The team behind the study created what might be the most accurate mathematical representation of photoreception ever.

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 ...

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 ...

One of the reasons why it's so important to calibrate monitors carefully is that we all see different colors, as this simple online test proves. Is it blue, or is it green? It's a question that should ...

Physicists and vision scientists are lining up behind a provocative claim: the rich color we call purple is not a property of light at all, but a story the brain tells itself. Light in the real world ...

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 ...

Our brain efficiently processes sensory input by merging data from multiple senses, creating associations like warmer temperatures with warmer colors or flavors with specific colors. A study in ...

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 ...

Perceiving something – anything – in your surroundings is to become aware of what your senses are detecting. Today, Columbia University neuroscientists identify, for the first time, brain-cell ...

Color perception seems self-evident. Red, green, blue, yellow, pink and violet seem obvious to most people, but between dark red, blood red and scarlet, the nuances are more subtle. Lightspark Design ...

The relationship between colour and emotion perception forms a multifaceted domain that bridges cognitive science, psychology and visual art. Research in this area explores how various colour ...