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koavf @lemmy.ml

2w ago

Purple exists only in our brains

www.snexplores.org /article/color-purple-exists-only-in-brain

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I mean, all colors exist in our brains? The way that we perceive color is a translation of differences in the speed of lightwaves, our colored world is a hallucination of our minds.
- Did you read the article?
  “All colors are made up by the brain. Full stop,” says this visual scientist at Newcastle University in England. They’re our brain’s way of interpreting signals from our eyes. And they add so much meaning to things we perceive, she says.

Nah fuck that, magenta is the best color and it's REAL TO ME god dammit

Yada yada yada brown is the same way I think
- Did you read the article?
  “All colors are made up by the brain. Full stop,” says this visual scientist at Newcastle University in England. They’re our brain’s way of interpreting signals from our eyes. And they add so much meaning to things we perceive, she says.
  
  I would still differenciate between: "Does the brain map the Physical World to custom signals, or will it add something to it, because its not possible to see both"
  Edit: I meant spectral color and nonspectral color.
  
  Of course I didn't half my time on lemmy is small bursts while I'm at work
- brown is basically dark orange, and is on the visible spectrum
  
  There are lighter browns, such as tan. Brown is a desaturated orange, which could lean toward black or a lighter grey to make the hue of orange impure and result in a shade or tone that is "brown".

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