You see color because your eyes have special sensors called cones. These cones are like tiny detectors that pick up different colors of light, red, green, and blue. Your brain mixes these signals together to make all the other colors you know, like yellow or purple. If one type of cone isn’t working right, you might see the world differently than most people do.
Examples
- If you wear glasses that only let green light through, everything else seems gray or black.
- Yellow paint is made by mixing red and green paint.
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See also
- Why Do We See Colors When We Close Our Eyes?
- How Do You Actually See Colors?
- Why Can We See Colors at Night?
- The Illusion of Color: Does Color Really Exist?
- Do We All See The Same Colors?