How do you find the quality of the light a light bulb produces? Using the color rendering index, a measure of how well a light bulb illuminates a range of colors. Appliance Science looks at the ...

People love the rainbow of ROYGBIV colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Human eyes perceive visible light as this array of colors. You may notice that some colors you can ...

Here's how our brains construct color in our environment. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In essence, how can colors appear ...

It is a bit tamer than you might imagine. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When you look up at the night sky, it's easy to think ...

The color purple is, in a way, invented by our brains. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The world is awash with the color purple — ...

Scientists have used a new lens to focus all the colors of the rainbow into one point. This is the first time a single lens has been used to focus the entire spectrum of light, including white light.