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Grey? Blue? Purple? It can look different, depending on the context. Let's talk about color perception, color temperature, and the history of laundry.
Atmospheric opacity image from ESA/Hubble (F. Granato): eso.org/public/images/atm_opacity - image licensed under CC by 4.0 - creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
The optical illusion is original, but based on the work of David Novick: twitter.com/novickprof/status/1139342022551191553
More on Illuminant D65: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminant_D65 - the references in this article go into the full technical detail
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Grey? Blue? Purple? It can look different, depending on the context. Let's talk about color perception, color temperature, and the history of laundry.
Atmospheric opacity image from ESA/Hubble (F. Granato): eso.org/public/images/atm_opacity - image licensed under CC by 4.0 - creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
The optical illusion is original, but based on the work of David Novick: twitter.com/novickprof/status/1139342022551191553
More on Illuminant D65: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminant_D65 - the references in this article go into the full technical detail
🟥 MORE FROM TOM: tomscott.com
(you can find contact details and social links there too)
📰 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER with good stuff from the rest of the internet: tomscott.com/newsletter
❓ LATERAL, free weekly podcast: lateralcast.com youtube.com/lateralcast
➕ TOM SCOTT PLUS: youtube.com/tomscottplus
👥 THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: youtube.com/techdif
