Magenta does (not) exist

February 17th, 2009

Magenta does (not) exist

Posted by Ben in General

Interesting article on the brain’s handling of colour perception.
Summary: The colour magenta does not exist and is a pure fabrication of the brain.
Weird.
Update: ArsTechnica argues the colour magenta does exist. Who knows…

[via 1854 blog]

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dave yoder said:

Interesting, but the last sentence of the Ars story is the most compelling–that no colors exist in the physical world at all. They’re all simply invented in our heads. I remember that surprising me as a photographer a few years back…

February 20th, 2009 at 17:55 UTC