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The ‘Profound’ Experience of Seeing a New Color (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Tldr: it's teal, but super saturated.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Non paywall version?

[–] neme@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

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