YourTango: There’s One Color That Doesn’t Exist — Our Brains Made It Up, According To Scientists There’s One Color That Doesn’t Exist — Our Brains Made It Up, According To Scientists The world is awash with the color purple — lavender flowers, amethyst gemstones, plums, eggplants and purple emperor butterflies. But if you look closely at the visible-light portion of the ... * Purple is a non-spectral color created by the brain from red and blue signals * Individual differences in eyes and brain make each person see colors uniquely * All colors we //perceive, including ...

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