Inspired by nature, scientists created a self-powered device that recognizes color just like our eyes, paving the way for ...

Scientists reconstructed 500 million years of evolutionary history to reveal which came first: colorful signals or the color ...

Color vision enhances our ability to segment scenes and identify objects in cluttered environments. It provides information that aids in memory, object recognition, and decision-making.

A team of scientists believes they have discovered a new color outside the range of human vision. They named the color “olo” and describe it as an “unprecedented,” ultra-saturated, bluish ...

Color vision begins with cones—light-sensitive cells in your retina. You have three types: S, M, and L cones, which respond to short, medium, and long wavelengths of light.

Normal vision involves all three cone cells in the retina — S, L, and M, which are respectively sensitive to blue, red and green — and the three types' functions overlap.

A team of researchers says there's a new color in the atmosphere. But here's the deal: You can see it only by being shot in the eye with a laser. Scientists at the University of California ...

Regardless, he says, their color vision is “extremely acute.” This gives the birds another advantage when scanning their surroundings for predators. “They can just pinpoint colors so well,” ...

A new study tested how humans and ChatGPT understand color metaphors, revealing key differences between lived experience and language-based AI.

Incoming information from the retina is channeled into two pathways in the brain's visual system: one that's responsible for ...