A project to improve data visualization ended up overturning a century-old model of color space that underpins industry standards for color everywhere from digital displays to paint. The opportunity ...

Is your green my green? Probably not. What appears as pure green to me is likely to look a bit yellowish or bluish to you. This is because visual systems vary from person to person. Moreover, an ...

The science of human vision is important to any field that deals with colors. That means textiles, printing, and of course, displays. For over 100 years, human vision has been modeled using Riemannian ...

Dr. Mark Lindsay was 5 years old when he first learned that tree trunks were brown. "Up until that point, I believed leaves and trunks were all green. Just lighter and darker shades," Mark said. Mark ...

Scientists have long wondered how the eye’s three cone photoreceptor types work together to allow humans to perceive color. In a new study in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers at the University ...

This exhibit, put on by students and faculty from the Program of Color Science, features activities and demonstrations that introduce visitors to color science concepts in a fun and accessible way.

In a paper published in Science Advances ... he glimpsed the Emerald City: a color the researchers have named olo. What, exactly, does olo look like? Ng describes it as “blue-green with unprecedented ...

Colors have the power to captivate and inspire us, but they can also affect our mood in ways we never imagined. The influence of colors on our emotions isn't merely a matter of personal preference or ...