The light that comes out is purple rather than blue because with the loss of some of the yellow layer, the mix of blue and yellow light tilts strongly toward blue – creating a light that appears ...

Scientists have revealed that purple, a popular color often associated with royalty, is fake. A figment of our imaginations.

One would think the brain processes purple the same way. After all, isn't it just a mixture of red and blue wavelengths? It is, but because red and blue are at opposite ends of the visible light ...

Purple is a combination of wavelengths from opposite extremes of the spectrum, which technically deosn’t make any sense, but our brains evolved a solution. When we “see” a combination of blue and red ...

It's not the only color for a cause Purple probably won't be the only porch light color you'll see. People use red porch lights to highlight women's heart health. And blue porch lights ...

but would also light up some of your M cones. If there is more blue than green, you see what you perceive as a shade of blue, and vice versa. The problem with purple is that it isn’t supposed to ...