#color-perception

#color-perception

Part of the answer comes from optics. Violet light has the shortest wavelength on the spectrum of visible light, right next to the unseen ultraviolet, which only our skin detects. With its short wavelength and high frequency, the color purple contains the highest energy of all visible light. Figuratively, we can think of purple as the border between the visible and the invisible.

This groundbreaking study demonstrates that it is possible to experience a color that previously could not be perceived, namely Olo, through selective stimulation of cone cells.

Fourteen women with fibromyalgia received an experimental therapy involving gut bacteria from healthy women, finding that most experienced symptom improvements in pain, anxiety, and sleep.

...the color you perceive is dependent on various factors such as lighting, surroundings, and your unique visual system, yet this does not mean that colors themselves are subjective.