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 ...

The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they'd like an expert to answer. Utsav, age 17, wants to know where black falls on the colour spectrum. A colour scientist explains. People love ...

Thanks to a genetic manipulation, three color-blind mice recently gained the ability to see the world in the same hues as humans do. Mice and nonprimate mammals—much like color-blind people—see ...

The Secret Behind Light's Journey Through Space Visible light travels in electromagnetic waves, which we see as the colors of ...

Analyses of primate visual pigments show that our color vision evolved in an unusual way and that the brain is more adaptable than generally thought To our eyes, the world is arrayed in a seemingly ...

Color is to the eye what birdsong is to the ear: a primal communion between ourselves and nature. The elemental power of color radiates from van Gogh’s shimmering wheat fields; in celestial ...

For patients with darker skin tones, colorblind energy-based devices and longer-wavelength lasers are considered safest, according to Arielle Kauvar, MD, director of New York Laser & Skin Care and ...

Colors are one of the first things people learn about in school. Well, you might have to start re-learning. At least, when it comes to one color people think is on the spectrum. Popular Mechanics ...