Purple is a combination of wavelengths from opposite ... When you look at in-between colors (like teal, for example), your brain averages out how many cones of which types responded to the ...

Colors like teal, yellow, or orange originate when these signals blend based on the mix of wavelengths. But not purple. Purple is the rule breaker. Anya Hurlbert, a visual scientist, shared ...

In an innovative discovery that defied centuries of colour theory, scientists revealed that purple isn’t a real colour at all—but a clever illusion created by the brain. According to new research, ...