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 ...

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 ...

The candela, the international unit of light in use for almost a century, forms the basis of photometry. According to a new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visual representation of color spaces aligning with a mathematical apex. (LANL) Beauty may lie in the eye of the beholder, but ...

The Science of It: We all perceive the world around us in different ways. But how does it all work?

The University of Liverpool is part of a new study that reveals for the first time how particular scents can influence our perception of color. In a paper, titled "Odors modulate color appearance," ...

People love the rainbow of ROYGBIV colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Human eyes perceive visible light as this array of colors. You may notice that some colors you can ...

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 ...