Scientists call blue the impossible color, a shade evolution struggles to make. Through complex optics and nanostructures, certain species have found ways to reflect just the right wavelengths of ...

Ng’s team dreams of one day building screens that can scan your retina to display perfect images and videos by delivering light to individual cones—enabling crisp, nonpixelated visuals in impossible ...

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 ...

Authors Tyler Thrasher and Terry Mudge shared fascinating facts from their new book, The Universe in 100 Colors, as well as what inspired it all! Tyler and Terri have two book events this weekend: ...

There are only so many colors that the typical human eye can see; estimates put the number just below 10 million. But now, for the first time, scientists say they’ve broken out of that familiar ...