The ‘Profound’ Experience of Seeing a New Color

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/04/olo-color-berkeley-teal/682557/

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Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
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phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Non paywall version?

neme@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
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Oka@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y

TL;DR: We have 3 cones that detect light: red, green, blue, but the green and blue cones both get activated from the same colors. Using a focused laser, it is possible to block one of the 2 cones such that each cones group can see independently