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Synesthetes Really Do "See" Those Colors They Report, And You Can Tell From Their Eyesswirling rainbow colors with overlaid numerals from 0 to 9

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Synesthetes Really Do "See" Those Colors They Report, And You Can Tell From Their Eyesswirling rainbow colors with overlaid numerals from 0 to 9
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Synesthetes Really Do "See" Those Colors They Report, And You Can Tell From Their Eyes

clock-iconApril 3, 2026

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How Many Purple Dots Do You See In This New Illusion?optical illusion of nine purple dots in a three by three square on a background of a slightly different shade of purple

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How Many Purple Dots Do You See In This New Illusion?optical illusion of nine purple dots in a three by three square on a background of a slightly different shade of purple
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How Many Purple Dots Do You See In This New Illusion?

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The Strange Reason Why "Baker-Miller Pink" Came To Be Painted In So Many Prison Cellsillustration of human silhouettes with barbed wire above and below to represent being jailed, all in shades of pink on a background in the specific shade of Baker-Miller pink

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The Strange Reason Why "Baker-Miller Pink" Came To Be Painted In So Many Prison Cellsillustration of human silhouettes with barbed wire above and below to represent being jailed, all in shades of pink on a background in the specific shade of Baker-Miller pink
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The Strange Reason Why "Baker-Miller Pink" Came To Be Painted In So Many Prison Cells

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What Is The Rarest Color In Nature? It's Not BlueA purple sea creature anaomeoe

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What Is The Rarest Color In Nature? It's Not BlueA purple sea creature anaomeoe
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What Is The Rarest Color In Nature? It's Not Blue

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"Egyptian Blue" Was A Color Lost To History. Finally, We Can Make It AgainHieroglyphic carvings and paintings on the interior walls of an ancient egyptian temple in Dendera

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"Egyptian Blue" Was A Color Lost To History. Finally, We Can Make It AgainHieroglyphic carvings and paintings on the interior walls of an ancient egyptian temple in Dendera
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"Egyptian Blue" Was A Color Lost To History. Finally, We Can Make It Again

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Unusual Snowy Owl With Orange Feathers Is An "Owldorable" MysterySnowy owl sat on a telegraph pole with red feathers

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Unusual Snowy Owl With Orange Feathers Is An "Owldorable" MysterySnowy owl sat on a telegraph pole with red feathers
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Unusual Snowy Owl With Orange Feathers Is An "Owldorable" Mystery

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Indian Street Dogs May Have A Favorite ColorIndian free-ranging dog with blue, yellow, and gray bowls

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Indian Street Dogs May Have A Favorite ColorIndian free-ranging dog with blue, yellow, and gray bowls
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Indian Street Dogs May Have A Favorite Color

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Humans Have Been Using Red Ochre In West Africa For 35,000 Yearsred ochre

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Humans Have Been Using Red Ochre In West Africa For 35,000 Yearsred ochre
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Humans Have Been Using Red Ochre In West Africa For 35,000 Years

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Is The "Blue Seven Phenomenon" Real? Yes – Kind Ofthree neon number sevens glowing on a blue background

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Is The "Blue Seven Phenomenon" Real? Yes – Kind Ofthree neon number sevens glowing on a blue background
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Is The "Blue Seven Phenomenon" Real? Yes – Kind Of

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Water Is Not Actually Colorless – It Has A Subtle TintWaves across a dark blue sea with dark clouds fractures by light above

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Water Is Not Actually Colorless – It Has A Subtle TintWaves across a dark blue sea with dark clouds fractures by light above
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Water Is Not Actually Colorless – It Has A Subtle Tint

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Is My Blue Your Blue? Simple Test Of Blueness And Greenness Goes ViralA gradient image starting from green on the left and evolving into a blue on the right

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Is My Blue Your Blue? Simple Test Of Blueness And Greenness Goes ViralA gradient image starting from green on the left and evolving into a blue on the right
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Is My Blue Your Blue? Simple Test Of Blueness And Greenness Goes Viral

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These Vibrant Crayfish Live In Burrows Underground – So Why Such Bright Colors?Cherax robustus, a purple-coloured crayfish, sitting on a sandy surface

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These Vibrant Crayfish Live In Burrows Underground – So Why Such Bright Colors?Cherax robustus, a purple-coloured crayfish, sitting on a sandy surface
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These Vibrant Crayfish Live In Burrows Underground – So Why Such Bright Colors?

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Why Does Your Blood Appear Green In The Deep Ocean?Green ink underwater.

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Why Does Your Blood Appear Green In The Deep Ocean?Green ink underwater.
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Why Does Your Blood Appear Green In The Deep Ocean?

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Blueberries Do Not Contain Blue Pigment, So Why Do We See Them As Blue?Blueberries in tiny fruit baskets.

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Blueberries Do Not Contain Blue Pigment, So Why Do We See Them As Blue?Blueberries in tiny fruit baskets.
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Blueberries Do Not Contain Blue Pigment, So Why Do We See Them As Blue?

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The Way You See Colors Changes As You Age, But Not All Colors Are AffectedFour older people, a man and three women, stand in a line and are posing and leaning on one another. They are all dressed in colourful eccentric clothing and the background is divided between yellow (on the left) and red (on the right).

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The Way You See Colors Changes As You Age, But Not All Colors Are AffectedFour older people, a man and three women, stand in a line and are posing and leaning on one another. They are all dressed in colourful eccentric clothing and the background is divided between yellow (on the left) and red (on the right).
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The Way You See Colors Changes As You Age, But Not All Colors Are Affected

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