Generally, an object’s background can result in dramatic changes in how you perceive its colours. If you place a gray object against a lighter background, it will appear darker than if you place ...

So we don’t really “see” colour, but reflected light, as interpreted in our brain. “It’s a useful perception of our world, but it’s not an accurate perception of our world,” says Lotto.

Syme's descriptions of colour are poetic but were also useful.' Crucially, alongside his vivid descriptions, Syme painstakingly added accompanying painted colour charts. He went to great lengths to ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Filters transmit some colours of light and absorb other colours of light. Colours which are transmitted pass through ...

Our responses to colour are very personal, but sleep colours are particular shades that can promote feelings of sleepiness ...

They’re driven to seek out colour. It’s a bit of information about the world that’s useful to them.” Not for a while. “These colours are probably quite greyish to babies”, says Alice.