Humans rely on sight, which is primarily mediated by three color-sensing cone types, to perceive the world in a kaleidoscope of hues. Blue cones develop earliest, followed by the morphologically ...

The human eye perceives color using three types of cones, but no natural light can stimulate just the the cones associated with medium-wavelength light in the visible spectrum. A new tool, nicknamed ...

UC Berkeley scientists tricked the eye into seeing "the greenest green" they'd ever seen. They say it could transform how we understand and treat eye diseases, and expand the way we see the world ...

You may know someone who can’t tell the difference between specific colors — and there is a scientific reason it could be happening. The condition is known as color blindness. To share a better ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. In a study, scientists used a new way of displaying color imagery to push the boundaries of human ...

A new experiment into color vision has allowed a select group of human subjects to see a new color. Subjects describe the “unprecedented” color as a very saturated teal. Researchers are looking into ...

Colors can be categorized as reddish or greenish, but rarely ever both. The same is true of yellow and blue. Now a new eye map shows how these hues are like oil and water in our brains. These ...

The most common types of color blindness, or color vision deficiency, are genetic. However, other types may develop due to injuries, eye diseases, health problems, and side effects of treatment.

There are millions of them in our eye’s retina—special photoreceptor cells known as rods and cones that allow us to perceive a wide range of light intensities and colors. "There is a critical need to ...

Daltonism is a specific type of red-green color vision deficiency, also known as color blindness. People with red-green color vision deficiency may confuse colors that contain red or green elements.