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Title: Scientists Claim To Have Found Color No One Has Seen Before
Link: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/04/19/0...
Researchers at UC Berkeley claim to have induced a previously unseen color by
using lasers to stimulate only the M cones in the retina, creating a visual
experience beyond the natural limits of human perception. Called olo, the
color is described as a highly saturated blue-green but is only visible
through direct retinal manipulation. The Guardian reports: "We predicted from
the beginning that it would look like an unprecedented color signal but we
didn't know what the brain would do with it," said Ren Ng, an electrical
engineer at the University of California, Berkeley. "It was jaw-dropping.
It's incredibly saturated." The researchers shared an image of a turquoise
square to give a sense of the color, which they named olo, but stressed that
the hue could only be experienced through laser manipulation of the retina.
"There is no way to convey that color in an article or on a monitor," said
Austin Roorda, a vision scientist on the team. "The whole point is that this
is not the color we see, it's just not. The color we see is a version of it,
but it absolutely pales by comparison with the experience of olo." The
findings have been published in the journal Science Advances.
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