definite technical basis, but it’s actually quite hard to pin down ...

The human eye perceives color using three types of cones, but no natural light can stimulate just the the cones associated with medium-wavelength light in the visible spectrum. A new tool, nicknamed ...