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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, all colors exist in our brains? The way that we perceive color is a translation of differences in the speed of lightwaves, our colored world is a hallucination of our minds.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Did you read the article?

“All colors are made up by the brain. Full stop,” says this visual scientist at Newcastle University in England. They’re our brain’s way of interpreting signals from our eyes. And they add so much meaning to things we perceive, she says.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Nah fuck that, magenta is the best color and it's REAL TO ME god dammit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Yada yada yada brown is the same way I think

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Did you read the article?

“All colors are made up by the brain. Full stop,” says this visual scientist at Newcastle University in England. They’re our brain’s way of interpreting signals from our eyes. And they add so much meaning to things we perceive, she says.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 minutes ago* (last edited 13 minutes ago)

I would still differenciate between: "Does the brain map the Physical World to custom signals, or will it add something to it, because its not possible to see both"

Edit: I meant spectral color and nonspectral color.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Of course I didn't half my time on lemmy is small bursts while I'm at work

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

If you didn't read the article, then don't leave a top-level comment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

How is it my fault if it's top level?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Because you commented on the post directly rather than replying to another comment? Do you think top level means it got upvoted or something?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

ya I'd think "top level" would be more upvoted than most but I think there weren't any other comments at the time

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

brown is basically dark orange, and is on the visible spectrum

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

There are lighter browns, such as tan. Brown is a desaturated orange, which could lean toward black or a lighter grey to make the hue of orange impure and result in a shade or tone that is "brown".