I reckon most of us have had the thought at least once – if I’m looking at a “red” ball, why would I think the other person looking at the same object sees the colour the same way as me? After all, ...

People who speak a language that has multiple words for different shades of colour perceive the shades more quickly. Bees have a phenomenal ability to perceive different shades of colour, and their ...

The world around you is colorful, but it wouldn't seem so bright without your brain. In fact, it is your brain that processes the color information from the color-sensitive sensors, or photoreceptors, ...

Speaking a language with different words for different color shades allows the brain to perceive those shades quicker than using a language with only one word for that color, according to new research ...

We learn early on to call things blue, red, or yellow and might assume that means we also see the same thing. But what if you and I don't see the same shade of red – even though we both call it red?

You can project all sorts of colors from a video projector, but can you project the color black? Wouldn't that be like shooting a shadow out of a flashlight? I mean ...

An object's color appears differently under different lighting and against different backgrounds — for different viewers. But that doesn't mean colors are subjective. When you purchase through links ...

In the dark, vivid colors seem to fade to gray and they're hard to tell apart. Why is that? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. If ...