People's perception of color changes depending on the season, new research suggests. In particular, people see yellow differently on a grey day in the middle of winter, compared with how they see it ...

Research on the perception of color differences is helping resolve a century-old understanding of color developed by Erwin Schrödinger. Los Alamos scientist Roxana Bujack led a team that used geometry ...

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 ...

First-ever images of living human retinas have yielded a surprise about how we perceive our world. Researchers at the University of Rochester have found that the number of color-sensitive cones in the ...

On a flight from New York City to Berlin, the route map might look a little curious: the shortest path between these two cities is surely a straight line, and yet the flight path curves distinctly, ...

Do things look duller? As we age, the way we see the world can change – literally Tell us: share your experiences of traveling with friends Every now and then, a bit of nostalgia bait drifts across my ...

Have you ever argued with someone over the color of an object? If you remember the viral debate about what color a certain dress was, it turns out, there's actual science behind why everyone was right ...

Bevil Conway, an artist and neuroscience researcher at the National Institutes of Health, is crazy about color. He particularly loves watercolors made by the company Holbein. “They have really nice ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration: Guardian Design (Illustration: Guardian Design) It started with an argument over a blanket. “I’m a visual ...

A project to improve data visualization ended up overturning a century-old model of color space that underpins industry standards for color everywhere from digital displays to paint. The opportunity ...

The expression of a gene involved in female birds' color vision is linked to the evolution of colorful plumage in males, reports a new study from the University of Chicago. The findings, published Nov ...

In many areas, the environment fluctuates greatly depending on the season, and animals living in those areas must adapt to the changing environment. A research group has found that color perception of ...