Unlike red, green, or blue, purple does not correspond to a single wavelength of visible light. It does not appear in the natural spectrum produced when light is split by a prism or seen in a rainbow.

In an innovative discovery that defied centuries of colour theory, scientists revealed that purple isn’t a real colour at all—but a clever illusion created by the brain. According to new research, ...

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

A recent claim by scientists has stunned the internet: one color we all know and love doesn’t technically exist. Despite its ...

The potential discovery of life elsewhere is down to the unprecedented sensitivity of Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope.

Scientists have detailed the one popular color that doesn't 'exist' and the strange reason why we still see it.

Purple, a color often associated with royalty and creativity, isn't a true color of light. Instead, it's a creation of our ...

Researchers from the University of Rochester have begun an ambitious project to study if living neurons can transmit light through their axons—the long, tail-like nerve fibers of neurons that resemble ...

Lights outside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will permanently display the colors red, white and blue every night to commemorate the United States, the arts institute announced ...

“There is a photoreceptor in the skin cells that is activated by certain wavelengths of visible light and near-infrared light,” explains Jared Jagdeo, M.D., who has co-authored most of the ...