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The science of color
Color as physics, biology, and culture. Why the sky is blue, why carrots are orange, why red means stop.
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Why we see color the way we do: our ancestors needed to find ripe fruit.
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scientificamerican.com3d ago
Newton showed color isn't a property of objects, and we're still reckoning with that.
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nautil.us3d ago
Trichromacy, cone pigment absorption spectra, and how the brain constructs color from wavelengths.
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en.wikipedia.org3d ago
Surprisingly deep: physics of wavelengths, biology of cone cells, and the philosophy of whether color is "real."
📄en.wikipedia.org3d ago
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library.si.eduvia @amrith5d ago