Colour

This episode we take a deep dive into the science of colour! From the physics to the biology to the psychology, Kate and Matt chat all about what exactly “colour” is, and how we’re able to perceive it. What are the physical properties of colour? How do fluorescent colours work? Why are the primary colours of paint and light different, and why do they mix differently? How are our eyes, and our brains, able to discriminate between different colours? We cover all this and so much more. We also tackle a listener question about forensics… how exactly do scientists figure out time of death? As always, you can find us @curiosityrat on twitter, instagram, and facebook, and send your listener questions in to [email protected] We also now have a Patreon! If you love our content and want to support us you can jump on to https://www.patreon.com/curiosityrat and become a patron. There is absolutely ZERO pressure but if you have as little as $1/month you can chuck it our way to help us out and show you appreciate all the time and effort that goes into making this show. This Is Not Yellow vSauce: https://youtu.be/R3unPcJDbCc Episode References: http://people.atmos.ucla.edu/fovell/AS3/theory_of_color.html http://psychexamreview.com/color-vision-trichromatic-and-opponent-process-theories/ https://www.nature.com/articles/nrn2094 https://youtu.be/af78RPi6ayE https://youtu.be/TWhGmwUojBE Sensation and Perception by Steven Yantis and Richard A. Abrams (2016, psychology textbook) Listener Q: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/PL00007713 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21644987/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/livor-mortis