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Impossible color

physical science Maturity 11-13

Some colors are not real.

chimerical-color-demo.svg
chimerical-color-demo.svg
You can see them in a special way. Your eyes can get tired of one color. Then you see a new color. It is very strange!
Impossible colors, NCS and RGB red and green.svg
Impossible colors, NCS and RGB red and green.svg
Can you see them?

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Color perception.svg
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Cones SMJ2 E.svg
File:chimerical-color-demo.svg
chimerical-color-demo.svg
File:Impossible colors, NCS and RGB yellow and blue.svg
Impossible colors, NCS and RGB yellow and blue.svg
File:Impossible colors, NCS and RGB red and green.svg
Impossible colors, NCS and RGB red and green.svg
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📚 Content adapted from Wikipedia | Readability: FK 13.6 | Vital Level 5