Color vision may actually work like a colorized version of a black-and-white movie, a new study suggests. Cone cells, which sense red, green or blue light, detect white more often than colors, ...

A team of scientists has found a way to unlock a color that doesn't exist in the natural world. Named "olo," this new shade has only been seen by five people so far. It's described as a vivid ...

Humans rely on sight, which is primarily mediated by three color-sensing cone types, to perceive the world in a kaleidoscope of hues. Blue cones develop earliest, followed by the morphologically ...

Just when you think you've seen it all, researchers claim to have developed a way for people to see a color the human eye has previously never seen before. They're calling this new shade 'Olo.' I want ...

A new experiment into color vision has allowed a select group of human subjects to see a new color. Subjects describe the “unprecedented” color as a very saturated teal. Researchers are looking into ...

New research reveals signs of highly sensitive color vision in fish that live in the abyss beyond sunlight's reach An international team of researchers discovered a previously unknown visual system ...

Humans develop sharp vision during early fetal development thanks to an interplay between a vitamin A derivative and thyroid hormones in the retina, Johns Hopkins University scientists have found. The ...

In reality, very few people are truly color “blind,” and unable to see any color. Most who have difficulty differentiating colors have what is more accurately described as color vision deficiency, or ...

Thyroid hormone and Vitamin A transform blue eye cells into red and green ones. This transition builds the eye’s center, ...