This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

First-ever images of living human retinas have yielded a surprise about how we perceive our world. Researchers at the University of Rochester have found that the number of color-sensitive cones in the ...

A head-scratching optical illusion challenges the perception of color and how the brain plays tricks on us. In an image created by the UK contact lens vendor Lenstore, a series of lilac letters ...

Color perception is an ancient and active philosophical problem. It’s an instance of the wider category of sensory perception, but since the color spectrum fits on a single line (unlike, say, touch ...

Biologists have recently discovered that a wallaby's perception of color is more similar to a dog than a quokka, sparking questions as to why marsupial color vision has evolved so selectively. By ...

Our perception of color is constrained by the way different types of cone cells in our retina respond to light of different wavelengths. Our retina consists of short (S), medium (M), and long (L) ...

If you’ve ever been frustrated when choosing a paint color, you’re not alone. This task is more difficult for men, who find it harder to distinguish between slight color differences. Source: Wikimedia ...

Recently, a leading US cigar brand, Black & Mild, promoted its latest blend, Royale, in purple packaging. The company has previously sold the same cigar in a blue package, which was promoted on the ...

First there was “the dress,” then there was the sneakers, now there’s a debate over the color blue. If you’ve ever argued with a friend over whether something is blue or green, you’re not alone. A new ...